Joey Chestnut Breaks His Own World Record By Wolfing Down FORTY-TWO Servings Of Popcorn In Eight Minutes

Source - Popcorn popped off -- 'cause world champ competitive eater Joey Chestnut just went kernel-to-kernel with his own record… and shocker -- he buttered it up and smashed it!

Yup, you heard right -- Joey went full snack attack at the South Terre Haute Rural King in Indiana this Memorial Day, where, according to the top popcorn pros, he inhaled 42 servings in just 8 minutes.

The man's been out-snacking himself for years -- 3 years ago, the Guinness Book of World Records confirmed Joey downed 32 servings of 24-ounce popcorn in 8 minutes ... breaking his own previous record of 28.5.

Last time he broke the record, Joey nearly lost a tooth -- so this time around, he was just hoping to dodge any rogue unpopped kernels.

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Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Joey Chestnut. Those are the athletes most committed to their craft. There are no off days, no pumping the breaks, no slowing down. They compete day in and day out. Do you think Joey Chestnut wants to stretch his stomach to the point of explosion via fatal amounts of chemically-packed, nutritionally-void, processed food? No, but he does because he is committed to his craft...and THAT is something I respect. He's legitimately a human pig. 

Popcorn is one of those food you think you can eat a ton of too until you stand up and realize you've gotten a years worth of salt in one sitting. Not to mention the butter content, which probably helped the popcorn slide down his gullet. Regardless, congrats to Joey. Kings stay kings. He's got 55 eating world records under his belt. What a man.