Food World Records

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, China, piled five apples on the upturned palm of one hand, three red ones on the bottom and two yellow ones on top, adding them with the other hand. With the fifth apple in place, Yanhao lifts the free hand clear and the apples rest on the one palm with nothing else touching them for about six seconds, through a turn toward the camera, until the clip ends. RecordSetter counted the apples as they went on and checked the hands-off frames. A school week of apples, one hand.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, China, piled eight small cucumbers on the palm of one outstretched hand, fetching them one at a time and adding them with the other hand. With the last cucumber in place, Yanhao lifts the free hand clear and the pile of eight rests on the one palm with nothing else touching it for about three seconds, until the clip ends. RecordSetter counted the cucumbers as they went on and again in the hands-off frames. Cool as a cucumber, times eight.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, China, stacked six bite-size dried beef cubes into a single column on a tabletop, with no glue or supports, after holding a ruler up to the cubes at the start of the clip. In one unedited phone video just over a minute long, Yanhao sets the cubes one at a time, steadying the column with both hands, then lets go, and the six-high tower stands untouched for about a second and a half until the clip ends. RecordSetter counted the cubes in the hands-off frames and checked the release frame by frame. A skyscraper of jerky.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, China, held five dried beef cubes in midair, pressed end to end between the thumb and index finger of one hand. In one unedited phone clip, Yanhao picks the cubes off a paper towel, lines them up into a short column with both hands, then takes the free hand away, and the five hang between the two fingertips for over two seconds before the column bends and drops. RecordSetter counted the cubes as they came off the table and again in the hands-off frames. Five bites of jerky, two fingertips, nothing else.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, China, stacked four instant noodle cups into a single column on top of the head, one cup per level with none nested. After steadying the tower with both hands, Yanhao lifts both hands clear and raises them overhead, and the four cups stand on the head with nothing else touching them for about 1.2 seconds. RecordSetter counted the cups and checked the release frame by frame. A crown of noodles.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, China, stacked seven firm persimmons into a small pyramid on the palm of one hand, adding fruit with the other hand. With the top persimmon in place, Yanhao lifts the free hand away and the pile rests on the one palm with nothing else touching it for about 1.7 seconds, until the clip ends. RecordSetter counted the persimmons and checked the release frame by frame. A full hand of autumn fruit.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, China, built a single column of eight instant noodle cups on the flat palm of one hand, adding cups to the top with the other hand. With the eighth cup in place, Yanhao steadies the top, then lifts the free hand clear and raises it overhead, and the tower stands on the one palm with nothing else touching it for about 1.6 seconds. RecordSetter counted the cups and checked the release frame by frame. Lunch, held high.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, China, stacked four firm persimmons into a single column with no glue or supports, beside the foam nets and gift boxes the fruit came in. Yanhao sets each persimmon on top of the last, steadies the top one with a fingertip, then lets go, and the four-high tower stands untouched for about 1.7 seconds before a fifth persimmon is lowered onto it. RecordSetter checked the release frame by frame; the fifth persimmon is still held when the clip ends, so the result is four. Round fruit, standing tall.

Joeri Huyskens measured this sweet potato in Berlaar, Belgium, laying it in a seed tray beside a folding rule. The video follows the rule from the stem end, around a tight S-bend, to the tip of the long tapered root at the 52 cm mark, and follow-up photos show it lifted in one piece. Most sweet potatoes would fit in a lunchbox; this one needs the whole tray.

Alldyn Gotora sat at a desk in Schenectady and flipped a single-serve Kraft mac and cheese cup 61 times in one minute, tossing it into the air with one hand and landing it upright on the tabletop again and again. A phone stopwatch runs in frame for the whole continuous take, and an on-screen counter tallies each landing at a pace of about one flip per second. As Alldyn put it, you can do anything you put your mind to, even flipping a cup of mac and cheese.

Lyla Chang built a four-layer coffee creamer pyramid in 22.52 seconds at her kitchen table in Flagstaff, Arizona, stacking a 4x4 base of single-serve cups, then 3x3, 2x2 and one cup on top. A helper ran a tablet stopwatch in view of the camera, stopping it as Lyla released the final cup, and the finished pyramid stays standing on its own afterward. Her time beats Zack Wright's 23.28 seconds from 2013, with steady hands and no wasted motion.

Troy Brooks of Duncan, British Columbia poured a 355 mL (12 oz) can of Dr Pepper Zero Sugar into a glass mug and drank the whole thing in 4.52 seconds, breaking Dakota Allen's 4.72-second mark after nearly 14 years. RecordSetter verified the time frame by frame at 30 frames per second: the mug first met his lips 42.15 seconds into his video and left them, fully drained, at 46.68 seconds, a window measured to within a frame or two on either side. The handheld stopwatch shown at the end of his video read 4.43 seconds; we certify the more conservative frame count, which beats the standing record either way. NOTE: Speed drinking can be dangerous. Please use caution when making an attempt.

Arthur Natalino lined up 20 McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets on a tray at his kitchen table, set a stopwatch in view, and got to work. Over one continuous minute, he ate every nugget, cleared the tray, and showed an empty mouth at the finish, establishing RecordSetter’s first count-based benchmark for the category. WARNING: Speed eating can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional speed eater. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

On July 18, 2026, 529 people gathered on a ballfield at McComb Village Park in McComb, Ohio, and bit into a cookie at the same moment for "The Big Bite," the centerpiece of the McComb Cookie Festival's 20th anniversary. Volunteers registered every participant and handed out individually wrapped cookies, then an official counted the crowd down from a stage before everyone bit in on cue. The total comes from the festival's handwritten registration sheets, and video from the stage and the field shows the packed crowd, kids and grandparents alike, raising their cookies together. Small town, big bite.

Bradley Fisher ate a 16.5-gram pack of Wotsits corn puffs in 33.31 seconds.

David Byun crushed the previous record of 17 lemons by holding 21 standard-sized lemons at once using only his bare hands. With both hands cupped together and lemons stacked precariously high, David managed to keep all 21 in place long enough to count. The record for most lemons held at once has been a fan favorite on RecordSetter, and David's attempt blew past the old mark by four full lemons.