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Corn snake ate rat to hips then spit it out!

Maybe i read this wrong but you're feeding in the shower? Maybe there was a trace of soap that the snake tasted and didn't like?
 
I think the best route is to weigh your snake. From there, you can easily find the suitable size prey items. Like I and others have said, no corn needs a regular diet of small rats. My largest are fed small mice for maintenance.
 
Having looked at the photo, as far as I can tell from that particular picture it's a big snake but not obese...yet. It doesn't have the "hips" a grossly overweight corn does but it probably would be a good idea to either switch to mice if the snake will take them, or if it prefers rats increase the time between feeding and handle the snake a lot so it exercises. Once they get those hips it doesn't go away. You want to avoid that. I would definitely not be worried that snake didn't eat last time you tried feeding!
I've a few snakes that won't take f/t mice, but WILL take f/t baby chicks. Like rats, these are way bigger than mice. It's better than not getting to eat or having to feed live mice. So since they are getting bigger items they only get fed every 2 weeks.
 
You need a digital scale that measures in grams for your snakes. Here is one I like scale and you just set a container on the scale, zero it out (tare) and put the snake in.

I weigh my snakes before every feeding so I know if I need to move up a size, here is a good site for feeder sizes although you seem to have a full grown kid on your hands! Munson Plan
 
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