Big Texan Steak Ranch
72oz. Steak Facts and Stats
- Nearly 4800 people have succeeded in eating the 72oz. steak (since 1960).
- Almost 30,000 people have attempted to consume the free 72oz. steak (since 1960).
- Approximately two women each year successfully eat the steak of the 4 or 5 who try. About 50% of the women who try are successful.
- Richard LaFeare chomped his way through 2 steaks on the "Donny & Marie Osmond Show" in 2000.
- Frank Pastore, who was a professional pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, ate the complete steak dinner in 9 and 1/2 minutes.
- The oldest person to eat the steak was a 69-year-old grandmother; the youngest, an 11-year old boy.
- Klondike Bill, a professional wrestler, consumed two complete dinners in the one hour time limit back in the 1960s.
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