Need strategy help on eating 72 oz. steak in Amarillo Texas

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[Rodney King]

I drove by this place yesterday and have resolved to accompish this feat on April 12th, 2004 (My birthday). I need some strategy help. Which course do you eat first? How to prepare yourself in the weeks and days leading up to the event, etc. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Rodney King]

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[Abcdefg]

Order it as rare as you can handle. Takes less effort to chew and swallow. Don't starve yourself beforehand, you don't want your stomach to shrink.

[widgysoft]

Starve yourself for a few days beforehand?

[Leroy S. Mort]

I drove by this place yesterday and have resolved to accompish this feat on April 12th, 2004 (My birthday). I need some strategy help. Which course do you eat first? How to prepare yourself in the weeks and days leading up to the event, etc. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I'd suggest immediate preventive therapy or purchase of a long feather.

[alnitak]

For the picture-deprived....

[El Conservador]

Don't starve yourself beforehand, you don't want your stomach to shrink.

But make it small, otherwise it'll fill you up and you won't handle the steak (remember, you also have to eat the trimmings).

[max_rpf]

That little japanese guy trains by eating cabbage.

[PlanoMike]

Been There

Done That - NOT!!!

Advice: Have a smaller cheaper steak and enjoy!

[Prof Engineer]

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Shouldn't that be burp?

[cyborg]

And do not have one those dry flush toilets either... so much meat can be rough on the bowel

[kipj]

Fixed your link. 72 oz. steak.

[Rodney King]

thanks!

[alnitak]

Maybe you should practice by eating a 36oz steak first, a build up your confidence measure, before going for the whole back end of a cow.

[Iris7]

I've driven by there a few times and still think about doing the 72 ouncer! Good Luck! Tell me how it went!

[Chancellor Palpatine]

I'd spend at least two weeks of heavy eating first, in order to stretch the gut, and to keep it ready to receive. The day you're going to do this, don't eat for about 5 hours before - that way, you're clear.

[codercpc]

How about combining your feat with a fundraiser for Free Republic. Somebody did this last year with oysters. You could take pledges.

Just a thought. Good luck either way.

[Senator Pardek]

Smoke a lot of pot first.

[Welsh Rabbit]

Smoke a joint about an hour before the contest...

[Rodney King]

Maybe you should practice by eating a 36oz steak first, a build up your confidence measure, before going for the whole back end of a cow.

I am definetly going to work my way up over time. What I don't know are things like how much food to eat in the days leading up to the event. Also, should one drink water with it? I have noticed in the hot dog eating contests that the guys dip the buns in water.