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[Rodney King]

 

The 72oz. Steak

There's no bigger steak-eating challenge anywhere! The famous 72 oz. steak is a legend across the US and around the world; so if you can't travel to Amarillo to try it on for size, you now can have one shipped right to your front door!

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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.

Some Rules 72oz. Steak

Rule # 1 is to have fun. We really want you to win! The $50 dinner consist of a baked potato, salad, shrimp cocktail, roll, and a 72-ounce top sirloin steak. You must sit at the designated table in our dining room. You may not leave the table for any reason once the contest starts. No one may assist you in any way (such as cutting up your meal). You must complete the dinner in 1 hour (if you can't do the meal in an hour, you ain't going get it done in 2 hours anyway). You may not share your meal even if you don't complete the dinner (like take it back to your table to be shared by any folks you may have invited to cheer you on). If you get sick (its been know to happen) the contest is over, period. You can order the steak cooked anyway you want. We will allow you a sample bite (small) prior to the start of the timer to make sure it is cooked to your satisfaction and the taste meets with your approval. Then we start the timer for one hour. You do not have to eat the fat or gristle (if you can find any), but we must judge this. Again, we want you to win but we do know our meats and will judge accordingly. The contest is just that, a contest. The steak is not offered on our menu as a meal. We do not allow the dinner to be ordered as a meal (unless you want to spend $200). It takes us a little more than a half an hour to cook the steak and it is available 365 days a year from 8:00am to 9:30pm. Enough with the rules! Refer to rule #1 - HAVE FUN!

Of course, when you take the 72oz. challenge at home, you don't have to limit yourself to one hour...and, you can share it with your friends and family. Most importantly, you now gain the bragging rights to say you too have savored the taste of this Texas-sized steak.

The successful 72oz. steak eaters in our restaurant will take home a special limited-edition t-shirt proclaiming their gastronomical feat. So until you are able to visit us in Amarillo, why not have a practice session in your own home? Invite a few friends over, and have a Big Texan party!

 

	World Renowned 72-oz. steak Item No. BT-416 $72.00 (plus shipping and handling) Order the one and only 72 oz. Top Sirloin Steak and share it with six or eight of your friends!
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[Rodney King]

cool, thanks.

[Squantos]

TV reporter ?? In the Panhandle ???? Why yer not the famous Dan True are ya ???...............:o)

Stay Safe !

[Rodney King]

Maybe cut the steak up completely in pieces before you ever start eating. Small pieces.

Ahh, great tip.

[Rodney King]

Thanks for the tip on bitters, you have all been very helpful.

[PJ-Comix]

Go to a lot of buffet restaurants and eat all you can to stretch your stomach. However, don't make the mistake I did and fill your plate high when you are starting to feel really full. A couple of years ago I was at King Buffet restaurant and I piled up a plate high with shrimp towards the end of my meal. Big mistake. After a few bites I was stuffed and I still had the entire plate of shrimp to finish. I didn't want to leave a full plate behind so I laboriously finished the plate off shrimp by shrimp. It got so bad towards the end that I actually counted out how many shrimps I had to go to finish them all off and counted down shrimp by shrimp until I finished.

It took me over a year before I could eat a shrimp again. And I still have trouble eating shrimp now.

[Rodney King]

Thanks for the tips. What is milk of magnesium? Like Pepto?

[Rodney King]

Great tips, particularly wrapping the steak with the salad. You must be a doctor. I am in excellent health, and so I am not afraid of a heart attack (I am also only 30 years old). Are there any medical problems here except for choking and constipation?

[Rodney King]

Great link, thanks!

[PJ-Comix]

Don't become a vegetarian just before the contest starts.

[Rodney King]

Wow, well, thanks. I hadn't considered that. I am generally not at all a glutton. I used to drink too much, but don't any more. I'll consider what you wrote.

[Rodney King]

Congrats on having done it. Do you have any tips for me? How was the beef cooked? In what order did you eat the food? etc. thanks.

[Rodney King]

Congrats! Any tips on how to approach the meal?

[Rodney King]

thanks for the post. One of the main reasons that I got together with my wife is that she was a carnivore on a mostly hairy vegetarian campus in New York. That's not why I married her, of course, but it helped to get my attention.

[Rodney King]

$800 bucks in sushi? wow.

[dennisw]

Wow, well, thanks. I hadn't considered that. I am generally not at all a glutton. I used to drink too much, but don't any more. I'll consider what you wrote............

It's not so much what you might do to that steak. My comment is more about "all u can eat" type competitions in general. Sorry to be a party pooper.

[Rodney King]

THIS IS IMPORTANT: wash it down with brandy, or another high-alcohol beverage (not enough to get 'faced, though). The alcohol both relaxes the stomach and anaesthetizes it.

thanks. What are you thinking exactly? Should I bring a shot or two of whiskey to have during the meal? Or should it be before? Thanks!

[PJ-Comix]

I never ate a 72 oz steak but I do have a funny steak story to tell involving eating lots of steak. When I lived in La-La Land, I lived in an apartment complex in the Northridge near CSUN. Anyway, there was an outdoor grill there with gas so I liked cooking outdoors rather than using my own stove. Almost every evening I cooked a couple of steaks and some potatoes and ate them all. Soon after I started this routine I noticed a family (husband, wife, 2 small kids) from India sitting at a table near me outside. All they did was stare at me while I ate. This happened for over a month. Finally, out of curiosity, I asked them why they sat near me whenever I ate my dinner outside. The man (in a thick Indian accent) explained that in his country people just aren't big eaters and they were amazed by how much food Americans could consume. So it turned out that I was sort of a sideshow act for them (and maybe the fact I was consuming their sacred cows). I was an entertainment act for them just as a snake charmer in India would be for me.

[Squantos]

I'll give it a "try" with old Jeff Head this fall ............ I figure failure is in my future too. Albeit my little brother the USAF PJ did it............he was greener than his units Jolly Green mascot !

Pretty funny to watch folks get all glassy eyed and queasy an such !

Stay Safe !

[Rodney King]

Well done is my suggestion Rodney......Easier to consume....if ya want , give me a shout when ya go do this. I'm not far from Amarillo. I'll drive over and photograph the freeper feast ! Myself and Jeff Head are planning to do it sometime in the near future also.......

Well, I picked my birthday as the date for no particular reason. I'd be happy to coordinate with you guys and do it at the same time. Let me know. I do want a month of preparation time though.

[Rodney King]

Hell, come on down and join the fun!