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

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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]

Hmm, do you know it to work that well, or is that just the claim? thanks.

[CindyDawg]

We are going to need a live thread of this on FR, you know. Maybe we could get you on fox if the governors race over and no car chases going on in LA :')

[Rodney King]

Burned? And is that how you ordered it at the restaurant? Everyone else here seems to think that rare is preferable.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I wonder if there's a place in Eugene, OR that serves a 72 ounce Gardenburger?

[strela]

Burned? And is that how you ordered it at the restaurant? Everyone else here seems to think that rare is preferable.

I ordered it carbonized/burned, but it came out to me medium well at best. I can't stand rare meat - it probably works better for others though.

[RWG]

pot induced me to eat amounts I've never been able to eat again...and then sometimes, one french fry was all you wanted or could eat, so you took home the 6 hamburgers, 4 milk shakes, 3 orders of fries, and an apple pie from steak and shake that you ordered and paid for.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Yes. Four 16 oz ribeyes at a sitting, once a week, for 3 weeks before going. My cousin and I both went, but he filled up on the baked potato and big pitcher of iced tea and missed finishing the steak in time by two bites. Holy cow! The salad and shrimp cocktail would do me in. I can't comprehend being able to eat all that food. Hey Rodney, good luck!

[TheSpottedOwl]

So much for formatting...

[dighton]

[F.J. Mitchell]

Stop by North West Texas State Hospital and have your gullet connected directly to your anus. Have the meal pureed and delivered as you sit on the commode.

Bon Appetit, and good luck.

[skinkinthegrass]

We are going to need a live thread of this on FR, you know. Maybe we could get you on fox if the governors race over and no car chases going on in LA :')

...and think what P.E.T.A. will say...the spitting, the cursing..the pain, of it all. :))

[Joe Hadenuf]

My advice would be to throw that big ol cow pie in the trash and get something good, like Pacific Salmon.....

[Rebelbase]

"P.E.T.A"

Another demostration of People Eating Tasty Animals.

[Rebelbase]

demonstration

[HighWheeler]

I saw a TV show about a guy who ate huge amounts of food for contests, he would stretch his stomach out regularly by eating a HUGE bowl of grapes. the bowl looked like about 14" in diameter, and about 8" deep, and it was still heaping up.

They give you low calories, low bile production, short residency time, and they're nutritious. He did this for a few weeks leading up to the contest.

Good luck and please ping everyone on this thread after your birthday!

[Rodney King]

Thanks. Sounds like a good technique.

[Prodigal Son]

Speed. You want to get all the food in your stomach before it has time to say

'Whoa! I'm full!'

Maybe cut the steak up completely in pieces before you ever start eating. Small pieces. Then you start popping 'em in your mouth and swallowing as fast as you can go once you start... Not really a way to enjoy a meal but if you're serious about getting that much food in your gullet...

[CindyDawg]

But peta loves the ranchers in Amarillo (snicker)

[southernnorthcarolina]

It's mind over matter (quite a lot of matter, in fact). You need to psyche yourself up. Get in the right frame of mind before getting down to the task. For example:

Cows. You hate cows. Dumb, cud-chewing, moon-jumping, flatulent beasts. You can do your share (well, more than your share) to rid the planet of these beasts, before their evil plot to take over succeeds.

PETA. You hate PETA. They would be offended at your feat, and that's a good thing. Heck, invite some of them to come watch; that may just be the inspiration you need to get the last pound or so down.

Hindus. You hate Hindus. Well, actually, you probably don't, but pretend you do for purposes of this event. Since they regard cows as sacred, they're guaranteed to be offended, and again, that's a good thing.

Are you by any chance a Catholic? If so, eat the 72-ounce steak on a Friday, because you can. It used to be a mortal sin, but now you'll no longer go to Hell for doing so. The change, alas, came too late to help Great-grandpaw, now roasting for eternity for having eaten a cheeseburger on a Friday in 1967. Oh, well. At least you can take full advantage of the rules change, and who knows, that might provide another bit of inspiration.

Have some non-French red wine with your meal. Just to annoy you-know-who.

If you can get away with it, don't eat the parsley sprig. Claim an allergy, and threaten to sue if they insist you eat it. Every little bit helps. And by the way, do you know the difference between parsley and... oops, we can't go there on a G-Rated thread. But just remember the punch line: "Nobody eats parsley."

Finally, with regard to being "plugged up" as an aftereffect, console yourself with the knowledge that "this too shall pass."

Be sure to save room for that double-chocolate cheesecake with ice cream and raspberry sauce!

[Rodney King]

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

Assuming that speed is key, that's definetly a great idea.