NOT a restaurant for vegetarians!

Nope, I doubt they have a veggie menu... :D

http://www.bigtexan.com/index2.html

As in free trip to the hospital after the heart attack?

if you get sick, the contest is over, period.



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!

Never saw dinner as an endurance contest.

But leave out the potato and roll, and it sounds like Atkins heaven!

To po a vegetarian girl that dumped him.

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.

that's the episode where Homer and Bart drive the big-rig.

:thumbsup:

Wish I had a photo. I'll have to go check snpp... :)

at least I think that is the name...its off third street(?) a couple of blocks from the capital.

They sell steak dinners by the pound, and sever potato fries in platters the size of garbage can lids...

Its just a must do if you are overnighting in LR

The "Big Texan" billboards are funny.

Not many people really TRY to eat 4 1/2 pounds of meat AND Salad AND Potato AND Roll. Most people realize it's a gimmick.

They're both road legends. You should really stop there if you pass through.

I think every state has one of those. A World's Largest Tourist Trap.

However! They do sell the 72 Ounce Steak by mail order, and it would make a hell of a London Broil for a dinner party.

and sauteed onions, fried okra and cole slaw. Lotsa bones and not much meat!

... the meal was "good" but not "great".

The deal is, "if" you choose the 72oz steak you become the "entertainment" for the night. You're seated at a table on an elevated platform under a spot-lite. You must eat everything on your plate within the alloted time or you lose....in front of a very large crowd.

They did have one of my all time favorite gift shop items....the "Texas Turd Bird".... as I remember it was a very realistic cow turd w/legs and wings wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses. Reminded me of a certain "bird" I've seen a few times in the last 3 years.

can I smoke a joint before I start? Or is that a capital offense in Texas??

A feast like that deserves an entire half-day to enjoy (with buckets of beer or barrels of wine to wash it down)

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