Restaurant
Big Texan Steak Ranch
Amarillo, Texas
Home of the free 72-ounce steak, if you can finish it in an hour, with a hard-to-miss cowboy facade.
- Price
- Mains from roughly US$20; the steak challenge is free if you win and about US$72 if you do not
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 75 min
A steakhouse that has been challenging diners to eat a 72-ounce steak, plus sides, within an hour for free since the 1960s. The dining room is a theatrical Wild West set with a shooting gallery and live music. Stop for a normal-sized steak if the challenge sounds like a bad idea.
Good to know
- The challenge is timed on a stage in front of the room
- Book for dinner in summer, it fills up on weekends
- There is a motel and RV park out the back if you want to stay
- Best time
- Dinner
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Toilets
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