front view of the big texan steak ranch the big texan steak ranch is a steakhouse restaurant and motel located in amarillo texas united states which opened on the previous u.s. route 66 in the 4500 block of east amarillo boulevard in 1960 . it relocated to its present location on interstate 40 in 1970 . fire gutted the west wing of the restaurant in 1976 and destroyed 100 000 in antiques . the restaurant reopened as a larger facility in 1977 . the building is painted a bright yellow with blue trim . a large bull statue advertises their free 72 oz . steak see below . the now closed texas tornado museum resided off in a far corner of the parking lot on the property . 1 2 contents 1 the texas king 2 in media 3 big texan motel 4 handcrafted beer 5 texas country reporter rates big texan no. 1 6 see also 7 references 8 external links the texas king edit two men take the steak challenge on april 6 2008 the big texan is best known for its 72 ounce 4.5 pounds or 2.04 kg steak nicknamed the texas king . the steak is free to anyone who in one hour or less can eat the entire meal consisting of the steak itself a bread roll with butter a baked potato a shrimp cocktail now three fried shrimp and a salad ; otherwise the meal costs 72 . 3 those who have successfully consumed the texas king meal have their names recorded and posted at the restaurant . as of april 2015 over 9 000 people out of about 55 000 have accomplished this feat . those who take on the texas king challenge are required to pay for the meal in advance and if they are successful their money is refunded . the steak is cooked to the participant s preference and the challenge takes place at a table for six on a raised platform in the middle of the main dining room . close up of entrance to big texan steak ranch the record for the shortest time to finish the entire texas king meal had been held by competitive eating champion joey chestnut at 8 minutes and 52 seconds breaking frank pastore s 1987 record of 9 minutes 30 seconds which stood for 21 years on his march 24 2008 visit . on may 26 2014 he was bested by 125 pound competitive eater molly schuyler who polished off the meal in just 4 minutes 58 seconds and came back for seconds 14 minutes and 57 seconds for two meals . 4 she did not however eat a third steak meal in the same hour . schuyler returned on april 19 2015 and would finish her first meal in 4 minutes 18 seconds beating her own record by 40 seconds . she had defeated four other teams of competitors in the challenge devouring two more meals in twenty minutes . 5 the unofficial record for all animals including humans is held by a 500 pound siberian tiger who ate the steak in 90 seconds . 6 in media edit the texas king meal is shown in the movie waking up in reno with billy bob thornton taking the challenge . it is also shown on the travel channel s man v. food where host adam richman completes the challenge and in anthony bourdain no reservations where bourdain declines to compete but his cameraman takes part and fails . the big texan steak ranch is known for its cadillac white stretch limos with longhorn hood ornaments 7 one of which appears in the 2006 animated film cars as texas oil baron tex dinoco . becky ransom and the big texan steak ranch free 72 ounce steak if consumed in 60 minutes are acknowledged in the film s credits . in the season 3 episode of king of the hill and they call it bobby love the steak ranch was parodied with a similar restaurant called the panhandler steakhouse . bobby hill accepts the challenge only to spite the girl that spurned his affections who was also a vegetarian . he completes the challenge but upon returning home subsequently vomits . big texan motel edit located adjacent to the restaurant on the big texan steak ranch property is the 54 unit big texan motel . the cinder block construction motel is designed to resemble a main street in an old west town and features texas themed decor and a texas shaped pool . in 2004 a 20 stall stable was added behind the main motel building . handcrafted beer edit the big texan brewery started serving handcrafted beers on june 24 2011 . 8 brews include honey blonde ale palo duro ale texas red amber ale pecan porter rattlesnake ipa 1836 chocolate bock lager fnw limelite raspberry wheat and whisky barrel stout . 9 texas country reporter rates big texan no. 1 edit in 2013 viewers of bob phillips s texas country reporter voted the big texan the no. 1 steakhouse in texas . the second and third place designees are the little rhein steak house in downtown san antonio along the famous river walk and perini s ranch steakhouse in buffalo gap south of abilene in taylor county . 10 see also edit list of motels list of steakhouses references edit gruben erin e. august 2001 . happy trails . texas monthly . big texan steak ranch . outdoorflix.com . the 72 oz steak rules . the big texan . retrieved 2013 08 17 . woman eats pair of 72 ounce steak dinners in less than 15 minutes . amarillo globe news . retrieved 3 april 2015 . 120 pound woman eats three 72 ounce steak dinners in 20 minutes . amarillo globe news . retrieved 2015 04 20 . pettit mason narrator 2008 03 12 . steak paradise television production . prometheus entertainment for the travel channel . retrieved 2008 06 22 . usa s best trips 99 themed itineraries across america sara benson amy balfour google boeken . books.google.com . retrieved 2012 06 22 . beerstory . bigtexan.com . 2011 06 24 . retrieved 2012 06 22 . brew list . bigtexan.com . retrieved 2012 06 22 . texas country reporter episodes weekend of march 2 2013 . texascountryreporter.com . retrieved march 9 2013 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to the big texan steak ranch . official website coordinates 35 11 39 n 101 45 16 w 35.194055 n 101.754448 w 35.194055 ; 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