Female finishers of the 72 ounce Big Texan steak (Since 1991)
From the steak finishers database at bigtexan.com
| Name | Age | Wgt | Hg | Hometown | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mousa Alomarie | Gallup, NM | USA | 12/27/1991 | |||
| Christa Kulmbach | 25 | 65kg | 163cm | W GER | 8/7/1991 | |
| Maureen Redmond | 36 | 157 | 5’9″ | Co. Monaghan, | IRE | 9/12/1991 |
| Patricia Sunny | 53 | 160 | 5’6″ | Elk City, OK | USA | 7/25/1993 |
| Caroline Begay | 31 | 5’6″ | Farmington, NM | USA | 9/8/1994 | |
| Marcia Richards | 20 | 153 | 5’8″ | Phoenix, AZ | USA | 7/9/1994 |
| Cheryl Hawkins | 31 | 140 | 5’7″ | Sherman, TX | USA | 3/15/1995 |
| Carlene LeFevre | 50 | 135 | 5’7″ | Daly City, CA | USA | 7/5/1995 |
| Tracy Garland | 33 | 140 | 5’8″ | USA | 5/19/1996 | |
| Carlene LeFevre | 56 | 139 | 5’7″ | Daly City, CA | USA | 6/19/1997 |
| Joe Blue | 20 | 100 | 5’7″ | Denton, TX | USA | 7/10/1998 |
| Emily Evans | 22 | 160 | 6′ | Williamstown,VC | USA | 9/12/1999 |
| Carlene LeFevre | 55 | 135 | 5’6″ | Henderson, NV | USA | 4/11/1999 |
| Annette Havard | 95 | 4’11” | Pearland, TX | USA | 1/22/2000 | |
| Tammy Hooker | Spring, TX | USA | 1/22/2000 | |||
| Carlene LeFevre | 50+ | 147 | 5’7″ | Henderson, NV | USA | 1/22/2000 |
| Edith Barrano | 60 | 145 | 5’2″ | Topeka, KS | USA | 6/27/2001 |
| Carlene LeFevre | 57 | 145 | 5’6″ | Henderson, NV | USA | 6/18/2001 |
| Dedra D Kuhn | Amarillo, TX | USA | 02/02/2002 | |||
| Carlene LeFevre | 58 | 139 | 5’7″ | Henderson, NV | USA | 03/19/2002 |
| Becky White | 36 | 115 | 5’6″ | Tucson, AZ | USA | 07/02/2002 |
| Carlene LeFevre | 145 | 5’6″ | Henderson, NV | USA | 03/15/2004 | |
| Carlene LeFevre | 102 | 5’6″ | Las Vegas, NV | USA | 09/24/2004 |
The database claims there have been 1686 successful attempts at the 72 ounce steak since 1991 with 23 having been performed by women. This gives females just 23/1686 = 1.36% of the finishes. It is really surprising that this fraction is that low given that Sonya Thomas and Kate Stelnick have accomplished feats that no male American competitive eaters have matched.
Carlene LeFevre has accounted for 9 of the 23 completions by women, almost 40% . Richard LeFevre is listed as having finished the steak 10 times, giving the LeFevres more than 1% (19/1686 = 1.12%) of the total completions. The LeFevres first bested the Big Texan’s challenge in 1985, so some of their finishes will not be in the database.
All but 4 of the female finishers have their weight listed. The heaviest listed weight is 160 pounds.
The LeFevres’ January 2000 attempt was filmed for Ripley’s Believe It or Not television show. From amarillo.com (Google cache)
On Jan. 22, six people attempted to consume the Big Texan’s signature stunt of a 72-ounce steak plus a baked potato, salad, roll and a shrimp cocktail. The contest was recorded for the television show Ripley’s Believe It Or Not.
Richard LeFevre, a 135-pound resident of Henderson, Nev., nearly toppled a record held by a man four times his weight. LeFevre consumed the first steak and trimmings in 19 minutes, then asked for a second steak. He was unable to finish the second, but ate about 134 ounces of meat. …
LeFevre’s wife, Carlene, was next person to finish the feast, needing 32 minutes.
Two women from Houston, Tammy Hooker and Annette Havard, both won a radio contest to compete in Amarillo. Both women finished their meal in the allotted time. Havard, whose announced weight was 95 pounds, joked after finishing the meal that she was ready for dessert.
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