- Home page: 72 ounce steak webcam | page about Joey Chestnut setting the 72 ounce steak record
- List of all finishers 1991-2005 in the eatfeats.com database
- BBC article about the Big Texan Steak Ranch
- Amarillo.com article about Joey Chestnut breaking the Big Texan's 72 ounce steak record
- News video (without audio) about Joey Chestnut breaking the record
- Former Big Texan record holder Frank Pastore's blog entry about Joey Chestnut breaking his record. Pastore was a Cincinnati Reds pitcher when he broke the record for the seventh time in 1987 and is now a conservative talk radio host.
- Video clip from 2000 episode of Ripley's Believe it or not about the Big Texan starring Rich & Carlene LeFevre
Mo "MohMotion" Mbengue completed two 72 ounce steak challenges at The Big Texan in 1:12. I think the only other people to complete multiple challenges at that Amarillo, TX restaurant are Molly Schuyler, Miki Sudo and pro wrestler Klondike Bill in 1963. (Big Texan Instagram post)
The Big Texan announced James Webb finished their 72 ounce steak challenge in 6:28, breaking Joey Chestnut's mark for the fastest male completion time and placing him 2nd behind Molly Schuyler (4:18) for the best overall time.
ABC7Amarillo.com has an article about actor Will Ferrell attempting the 72 ounce steak challenge at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX Saturday while wearing a Sherlock Holmes costume for an upcoming cross country road trip documentary. Instagram gallery
While on a cross-country trip to Los Angeles for the Super Bowl, "Billy Football" of Barstool Sports attempted the 72 ounce steak challenge at The Big Texan in Amarillo.
Val Bromann wrote a blog entry for SillyAmerica.com about her visit to the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX while on a tour of Route 66 this summer. She did not attempt the 72 ounce steak challenge.
The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX has had its 72 ounce steak challenge finished in under an hour 10,000 times since its opening in 1960. The 10,000th success was by John Lamons on September 1.
The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX currently has 9,998 finishers of its 72 ounce steak over the 60 year history of the challenge.
AR15.com has a forum thread about the livestream of diners attempting the 72 ounce steak challenge at The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX. The thread started on September 7 and currently has 307 pages. Molly Schuyler and Katina Eats Kilos are some of the steak challengers mentioned by commenters.
Miki Sudo has posted a video of her attempting two 72 ounce steak challenges at The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX that was recorded in September 2019.
Joel Hansen recently completed the 72 ounce steak challenge at The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX in 12:24, which is believed to be a Canadian record. Raina Huang also attempted the challenge and finished in 24:41. (video)
Katina Eats Kilos has surpassed 100K subscribers for her youtube channel. I think she is the third American female competitive eater to exceed that benchmark after Raina Huang and Molly Schuyler. Her recent 72 ounce steak challenge video at The Big Texan has received 680K views in about a week.
ESPN has an article about Baltimore Ravens lineman Bradley Bozeman's cross-country trip in an RV to promote anti-bullying initiatives which mentions him completing the 72 Big Texan steak challenge in 48:08.
Baltimore Ravens center Bradley Bozeman completed the Big Texan 72 ounce steak in about 50 minutes, which I think makes him the second active NFL player to have completed the Amarillo, TX challenge after Dolphins QB Ryan Fitzpatrick. The stop was part of a 6 week cross-country tour to promote anti-bullying efforts.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco completed the 72 ounce steak meal at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX in 21:13, which I think is the fastest time for a female excluding Molly Schuyler's results.
Geoff Esper completed the Big Texan 72 ounce steak challenge in 5:08, surpassing Joey Chestnut (8:52) for the fastest non Molly Schuyler time for the meal.
Miki Sudo ate two 72 ounce steaks in 63 minutes at the Big Texan last night, making her the second female (after Molly Schuyler) to complete multiple challenges at the iconic Amarillo, TX steakhouse. update The official times were 26:40 and 34:30. I think 26:40 is the female non-Molly Schuyler record for the challenge.
Erik "The Electric" Lamkin attempted the 72 ounce steak challlenge at The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX in an episode of The List Show about restaurant challenges.
A 2 day old Daily Mail Facebook video about Molly Schuyler eating two 72 ounce steak challenges at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX in under 15 minutes has surpassed a million views. (The name or date is not given).
City Journal has an account of the Amarillo Opera's meal at the Big Texan where a Croatian tenor attempted the 72 ounce steak challenge.
Amarillo.com has a report on the Big Texan's plans to move to a new location in east Amarillo and then build a Branson, MO style "entertainment village" around the new site.
The Big Texan facebook has a video of Molly Schuyler recorded yesterday. She expects to return in May or June for a third faceoff against the 72 ounce steak and hopes to face "Furious" Pete Czerwinksi or "LA Beast".
Teams will compete in a steak eating contest at The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX in tonight's episode of The Great Food Truck Race at 9 pm on the Food Network.
Ryan Fitzpatrick has become the current starting quarterback for the New York Jets after Geno Smith was injured from a punch thrown by former teammate IK Enemkpali. Fitzpatrick has attempted the 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan twice: completing it in 49 minutes in 2012 and reversing after 53 minutes in 2013.
The new poll asks who you think is most likely to take the Big Texan 72 ounce steak record (currently 4:18) from Molly Schuyler.
Molly Schuyler eats 3 Big Texan 72 oz. steaks in 20 minutes
update April 20
The times for all three challenges were 4:18, 7:29 and 8:13. All three times broke Joey Chestnut’s previous record of 8:52. Her times from 2014 (4:58 & 9:59) giver her 5 of the 7 sub 10-minute finishes. Former MLB pitcher Frank Pastore (RIP) has the other (9:30 from 1987)
This morning, Molly ate a 9.5 burrito on Kiss FM to giver her a total of over 22 pounds of food consumed in 15 hour (before | after | video )
Rich and Carlene LeFevre did not compete against Molly despite being mentioned as a competing team.
Amarillo.com has an article, gallery and video
More local coverage: MyHighPlains | ConnectAmarillo.com | News Channel 10
National Coverage: People | Huffington Post | E! Online | Perez Hilton | USA Today | AOL | Time | Washington Post |
The third challenge is now finished with a time of about 20 minutes
Molly has finished the second challenge at 11:47
Molly’s official time for the first steak is 4:18, a new record.
Molly Schuylers’s attempt at 3 (or more) 72 ounce steak challenges at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX is about to start and can be viewed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/amarillo-globe-news ama big-texan molly-schuyler
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