The Big Texan Steak Ranch & Brewery

I want to say my childhood dream was fulfilled. Ever since I saw I the King of the Hill episode where Bobby ate the 72 oz steak challenge to spite his vegetarian ex girlfriend, I knew I wanted to try it. More than 20 years later, I fulfilled my childhood dream and went to the Big Texan for the first time and tried the 72 oz steak challenge. No training or anything, just full of lack of sleep and hunger, I won.

Service was great, our server was very friendly. Ended up cheering me on and assisted me with everything that I needed, extra napkins, extra ranch sauce. Ranch sauce is amazing, it’s so good.

Steak tastes amazing, I definitely would recommend tying it medium rare. Anything else is just wrong.

Their gift shift definitely has a lot of stuff to buy. Reasonably priced.

They have a bunch of little things to do in their hallway area, good time to be spent there. They actually have an ATM machine and a change machine that accepts bills up to $50 and hands out $1 bills.

Next time I’m in Armarillo, I will come back to just eat a normal sized steak and enjoy myself nice and slow.

Tips for people who want to try the challenge:

Watch your water in take. Too much water will make you feel full. Use it as needed. Get medium rare, easier to swallow down. Go for the steak first, it’s the biggest hurdle. Use your hands instead of a knife and fork, so be sure to wash your hands before you go in. Once your mouth hurts or you feel like you might throw up, switch it up with eating some of your salad or eat the shrimp, give your mouth and gag reflex a little break. Don’t finish the salad until the end of your steak, it’s going to be the only thing that can help you have a break but keep working on the challenge. Once you feel like you can’t handle anymore steak, pro tip use the ranch. It will help your brain trick you into thinking it’s something else. Ask for extra. It’s ok to stop eating the ranch once you feel like it will make you want to throw up. Once you mentally cannot eat anymore steak without almost throwing up, eat much smaller chunks, infant sized chunks. Makes it easier to beat the mental challenge. Then go ahead and finish that salad once you finished that steak. Baked potato is next if you haven’t already eaten that shrimp. For the baked potato, for many people it’s hard to eat a baked potato by itself. It’s so dry and not appetizing. Cut fhe baked potatoe in half and dip in the ranch. Then go ahead and eat the roll last since it’s the easiest to eat. If you need help here, drink some water. It will break it down and make it easier to chew and swallow.