The Big Texan steak challenge was created in November 1960, just eight months after the restaurant's doors opened in Amarillo.

AMARILLO, Texas – A Nebraska woman has a new claim to fame. Molly Schuyler, weighing in at 120 pounds, ate not one but two 72 oz. steaks at Amarillo’s Big Texan Steak Ranch.

In Harmony D’Andrea’s eight years as a server at the Big Texan Steak Ranch, in Amarillo, she’s watched hundreds of competitors take their shots at the 72-ounce steak challenge: eating a ...

AMARILLO, Texas (Reuters) - Intrigued by the possible consequences of the task ahead -- consuming 72 ounces (2.04 kg) of red meat in one go -- I sought advice from my brother-in-law, a South ...

in Amarillo might be the most famous steak house in the world, or at least in Texas. During the last 40 years, the restaurant has built an international reputation on giving away 72-oz. steaks.

He ate the 72 ounce steak in the second-fastest time ever recorded at The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo.

See when every athlete from the Amarillo area will compete at this week's UIL state track meet in Austin.

This week on Texas Eats you will see among 72 oz Porterhouse steak to spicy noodle bowls and flying pizzas.

Actor and comedian Will Ferrell spent a day in the Texas Panhandle and visited the Big Texan for a road trip documentary.

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the steak dinners. Here's how a restaurant turned an epic order into worldwide notoriety.