Nebraska Woman Downs Two Big Texans In Record Time

[frogmarch]

http://chadrad.com/newsstory.cfm?story=33675

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - A competitive eater from Nebraska has devoured a 72-ounce steak at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo to set a new record.

The Amarillo Globe-News (http://bit.ly/TQGbwz ) and the restaurant's Twitter page say Molly Schuyler on Monday downed the 4 1/2-pound slab of beef in 4:58.

She apparently wasn't sated so she ate a second one, taking a more pedestrian 9:59 to finish it.

The restaurant invites anyone to a free meal if they eat not just the 72-ounce steak, but also a baked potato, shrimp, a salad and bread roll in less than an hour.

The previous record was 8:52.

In February, Schuyler, a 5-foot-7, 125-pound mother from Bellevue, Nebraska, wolfed down 363 chicken wings in 30 minutes to set a record in Philadelphia.

(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press

I didn't know competitive eating was still a thing.

[benld74]

1. Is the photo proof she has her 10 digits BEFORE eating?

[frogmarch]

2. I think she's doing a

calf-tie hands up to show she got that critter down.

[AnneD]

3. I thought the story was about...

a shooting or something. It was a natural misteak for a fellow Texan to make.

[frogmarch]

4. I did too, and I'm not a Texan.

I guess in Texas, big steaks are called Big Texans.

[blogslut]

9. They're not.

"The Big Texan" is the name of the restaurant. I don't know how the headline got it so wrong.

The steak is is called "The 72oz Steak". It's not a great cut of meat and the challenger must also eat a salad, a shrimp cocktail, a baked potato and a buttered roll, all in under an hour, to win a complimentary dinner.

The place has gotten quite mega, complete with C&W troubadours, hotel, gift shop and live critters like buffalo and horses. Bob Lee sure knew how to sucker those rubes off the highway - this much is true.

I wonder if the waitresses still sell their garters.

[frogmarch]

12. The headline intentionally misled, I think,

to get people to read the story. It worked with me, but I was disappointed it was about a woman gorging herself instead of something exciting like arm wrestling.

Sounds like quite a place. Yeehaw!

Here's a video of her chowing down:

[blogslut]

13. Shudder.

Won't watch. Saw it in person more times than I care to remember.

[AnneD]

16. We call steaks by their real names...

Billy Bob, Trey, Bubba....No we know the cuts and which are the best for what you want to cook. Plain steaks I love aged rib eye charred on the outside rare on the inside with salt and pepper butter optional. If cooked right you do not need steak sauce. I don't eat steak often but when I do, you won't find me at that faux Australian place. We have serious chop houses here that are time honored local spots.

[Jenoch]

5. Nine pounds of beef inone sitting.

That has to be tough on her kidneys.

[LynneSin]

6. I've read about some of these professional eaters and they are extremely healthy

I mean you see the photo of the woman - she doesn't look like she has an extra pound of fat on them.

Competitive eating is a serious sport and requires hardcore training for many of the top eaters. And most of them have extremely healthy diets & exercise routines to ensure they do not have any kind of long term health issue.

[frogmarch]

8. Oh. I didn't know that.

Besides her, the only pictures I've seen of competitive eaters are of hot dog eaters, and those people didn't look fit and healthy. Maybe they were just one-times at country fairs and such.

[Jenoch]

11. Eating that much protein at one sitting

is hard on the kidneys no matter how healthy a person is.

[frogmarch]

7. Maybe she throws it up right away.

I think eating all that would be bad in lots of ways.

I don't know why gluttonous eating is something to be proud of. Ick.

[Jenoch]

10. If a competitive eater upchucks they are disqualified. .

[nomorenomore08]

14. I'm a 200-lb. man, and I would probably vomit before finishing all that. n/t

[Orrex]

15. Two steaks through the heart will kill even the sparkliest vampire.