Bob, always ready to have some fun, gave him a big grin and started cooking steaks. When the cowboy finally yelled, "calf rope," he had consumed 4 ½ pounds of meat. Bob declared from that day forward, the meal would be free to anyone who could eat it all in 1 hour.
Since then, almost 50,000 people from around the world have traveled to Amarillo and attempted to eat the specially cut 72-oz. top sirloin steak, a baked potato, salad, dinner roll and shrimp cocktail. About 8,500 have succeeded... zum Original