Big Texan Steak Ranch & Brewery in Amarillo, Texas

It’s hard to miss the Big Texan Steak Ranch. There’s the bright yellow building, the giant fiberglass cow and of course the restaurant’s 90-foot-tall cowboy sign. Of course to call this eatery and brewery a “restaurant” vastly understates its place as a historical icon along Route 66 in Amarillo, Texas. There are many reasons to stop here for a meal, but its Texas-size challenge is surely the wildest and most entertaining. It presents the question: Can you eat a shrimp cocktail, a baked potato, a salad, a buttered roll and—drumroll—a 72-ounce steak in one hour? The 72-ounce steak challenge,...