# Eat A Huge Steak - Get Free Meal! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566 "2022-06-02T13:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/41 "2022-06-02T17:29:35Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > You’ll be happy to know they sell three for $16, and have variations – pastrami, swiss, and coleslaw; turkey, havarti, latke, and cranberry sauce to name a couple – as well. Thanks, but I’ll stick to brisket please! Yum. Not too likely to be getting out to Phoenix anytime soon though, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/42 "2022-06-02T17:35:03Z")
I could mail you some but can’t guarantee quality on arrival. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/43 "2022-06-02T17:41:47Z")
Appreciate the offer! But yeah, they don’t look like they’d do so well in transit. Oh well, it’s a reason to visit Phoenix someday… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/44 "2022-06-03T04:30:40Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > Just curious; has anyone ever encountered an offer such as this outside the United States? There was a small chain in southern Ontario that had a 72-oz steak challenge. But this would have been maybe 25 years ago. I never tried it, and neither did anybody I knew, but it was there. I was in Toronto in 2015, and there was one of these places near where I was staying. I always liked their food, so I went and had some lunch. Interestingly, the 72-oz steak challenge was no longer on the menu. No idea why–maybe I should have asked. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/45 "2022-06-03T09:41:02Z")
“Sinuses packed with meat!” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/46 "2022-06-03T10:51:03Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Chompies, a Jewish deli chain here in Phoenix hosted him on one of those with their [Ultimate Jewish Slider Challenge](https://www.foodchallenges.com/challenges/chompies-ultimate-jewish-sliders-challenge-phoenix/), a dozen challah with brisket, latke, jack cheese, and onion strings accompanied by brown gravy and onion rings in a half hour. Brisket and cheese? Bubbe would not approve. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/47 "2022-06-03T12:24:47Z")
Jewish _Style_ Deli. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/48 "2022-06-03T12:43:54Z")
Social commentary on the phenomenon, courtesy _The Simpsons_: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTkoIPDIXk) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/49 "2022-06-03T13:23:07Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Unless it’s an urban legend, two people have actually had heart attacks while eating there. > **[Customer dies of heart attack at the Heart Attack Grill in Vegas](https://www.usatoday.com/story/dispatches/2013/02/12/las-vegas-heart-attack-grill-death/1912493/)** > > A patron has died after suffering a heart attack at a diner touting "flatliner fries." ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/50 "2022-06-03T13:27:19Z")
Wow, a restaurant where it is actually considered cool and macho to literally eat yourself to death! 😳 ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/51 "2022-06-04T07:57:07Z")
I wonder if a fatty food gimmick restaurant can deny you food if they think it’s too dangerous to your health, similar to how Bars are legally required to cut you off eventually. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/52 "2022-06-04T08:08:26Z")
I’ve been to the Heart Attack Grill. Great theme but average food. Sits in the gut like lead. Drinks are good though. The funniest bit is watching a “nurse” spank a diner with a wooden paddle who doesn’t finish the whole meal. As far as a 72oz/2kg steak, no chance in hell I could eat that ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/53 "2022-06-04T13:40:14Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > Just curious; has anyone ever encountered an offer such as this outside the United States? It feels like one of those things that only Americans would think is a good idea. It’s pretty common in Japan for various food. One of my friends claimed he did that as a a poor college kid and because he didn’t have enough money to pay the bill if he failed, he forced himself to finish. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/54 "2022-06-04T13:53:51Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > I’ve been to the Heart Attack Grill. Great theme but average food. Sits in the gut like lead. Same-same for Hash House A Go-Go. I run into so many people who want to try the place, and my standard answer is “WHY?” The food is shit. Huge portions of shit. Go _anywhere_ else for a better meal. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/55 "2022-06-04T14:02:02Z")
TBH, that’s my reaction anytime I come across a restaurant with a “schtick.” If you serve good food, you don’t need a schtick. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/56 "2022-06-04T17:44:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The food is shit. Huge portions of shit. “This food is awful.” “Yeah, but there’s a lot of it.” A Homer Simpson quote if I ever heard one. > [@TokyoBayer](#): > > It’s pretty common in Japan for various food. Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest [has been won](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%27s_Hot_Dog_Eating_Contest#By_Champion) by a number of Japanese citizens, most notably [Takeru Kobayashi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi) who ate 50 in twelve minutes during the 2001 contest nearly doubling the record set the previous year by Kazutoyo Arai. He won five more times in a row until he was defeated by Joey Chestnut in 2007 then stopped competing after 2009 by refusing to sign an exclusive contract with Major League Eating. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/57 "2022-06-04T17:57:04Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > “This food is awful.” > “Yeah, but there’s a lot of it.” > > A Homer Simpson quote if I ever heard one. It also sounds like how Norm Peterson from _Cheers_ would describe The Hungry Heifer, the restaurant with which he has a love-hate relationship – the food is terrible (they serve “meat-like substances” such as “beff” and “loobster”), but it’s a good value! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/58 "2022-06-04T17:59:27Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest [has been won](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%27s_Hot_Dog_Eating_Contest#By_Champion) by a number of Japanese citizens, most notably [Takeru Kobayashi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi) who ate 50 in twelve minutes during the 2001 contest nearly doubling the record set the previous year by Kazutoyo Arai. He won five more times in a row until he was defeated by Joey Chestnut in 2007 then stopped competing after 2009 by refusing to sign an exclusive contract with Major League Eating. I thought you were kidding about Major League Eating, but [apparently not](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Eating). ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/59 "2022-06-04T18:07:43Z")
I know. Commercial gluttony – who knew? Makes the various pro-wrestling federations look positively chummy. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-huge-steak-get-free-meal/965566/60 "2022-06-04T18:33:50Z")
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