Pub lays down challenge to diners with world’s largest cut of beef weighing 150oz

Pub lays down challenge to diners with world’s largest cut of beef weighing 150oz

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This is the monstrous meal which could bring a tear to the eye of even the biggest of meat lovers - a 150 ounce steak.

The huge rump steak is 12 inches wide, 12 inches long, a further four inches thick and takes over two hours to cook medium rare.

Brave diners have been invited to take on the ’high-steaks’ challenge and polish off the jumbo slab of meat, along with a portion of chips and onion rings.

Anyone who manages to scoff the steak in under an hour gets the £110 meal on the house.

Monstrous: Chef Jurgen Koller dishes up a 150oz steak, complete with chips and onion rings for brave diners at the The Duck Inn in Redditch, Worcestershire

Grilling: The 12ins long steak takes more than two hours to cook to medium rare perfection

However, since the challenge was launched at The Duck Inn in Redditch, Worcestershire, last year, only a handful of diners have attempted it and not one has managed to finish it.

For those less brave the pub also offer an 80, 90, 100 and 120oz steak.

Pub landlords Ashley and Louise Gargan said that they introduced the supersize cuts of meat to the pub’s menu after customers asked if they could offer a bigger steak.

The locally-sourced steak is almost ten times larger than the standard 16oz they previously offered customers.

In fact the 9lb rump is so large it weighs the same as a baby and may also stake its claim as the world’s largest.

It weighs just over 9lb - or more than half a stone.

Ashley said: ’Our steaks have always been really popular and a few of our customers asked if we could do a bigger steak, so that’s what prompted us to introduce the 60, 80 and 150oz steaks.

’The 150oz steak is huge, people think it’s easy to complete but when faced with it, it’s a lot tougher than you think.

’The steak is hard on it’s own and then there’s the chips and the onion rings to contend with too.

’We’ve had a handful of people try it, some book it as surprise for their friend’s birthday.

’The birthday boy comes in and orders a regular meal or steak and is shocked when we bring out the 150oz.

’Those that try it say it’s beautiful meat but the sheer size of it makes it difficult to complete.

’We’ve had a few come close but no-one has managed to finish it yet.

’There’s been a variety of different reactions from those who’ve attempted it, some go really pale or break into a sweat and give in.

’Whereas others go for a walk round the restaurant to try and make room for some more or order a soft drink to wash it down but all have thrown the towel in, in the end.’

Competive eating and food challenges have long been a staple of eateries across the United States but the craze has now started sweeping the United Kingdom as well.

Many restaurants offer diners free food or a prized tee shirt, and often call their contests ’Man versus Food challenges’ in honour of the popular television programme featuring presenter Adam Richman.

One diner brave enough to take on the challenge at the Duck Inn was Theo Cridge, 19, from Solihull but despite admitting that he was known for his big appetite he struggled to eat more than a third of the monstrous meal.

He said: ’It’s ridiculously big, when it came out I was gob smacked at just how large it was.

’The meat was really juicy and tasty, you could tell it was really fresh.

’They’d cooked it just to how I like it, medium. To cook such a large piece of meat like that medium is quite an achievement, I was impressed.’

However, despite Theo’s confidence at the start of his challenge, he was forced to surrender to the mammoth meal.

’Despite how nice it was I barely made a dent - I only managed about a third," he said.

’I tried to eat it really quickly so I wouldn’t get full but as time went on the meat got colder which made it harder to chew.

’My jaw was locking from chewing so much meat and after about 40minutes into the challenge I couldn’t force another mouthful.

’I’ve done a few food challenges before and can eat quite a lot but that meal was monstrous.’

Courtesy: Dailymail London