There is 49oz steak challenge in walnut creek. With the pho challenge, you don't have to drink the soup but you have to finish within 1 hr. I did it in alittle over 30 minutes.
I did the pho challenge in a little over 30 minutes. Anyways, there is no steak challenges in the bay area. You should check out this place in Texas for asteak challenge, bigtexan.com