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# There's a $10 Secret Menu Item at Arby's Called the Meat Mountain

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by 

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## Samantha Grossman


Aug 27, 2014 2:38 PM UTC

by 

[Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/)


## Samantha Grossman


Aug 27, 2014 2:38 PM UTC

Well, this is truly the stuff of [Ron Swanson’s wildest dreams](http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr%5Flfqr0np0Je1qgnf7oo1%5F400.jpg). Arby’s has a secret menu item (meaning it’s not on the _official_ menu but you can request it and they’ll make it for you) called the Meat Mountain. It’s a truly formidable tower of meats, and it all started because of this promotional photo:

> [](https://twitter.com/Arbys/status/504301516321079296)

Arby’s created that poster to remind consumers that the chain sells plenty of meats besides its famous roast beef, the Washington _Post_ [explains](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2014/08/25/the-10-meat-mountain-from-arbys-its-exactly-what-it-sounds-like/?wpmm=AG0003386). This marketing strategy worked, apparently, because people started coming in asking if they could order that entire stack o’ meats. And lo, the Meat Mountain was born. Here’s what the $10 monstrosity-on-a-bun includes, from the bottom up:

* 2 chicken tenders
* 1.5 oz. of roast turkey
* 1.5 oz. of ham
* 1 slice of Swiss cheese
* 1.5 oz. of corned beef
* 1.5 oz. brisket
* 1.5 oz. of Angus steak
* 1 slice of cheddar cheese
* 1.5 oz. roast beef
* 3 half-strips of bacon

A few people have been brave enough to try it:

> [](https://twitter.com/dodgerman/status/504315728355672064)


> [](https://twitter.com/byroncrawford/status/504583610473926658)

Unfortunately, the Meat Mountain doesn’t seem to be something all Arby’s employees know about just yet. _The Wire’_s Adam Chandler [ventured to an Arby’s](http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/08/i-conquered-arbys-meat-mountain-and-ill-tell-you-of-its-grandeur/379161/) in Queens in search of this elusive meat monster and was met with blank stares. A manager told him the request was impossible. So he ordered everything required to assemble the Meat Mountain himself, spending $29 instead of the expected $10.

But can you really put a price on the incredible feat of scaling the formidable Meat Mountain?

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