DALLAS, July 15,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pitmaster Collective
(www.pitmastercollective.com), the world's best barbecue club with
an unequalled menu of tasty benefits, has signed on to be the
presenting sponsor of the annual Raider Red Meats BBQ and
Ribeye Championship set for August
16-17 on the campus of Texas Tech
University in Lubbock,
Texas. This annual event, launched more than 15 years ago,
features more than 70 teams competing for $15,000 in prizes across five categories:
brisket, ribs, pork, chicken, and ribeye steaks. The event
has become the largest fundraising event for the Raider
Red Meats scholarship endowment.
The two-day event is open to the public. Festivities kick-off
Friday evening with a sponsor dinner and the Raider Rumble and
entertainment including a cook-off between five teams with six
celebrity judges. (These include Chris
Chadwick, host of the show Let The Smoke Roll, Sterling Smith, author of The Complete BBQ
Cookbook, Robert Sierra, founder
S&S Pit Crew, Mike Johnson,
nationally known Pitmaster, Peter
Armendariz, former World Steak Champion, and Robert Wood, owner of Robert Wood Homes.)
Saturday features a Backyard BBQ Boss workshop conducted by Tech's
meat scientist, Dr. Dale Warner,
along with teams manning their smokers to produce their entries for
judging. (A collegiate division is part of the cook-off.) The event
is KCBS sanctioned (Kansas City Barbecue Society). A full
schedule and team registration form are available at Raider
Red Meats | Meat Science &
Muscle Biology | TTU.
"At Pitmaster Collective, we understand the absolute passion
that so many Americans feel for barbecue. It's not just something
to eat, it's a lifestyle, and we want to support it every way we
can," said John Billingsley,
Chairman and CEO of Dallas-based
Pitmaster Collective. "This is one of Texas's premier barbecue events, and it's a
wonderful partner for us to associate with."
Raider Red Meats exists to
provide hands-on, real-world experiences for Texas Tech students and to support scholarships for
students in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources. This is accomplished by providing the highest-quality,
best tasting, aged beef, lamb, and pork for sale. The on-campus
store features a wide variety of beef, pork, lamb, and fully cooked
products, produced by students. (Students are involved in every
step of production of Raider Red
Meats.) A variety of items are available in Market Street
and United Supermarket in the Lubbock, Dallas-Fort Worth, Midland, and Albuquerque areas. Additionally, beef
steaks and roasts are distributed by US Foods to restaurants
throughout the South Plains region. Shipping is available to all 50
states.
Pitmaster Collective brings together almost 150 of America's
premier craft barbecue Pitmasters with people who are passionate
about the best-in-barbecue. The "virtual club" membership is
$24 annually, with exclusive benefits
such as 10% off barbecue at any Pitmaster restaurant every day of
the year, skip-the-line passes at selected restaurants, Pit tours,
Master classes and webinars, and On 'Cue magazine.
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