Barbecue club Pitmaster Collective has signed on to be the presenting sponsor of the annual Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship, set for Aug.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 Aug. 16 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. Aug. 17 features a Backyard BBQ Boss workshop conducted by Texas 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 Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctioned. A full schedule and team registration form are available at Raider Red Meats | Meat Science & Muscle Biology | TTU.
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