Texas Tech University

Texas Tech hosts Barbecue and Ribeye Championship Cook-Off

The event will feature barbecue celebrities and teams from across the country competing against one another.

August 16, 2023

Raider Red Meats and the Kansas City Barbeque Society will collaborate for the annual barbecue and ribeye state championship.

Texas Tech wins Meat Science Quiz Bowl National Championship at RMC

Team of 11 undergraduates claims top prize at the 76th annual Reciprocal Meat Conference.

Industry News

June 29, 2023

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The competition during the 76th annual Reciprocal Meat Conference in St. Paul, Minn., features 36 teams from 20 schools.

Texas Tech researchers study genetic properties of quality beef

Collaborative genomics project to be funded by $603,960 grant from University of New England.

Industry News

September 9, 2022

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Markus Miller is working with groups from Australia and Ireland to identify the genetic qualities of high-grade beef.

Gordon and Joyce Davis donate $44 million to Texas Tech University

Industry News

January 27, 2022

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School will rename agricultural college the Gordon W. Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources.

Higher Education | Texas Tech University

David Andrés Vargas Arroyo

June 7, 2020

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Texas Tech University, known to many as the Red Raiders, was founded in 1923 and is located in Lubbock, Texas. The Meat Science Program is housed within the Department of Animal and Food Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

Steaks are one of Raider Red Meats' specialties

Raider Red Meats: A double major

Raider Red Meats is succeeding not only as a high-end meat processing business but also as an educational tool for its student employees.

Sam Gazdziak

December 8, 2016

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Working at Raider Red Meats seldom gets boring. Employees have to harvest animals, cut steaks, and produce the further-processed items like sausages and shelf-stable meat snacks.