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. 

It started off small, as just four students and a coach revived competitive meat judging at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Meat judging programs are currently the most effective tool for the recruitment and development of future meat scientists in existence today.