Tri tip

[kjel]

Anyone smoked tri tip?  Is this cut of meat worth smoking or better to stick w/ brisket  to keep cost down?  Difference in flavor/tenderness to brisket?

[Fuzzybear]

Not me Kjel...I am curious as to how your's turns out  - make sure you post the pics/times etc...I've only grilled them.....
Good luck with it!

"A mans got to know his limitations"
Glendora, CA - USA!

[Chez Bubba]

It's called tri-tip for a reason. One tri ain't so good. If you know how to slice it it can segment the bad 1/3rd from the good 2/3rds, save the bad 1/3rd for stew & serve the remaining. That 2/3rds is fine tasty.

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Ya think next time I check into a hotel & they ask "Smoking or Non?" they would mind?

[BigSmoker]

Just grilled a tri-tip last night.  I seared it for 6 min. per side at 500f-550f.  Threw on some JD chips for flavor.  Then shut down my grill to low to drop chamber temp and finished for about 40 min at around 375-400f.(20 min fat side down)  Used my polder and pulled at 140f(135f would have been a little better)internal temp.  Let rest for 30 min and sliced against the grain.  Very good piece of meat for me real beefy flavor.  If cooked properly I find the whole thing is very tasty and as good as a NY strip.  I marinated it it overnight in woster sauce and Dizzy Pig Cow Lick rub.  I used vaccum sealer to pull out air(just remember to use folded paper towel at top of bag so no liquid gets into vaccum chamber).  Now I never thought about the BS for Tri-tip but now a good cold smoking before searing sounds like a great idea.  I think that will be on the agenda for this coming weekend.[:D]

Jeff

Some say BBQ is in your blood, if thats true my blood must be BBQ sauce.

[owrstrich]

i tried to score some meat for smoking last weekend... being on the road its not that easy to get the right cuts...

anyway... one place we stopped suggested tritip... he had a comercial smoker for his deli... he sliced me off a piece of tritip right out of the smoker...

it was very good... he said 8hrs at 200deg with apple wood... the tritips were small... i would guess perhaps 4lbs...

i didnt buy any because i didnt know anything about them...

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