beefman strikes TRI Tip

[beefmann]

gotta love smart and final they have tri tip on special at  2.99 / lb and i grabbed one at  23  lbs and  the last one at 19.8 lbs for a  picnic on sunday , family and  friends, roughly 40  people and  a guy  walks  up behind me and asks do you  know  where the  tri tip is, i  said yes, in my  cart.... as i proceed to  walk off,



pictures to follow soon

[Gizmo]

I have never seen tri tip over 3 to 4 lbs.  Are those 5 wrapped up together?

[Smokin Soon]

You go Beef!!! ;D

[stantonl]

Is that the whole sirlon at 23 pounds?

Larry

[Caneyscud]

I don't think I'd like to see that heifer/steer that 23 pound tri-tip came from!  Interesting, but scary!  7700 pound heifer/steer!

[Tenpoint5]

I don't think I'd like to see that heifer/steer that 23 pound tri-tip came from!  Interesting, but scary!  7700 pound heifer/steer!

Must have been a "Babe" relative

[BuyLowSellHigh]

A BIG tri tip is ~ 3 lbs,  although USDA IMPS specs allow for as much as 8 lbs.  Whole sirloin is in the range of 16-28 lbs, and most of that is the top sirloin.

[OldHickory]

Your purchase is astounding.  My bigest tri-tip has been around 6# untrimmed.  I smoked two Sunday that were 8# total, untrimmed.  Will be looking forward to your pic's etc.

[cubanon]

If I'm not mistaken, the tri tips at S & F come in several tri tips in cryovac bag.

[classicrockgriller]

I bought 3 tri-tip last week and they came out of a cryovac bag and he trimmed them up.

[beefmann]

after opening both sealed  bags was a total  of  13 pieces  of tri tip and  cook it all in my 4 rack Bradley at  once, ... only thing  i  can  say is im  glad i  had a 900 watt element to  deal  with the load, with  smoke and cook  it took 18 hours to  smoke and cook it  all at a box temp of 210 and aan it  temp to 175  - 185 MOST  fell  apart at that  point