Tri Tip Success

Bluecrab3

Have never had a Tri Tip until becoming an egghead. Nice piece of meat. Here's how I did it. Started with some salt and pepper and brought to room temperature:



Started a sear on the cast iron grate at 675°:


90 Seconds per side twice for nice cross-sear:



Pulled and foiled for 20 minutes and got the veggies going:


Once the veggies were done, I roasted the tip with a sauce of BBQ, Italian dressing, hot sauce, worcestershire, and lemon juice. 400° and re-sauced every 10 minutes:

Pulled at 132 degrees, foiled for 5 minutes, and....


Happy eggin'. Great meal and leftovers were gone by lunch today!

McEggin

I love tri-tip. Best tasting economical cut there is. Yours looks like it turned out very nice. I egged a couple tri-tip steaks for lunch today with a little bit of evo and DP's Raising the Steaks rub. Very tasty!

Marc from IL

Nice job! Looks great..

jake42

Lookin' good!!!!
Nothin' does it better than cast iron.

JLOCKHART29

Very novel way to do that and looks great!! I like the sause idea and grill marks are right there. Great cook.

glousteau

I've seen several tri-tips on here and they look good. AFAIK, I've never had one before, haha! What cut is it? What's it taste most like? Is it called tri-tip in the stores? I'm game to try anything once or twice, especially if it involves meat

SLOandSteady

Reminds me of my college days in Central California.

Broc

That looks great!

~ B

Bluecrab3

I believe it's the bottom part of the sirloin. If you do a search on the forum, you'll see that generally you can find it at Costco, where I did, or from a good butcher.

The Barbequetioner

Very nice. When I do my Tri-Tip I pull it at 135. Slice thin lay in a Cast Iron pan and cover with Pepper Jack Cheese and put back in the egg for about 10-12 more min. Serve it over a toasted roll. MMMMMMMM.

McEggin

glousteau wrote:

I've seen several tri-tips on here and they look good. AFAIK, I've never had one before, haha! What cut is it? What's it taste most like? Is it called tri-tip in the stores? I'm game to try anything once or twice, especially if it involves meat

glousteau,

I am originally from Cincinnati. I get back there occasionally to visit and grill tri-tips for my family. I always get them at Costco and I believe they go for about $5.99 lb. as of last summer. They read tri-tip roast on the package. As far as the taste, they have their own. All I can say is try it. They are very moist and flavorful.