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How to cook tri-tip?

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CaCook
CaCook Posts: 68
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I bought 4 lbs of tri tips, anyone have a good way to cook them?

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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
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    Here you go!


    http://eggsbythebay.com/Recipes.php

    Beef, Tri-Tip, Richard Fl


    INGREDIENTS:
    2 2 Lbs Each Tri-tips
    EVOO
    "Rub It Raw" Santa Maria Style BBQ Rub

    Grilling Sauce:
    1/2 Cup Red Wine Vinegar
    1/2 Cup[ EVOO
    1 Tbs Garlic Powder
    1 Tbs Fresh ground Black Pepper




    Procedure:
    1 Sprinkled EVOO on tri-tips and then heavly coated with the rub on both sides. Set covered in glass dish in refrigerator for 6 hours. Took out about 2 hours before cook and left on counter to come to room temperature.
    BGE:
    1 Got the large BGE up to 650°F direct and seared the tri-tips 3 minutes per side. pulled off the BGE and tented with heavy duty aluminum foil. Set the BGE up for indirect with plate setter legs up and shut down vents until the temperature of BGE got to 400°F about 20-25minutes. The internal temperature was about 98° F when pulled and 109°F when placed back on the BGE. Placed tri-tips back on and marinated about every 5 minutes until it reached 125°F internal. Pulled and let rest for 15 minutes. Final internal temperature was 135°F. Medium
    2 The sauce used to cook was from "Morro Bay Rich" recipe for Santa Clara Tri-Tip. Thanks! http://eggsbythebay.com/Recipes.php


    Preparation time: 30 minutes

    Recipe Type
    Beef, Main Dish

    Recipe Source
    Source: BGE Forum, Richard Fl, 2007/10/24
  • thebtls
    thebtls Posts: 2,300
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    Just posted this last weekend click on that or look here...

    The story behind Tri Tip Beef1 (a.k.a. Triangle Roast): This cut of meat is limited in availability because there is only one per side of beef. Therefore it is typically ground into hamburger or cut into cubes and sold as soup meat. This often over looked piece of meat is not only relatively inexpensive but also very flavorful and has become a favorite amongst the few in the know. The tri-tip roast or steak (also called a triangle roast) is the 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 pounds of meat that sits at the bottom of the sirloin. It has great flavor and tends to be much lower in fat than most cuts of beef i.e., it's a good lean cut of beef.


    The thing to remember is that lean also means it will dry out faster so it is recommended that you prepare with a good marinade &/or Rub. Particularly good flavors for tri-tip are Southwestern or Asian. Because tri-tip is lean, be careful not to overcook it, particularly when preparing the full roast. Medium is as far as you should go with this cut. Use a meat thermometer to monitor often during cooking. If you are used to grilling other cuts, this one can throw some grillers off by appearing underdone when it is ready to serve.

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    Loosely based on a combined Santa Maria & Grilled Soy Lime Style – this simple utilizes a hybrid marinade that is loosely based on a combination of spices picked up from two different recipes. This fine cut of meat was supplied by Missouri Legacy Beef (Manken Cattle Company) of Salisbury, MO

    Ingredients
    • 2-3 Lb. Tri-tip roast
    • Paul Prudhomme’s Magic Seasoning Blends – Meat Magic
    Seasoning Marinade:• 2 teaspoons freshly ground 4-color pepper
    • 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
    • 1 teaspoon onion powder
    • 1 Tbls. Garlic powder
    • 2 Tbls. Sea Salt (fresh ground)
    • 1 ½ Cups Apple Juice (100% pure juice)
    • ¼ Cup Soy Sauce (low sodium)
    • 2 ½ Tsp. Lime Juice
    • 1 Tbls. Red Pepper Flakes
    • 2 Tsp. Worcestershire sauce
    • 2 Tsp. Cayenne Pepper
    • ½ Tsp. Fresh Ground Ginger Root
    • Optional: Corn Syrup or Honey (3 Tbls.)
    Basting Sauce: • ½ cup red wine vinegar
    • ½ cup vegetable oil (or EVOO) (add garlic powder if you can’t find garlic infused oil)
    Preparation and cooking
    1. Mix together all marinade ingredients in a small bowl and pour over the tri tip in a 1 gallon freezer bag. Place in refrigerator for 4-8 hours turning occasionally.
    2. Whisk basting sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside for basting.
    3. Lightly oil your cooking grid and fire up BGE to T-Rex. Remove from Marinade and pat dry. Rub each side with Paul Prudhomme’s Meat Magic then sear the tri-tip at 600 to 700 degrees for 3-4 minutes per side.
    4. Remove seared tri-tip from the BGE, cover it with foil and let it rest while bringing the BGE temperature down to 350 to 400 degrees. Option: During this cool down period consider adding a few oak chunks to your lump.
    5. Now set up BGE for:
    Indirect cooking (plate setter) and return the tri-tip back in the BGE and cook to an internal temperature of 130+ degrees (approximately 35 minutes) for medium rare, basting with the sauce every 5 to 10 minutes (optional), or,
    Direct cooking (on raised grid). Return the tri-tip back into the BGE and cook to an internal temperature of 130+ degrees, basting every 5 to 10 minutes.
    7. Remove tri-tip from the BGE, cover it with foil and let it rest 15 minutes; to serve, cut into ½” slices against the grain.2

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