Reverse sear sirloin round

Lit

So my local costco said they are not carrying tri tip anymore again so I got what I hink was labelled top round sirloin cap and cooked it pretty much thE same way I would a tri tip except I injected this. I mixed up some susie Q, a rub I got from one of the vendors at GA mountain eggfest, and Siraracha and injected the hack out of this thing then I rubbed it with susie Q, the other rub, and a little cow lick and let it sit for a couple hours in the fridge. I put it on the egg indirect at 300 with white oak and persimmon for smoke and took to about 105 then changed to lower direct set up. Pulled it when the thickest part was 122 and foiled for a half hour or so. This is every bit as good as tri tip and much cheaper. breakfast, lunch and dinner today will be steak sandwiches. Here's breakfast.

minniemoh

Nice cook! That looks like it was very tender. Can't find tri tip here at Costco either. Going to have to look for this sirloin cut. Thanks for sharing.

Lit

My costco got tri tip back but I'm sticking with the sirloin cap. Have done one a week for the last 3 weeks and these things are great. This one went in the sous vide at 108 for 2 hours just to get the cook time down and then cooked raised direct with some white oak to 125 degrees. It was at 98 IT when i put it on and took about 30 minutes to get to 125. Just finished a sandwich at work on onion buns and my mouth is still watering. I keep planning on breaking out the slicer for one of these but none have survived long enough to follow through.

minniemoh

I assume the sammich was a leftover... otherwise you must have been drinking beer on your lunch break!  

Lit

I knew something was up when the largest chunk of meat in the pile was the cheapest. It was marked as 5 pounds but was really almost 9 when I weighed it at home. Finally got the slicer out this time. Rubbed with garlic chilli paste then some susie q's and cowlick and into the sous vide at 110 for 2 hours whicj to IT to about 90. Then more garlic chili paste and susie q's and cowlick and onto the egg for a reverse sear. Cooked indirect to 115 then egg ramped up for the sear. I let it cool over night then thinly sliced for lunch meat for the next couple weeks.........

 

SkinnyV

Looks good I've made my RB sandwiches with round from Costco, not sirloin though so it was even cheaper.
That looks and I'm sure tastes better.nice work.

SmokeyPitt

Looks great.  Now I'm hungry for a steak sammich.  I will definitely give that a try in lieu of tri-tip.  What is the price per lb at Costco?  I tried to read the label but my old eyes can't make it out. 

Lit

@smokeypitt they vary from usually about $5.50 a pound to a little over $6. I got this on 4th of July weekend so they jacked all the prices up. Still not cheap but its the best lunch meat I've found. I froze 3 food saver bags full for the weeks to come.

Shiff

If you are looking for Tri Tip try talking to your supermarket butcher.  I found one here that ordered Tri Tip. I bought a bunch of it and he sold the rest in the meat cooler.  Now, they order it all by themselves from time to time. This week it is on sale for $6.99/pound. 

So, don't give up if you have a market that no longer carries it. The market butchers sually try to please their customers.