Tri-Tip from the Discount Bin

smbishop

Buying milk, found two tri-tips for $12 a piece in the discount bin.  It has been a while, turned out great, a bit over cooked..  Served with potatoes from our garden and asparagus.




I like the Food Saver marinator, who knows if it really works!




Flipped multiple times at 450 direct, raised grid.  Marinade had sugar in it...

dmourati

Score!

I cook a lot of tri-tip.

My family prefers tri-tip "overcooked" meaning medium well. My trick is to use the shape of the tri-tip to my advantage and to give them the thin pointy part and keep the middle either for me to eat out right or to re-use the next day for tri-tip nachos!

paqman

looks perfect to me!  I’ll go buy some milk now.

RRP

SUPER WOW!!!

You SMASHED that one PERFECTLY!!!

lousubcap

Score across the board. Great result right there.  Congrats. 

StillH2OEgger

Tri-tip looks great from here -- the rest of the plate, too!

Yno

I love tri tips! I always cook two, one burnt (medium) for Ynette and one super rare for myself.

I have lately been finding trimmed tri tips that cost more per pound to buy, but some of the untrimmed tri tips end up just as costly when all that fat is removed. But it looks like you really got a bargain there. Did you weigh the fat?

TechsasJim

smbishop said:

Buying milk, found two tri-tips for $12 a piece in the discount bin.  It has been a while, turned out great, a bit over cooked..  Served with potatoes from our garden and asparagus.




I like the Food Saver marinator, who knows if it really works!




Flipped multiple times at 450 direct, raised grid.  Marinade had sugar in it...

Yes sir!    That and flat iron are 2 of my favorite cuts.   Looks wonderful.

smbishop

Yno said:

I love tri tips! I always cook two, one burnt (medium) for Ynette and one super rare for myself.

I have lately been finding trimmed tri tips that cost more per pound to buy, but some of the untrimmed tri tips end up just as costly when all that fat is removed. But it looks like you really got a bargain there. Did you weigh the fat?

It was 15 lbs 15 oz after the trim, so about $6 a pound.   I froze the 2nd one for a future (rarer) cook.  

smbishop

dmourati said:

Score!

I cook a lot of tri-tip.

My family prefers tri-tip "overcooked" meaning medium well. My trick is to use the shape of the tri-tip to my advantage and to give them the thin pointy part and keep the middle either for me to eat out right or to re-use the next day for tri-tip nachos!

I love the idea of tri-tip nachos!  I looked at your post.  I haven't ordered beans from Ranch Gordo in many years.  Need to do that again and try out the Susie Q seasoning!

dmourati

@smbishop , I order from them all the time and recently got into their "bean club." I cook their pinto beans a lot.

I never soak beans ahead of time and they always come out great. I attribute this to fresh beans.

Gulfcoastguy

I have only found one Tritip for sale in the local grocery shop.

smbishop

Gulfcoastguy said:

I have only found one Tritip for sale in the local grocery shop.

Yep, this was a complete surprise!

briwald

I've never even seen a tri-tip in a grocery store down here in Florida, let alone on sale.  If I want them, I have either visit an actual butcher shop or we have Wild Fork down here and I can get nice ones that have been frozen.  Not a $6.00 a lbs. though.  That is amazing.