Father's Day Tri Tip - First Auber use

The kids got me an Auber PID controller for fathers day so I obviously had to use it.  While it was a short cook, the Auber got to temp quickly and held steady for the hour or so I needed. 

Before I knew what I was getting I decided for fathers day I wanted to try tri tip on my egg.  I went with the Santa Maria Recipe thats been posted around here a time or two.  Indirect until about 115, pulled and rested while getting the egg up to temp (took too long a break as I wrapped my thermo for the first time, but avoided the flashback) then seared about a minute on each side.  At this point I remembered "it didn;t happen without pics" so I had SWMBO snap a few of the final temp check, some sliced, and finally plated with some blue cheese bacon mashed potatoes. 

Fire

Sliced

Plated