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Tri Tip -- My First Attempt
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After viewing R2Egg2Q's (my brother-in-law's) "Tri Tip Tutorial" in this forum, I decided tri tip would be my next grill on the BGE. So this past week, I grilled my very first tri tip. Growing up on the West Coast and currently living on the East Coast, I had no idea tri tips were uncommon. I finally found a local organic meat market that set aside a 4lb tri tip for me. Unfortunately, the butcher already cut the tri tip into two parts and charged me an arm and a leg. Oh, well...
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After cleaning the meat and patting it down with paper towels, I did my best to trim off the excess fat.
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I seasoned it off with 50/50 The Rub Co. Santa Maria Style and Regular Barbecue dry rubs.
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Afterwards, I placed the tri tip on the LBGE indirect using wine infused oak smoke wood at 300F dome temp.
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My wife and I like our tri tip medium-rare so my target IT was about 127-130F with the expected few degrees rise during the resting period. So I roasted the tri tip to an IT of 115F and pulled it off the LBGE. Since I didn't have a cast iron grid for my LBGE yet, I did the reverse sear on my adjacent Weber gas grill. (In hindsight, I could have reverse seared the tri tip direct using the stainless steel grid. Lesson learned...)
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The gas grill never really got hot enough for me to do a proper sear, but I thought it still turned out alright. I pulled the tri tip at 128F and let it rest for about 20 mins before slicing.
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Since the tri tip was already cut in two, I had no problem slicing it across the grain to get tender slices.
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Thank you R2Egg2Q for your guidance! Hope this was helpful and thanks for looking!
Hyattsville, MD (Washington DC Metro Area)
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Going to make you bring them to the forum so I don't have to go look at them lol.
Looks really good. what I will recommend when cooking tritip staying indirect will not give you a nice sear/bark. I cook a ton of tritip and I have worked away from the indirect setup on it now. Next time try it cooking direct around 400. then when it hits 120-125 depending on how you like it ( do it by touch and not by temp). I pull then ramp up the egg and sear it. It is one of those pieces of meat that is always good so you can try different things with it and still taste great!
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golfguyjosh, thanks for the tip! I'll definitely try direct next time I do tri tip. I also appreciate your patience as I try to figure out how to properly post photos on this forum.Weber Summit Charcoal Grill, Weber Smokey Mountain, LBGE, MiniMax and Mini
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AT $15/lb, I would have been very upset that he cut it. Looks like it came out great, though.
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You might try this recipe. I've fed a lot of Eggers at the Eggs-by-the-Bay Eggfest with it. No one has every complained.
Santa Maria Style Tri-tip
Rich Miller aka Morro Bay Rich
Morro Bay, CA
2 (3 pound) tri-tip roasts
Basting Sauce, recipe follows
Seasoning Salt Mixture: recipe followsSeasoning Salt Mixture:
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons white pepper
2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon onion powder
4 tablespoons granulated garlic
2 tablespoons saltMix together all ingredients in a small bowl
Basting Sauce:
½ cup red wine vinegar
½ cup garlic-infused vegetable oilWhisk together vinegar and oil in a small bowl.
Coat both sides of the tri-tip roasts with the seasoning mixture, rubbing it in as you would a dry rub. Let the seasoned tri-tip rest for at least 30 minutes at room temperature. Sear each side of the tri-tip at 600 to 700 degrees for 3 to 4 minutes each. 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. During this cool down period I usually toss in a couple of oak chunks. Put tri-tip back in the BGE and cook to an internal temperature of 126 degrees for medium rare, basting with the sauce every 5 to 10 minutes. Remove tri-tip from the BGE, cover it with foil and let it rest 15 minutes. Cut into ½” slices against the grain.
This recipe is from Foodnetwork.com’s website. It is titled “Santa Maria Style BBQ” Oakwood Grilled Tri-tip. It is as close to authentic Santa Maria tri-tip as I have been able to find.
I usually cook this on a Large BGE and find it take 1 hour and 10 minutes from the time I strike the match to taking the tri-tip out of the BGE.
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@R2Egg2Q has given me plenty of advice through the years.. you're in good hands
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Where in the DC area are you located?
If you have a Wegmans nearby, they consistently have Tri-tip under their Angus "FYFGA" label(at least mine does and I'm in Frederick, MD). It's 7 or 8 bucks/lb. I always get good results. -
Where in the DC area are you from? I live in Dumfries/Woodbridge area. Also what butcher did you get the meat from I've heard good things about this butcher on Springfield plaza that I plan on cutting out of work early today to check out.
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It looks great! You definitely had a good teacher. $15 a lb for tri-tip though...ouch!
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buzd504 said:AT $15/lb, I would have been very upset that he cut it. Looks like it came out great, though.Weber Summit Charcoal Grill, Weber Smokey Mountain, LBGE, MiniMax and Mini
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morrobayrich said:You might try this recipe. I've fed a lot of Eggers at the Eggs-by-the-Bay Eggfest with it. No one has every complained.
Santa Maria Style Tri-tip
Rich Miller aka Morro Bay Rich
Morro Bay, CA
2 (3 pound) tri-tip roasts
Basting Sauce, recipe follows
Seasoning Salt Mixture: recipe followsSeasoning Salt Mixture:
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons white pepper
2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon onion powder
4 tablespoons granulated garlic
2 tablespoons saltMix together all ingredients in a small bowl
Basting Sauce:
½ cup red wine vinegar
½ cup garlic-infused vegetable oilWhisk together vinegar and oil in a small bowl.
Coat both sides of the tri-tip roasts with the seasoning mixture, rubbing it in as you would a dry rub. Let the seasoned tri-tip rest for at least 30 minutes at room temperature. Sear each side of the tri-tip at 600 to 700 degrees for 3 to 4 minutes each. 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. During this cool down period I usually toss in a couple of oak chunks. Put tri-tip back in the BGE and cook to an internal temperature of 126 degrees for medium rare, basting with the sauce every 5 to 10 minutes. Remove tri-tip from the BGE, cover it with foil and let it rest 15 minutes. Cut into ½” slices against the grain.
This recipe is from Foodnetwork.com’s website. It is titled “Santa Maria Style BBQ” Oakwood Grilled Tri-tip. It is as close to authentic Santa Maria tri-tip as I have been able to find.
I usually cook this on a Large BGE and find it take 1 hour and 10 minutes from the time I strike the match to taking the tri-tip out of the BGE.Weber Summit Charcoal Grill, Weber Smokey Mountain, LBGE, MiniMax and Mini
Hyattsville, MD (Washington DC Metro Area) -
Eggcelsior said:Where in the DC area are you located?
If you have a Wegmans nearby, they consistently have Tri-tip under their Angus "FYFGA" label(at least mine does and I'm in Frederick, MD). It's 7 or 8 bucks/lb. I always get good results.Weber Summit Charcoal Grill, Weber Smokey Mountain, LBGE, MiniMax and Mini
Hyattsville, MD (Washington DC Metro Area) -
Davec433 said:Where in the DC area are you from? I live in Dumfries/Woodbridge area. Also what butcher did you get the meat from I've heard good things about this butcher on Springfield plaza that I plan on cutting out of work early today to check out.Weber Summit Charcoal Grill, Weber Smokey Mountain, LBGE, MiniMax and Mini
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SmokeyPitt said:It looks great! You definitely had a good teacher. $15 a lb for tri-tip though...ouch!
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That looks delicious. If I would have seen this earlier, I would have pulled some out of the freezer. Tonight is gulf shrimp. Damn, seafood three days straight....I should have gone with beef.
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Loubo83 said:Davec433 said:Where in the DC area are you from? I live in Dumfries/Woodbridge area. Also what butcher did you get the meat from I've heard good things about this butcher on Springfield plaza that I plan on cutting out of work early today to check out.
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Davec433 said:Loubo83 said:Davec433 said:Where in the DC area are you from? I live in Dumfries/Woodbridge area. Also what butcher did you get the meat from I've heard good things about this butcher on Springfield plaza that I plan on cutting out of work early today to check out.Weber Summit Charcoal Grill, Weber Smokey Mountain, LBGE, MiniMax and Mini
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Will do
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