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Tri Tip Online

Just moved from Nor Cal to north Massachusetts and its nearly impossible to find Tri Tip out here. Looks like prices and quality vary significantly with online retailers. Any recommendations from people that have ordered online?
Craig aka Cmac Cooks
Amesbury, MA
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,762
    Don't know about mail order, but if you have a Trader Joe's in your area, they routinely carry them here.  You may want to give the flat iron cut a go in place.  FWIW-
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
  • cmac610
    cmac610 Posts: 326
    lousubcap said:
    Don't know about mail order, but if you have a Trader Joe's in your area, they routinely carry them here.  You may want to give the flat iron cut a go in place.  FWIW-
    Thanks @lousubcap...there is one about 15 miles away, but all the cuts that I've seen at TJ's before are already marinated. Have you seen them sell plain Tips?
    Craig aka Cmac Cooks
    Amesbury, MA
    #BGETeamGreen #TeamArteflame #TeamBarrelProof #TeamGozney
    XL BGE, Mini-Max, La Caja China, Arteflame Classic 40, Arteflame One 20, Arteflame Euro 20, Cotton Gin Harvester, Weber Classic, Gozney Dome, Anova wifi Sous Vide.
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,583
    theres a place in dracut, Brown & Budnick Meats,  call ahead as they are small and be prepared for sticker shock.
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,762
    @cmac610 Here they are offered marinated and plain.  Hope you have a similar choice.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    My experience is to NOT purchase a SRF Tri Tip, as $80 dollars for a miserly 1.75lb roast left me feeling very angry.

    My advice is no matter what you buy, don't settle - order the 'Prime' ...
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,583

    @cmac610
    the place i mentioned the tritips were about 22 to 25 bucks last summer in dracut, beef seems to be up right now so a few bucks more.  other places in the area with good selection but no tritip is the butcher boy in north andover and mckinnons in salem nh, pretty sure theres one south of you. they wont have tritip but there meat is high quality. market basket has the tritip steak cut that i use in stirfry and more recently in pho this winter. theres another cut you might not be familar with, flap meat sometimes sold as sirloin tip in new england. cook it like a tritip but pay attention to the cutting angles shown in this link. market basket will have these 4 to 5 in a pack, takes marinade really well.            http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/05/the-best-inexpensive-steak-for-the-grill-part-4-flap-meat-sirloin-tip.html

    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it