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Tri-Tip from the Discount Bin

smbishop
smbishop Posts: 3,061
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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...












Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX.  2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories.
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  • dmourati
    dmourati Posts: 1,299
    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!
    Plymouth, MN
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,919
    looks perfect to me!  I’ll go buy some milk now.

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    SUPER WOW!!!

    You SMASHED that one PERFECTLY!!!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,677
    Score across the board. Great result right there.  Congrats. 

    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.  
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,894
    edited June 2023
    Tri-tip looks great from here -- the rest of the plate, too!
    Stillwater, MN
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  • Yno
    Yno Posts: 529
    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?
    XL BGE in San Jose, CA. Also a Pit Barrel Cooker, a Cal Flame P4 gasser, and lots of toys including the first ever Flame Boss 300 in the wild. And a new Flame Boss 500.
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  • TechsasJim
    TechsasJim Posts: 2,252
    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.
    LBGE, 28” BS, Weber Kettle, HCI 7.8 SE Texas
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  • smbishop
    smbishop Posts: 3,061
    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.  
    Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX.  2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories.
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  • smbishop
    smbishop Posts: 3,061
    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!
    Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX.  2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories.
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  • dmourati
    dmourati Posts: 1,299
    @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.
    Plymouth, MN
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,320
    I have only found one Tritip for sale in the local grocery shop.
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  • smbishop
    smbishop Posts: 3,061
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    I have only found one Tritip for sale in the local grocery shop.
    Yep, this was a complete surprise!
    Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX.  2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories.
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  • briwald
    briwald Posts: 103
    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. 
    Maitland, FL
    XL BGE since 2019

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