Tri tip..poor mans ribeye

Chili Head

Chili Head

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Wow what a beautiful day today..mid 70's and light winds.
Time for some smoke!
Lunch started with some wings 4 ways.. Buffalo, spicy garlic, desert gold and some jerk.

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Whoo baby those were good!

Left for the range to hit some balls And on the way home I picked up a couple tri tips and some asparagus.

Dusted the tri tip with some double secret and gave the asparagus some garlic EVOO and desert gold...love that stuff!

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Simply delicioso!!
 
Big Poppa

Big Poppa

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for us so and central cal people...nothern cal doesnt count...hehehehe

Tri tip is a staple and many times a first choice when eating beef
 
Chili Head

Chili Head

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Now that I know where I can get it I'll be eating it a lot more. It has to be one of the lower cost cuts you can get but one of the best tasting IMO.
 
TentHunter

TentHunter

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Poor man's ribeye... It's so true, especially smoked on a grill. You feel like your eating $13.99/lb steak.

Great post Chili!
 
ACW3

ACW3

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I made a trip to Taylorsville, NC (about an hour from my house) today to Mays Meats, a truly great little butcher shop. I was looking for two things. Fresh pork bellies and tri tips. Struck out on pork bellies. When I asked about tri tips, the butcher looked at me with a slight grin. I said, you know, "the boomerang looking cut of beef." He started laughing and said, “I know what they are and I have some. Let me go check to make sure.” He came back with a cryovac pack weighing about 20#. $3.49/pound. The only other call he has for them is a restaurant not to far away (I think it is owned by the Earnhardt (racecar) family). I bought them and repackaged them when I got home. Turns out there were five in the package. One is probably between 5.5 and 6 pounds. The other four are 3.5 to 4 pounds each. They all look good. NOW I can really see what all you Left Coasters are always talking about. I need to go back and re-read all the tri tip cooks to see how I want to cook my first one.

Art
 
S

So Cal Smoker

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The secret to good Tri-Tip is simplicity, don't brine it, don't rub it, don't spritz it, don't mop it, just salt pepper & garlic, cook, rest, cut across the grain (very important), and as Sparky says " Buy Bigger Pants". Vons just had TT on sale for $2.97 and yes I stocked up. YUM
 
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