Mother's Day Tri-Tip

That sure looks tasty Dennis!

What's the purpose of taking out of the Cook Shack and putting on the grill for 10 more degrees? Searing?

dennis,
thanks for the pics. my old german chef taught me to steal ideas with my eyes and i just got a good look at the asparagus
thanks!!!! it's cheap right now and a spear sure would make a nice garnish!!!!!
jack

where are the pics? i cant see them.

Excellent job, Dennis. Where did you get the meat from? Did you trim the fat yourself? I tend to keep a tad more fat on my tri-tips, but your's look great. How was the smoke flavor? THX

Hi Dennis,

Wow great photos. The Tri-Tip looks tasty : )

Geiyser, typically these are cooked on a charcoal grill, first indirect to cook them through and then direct for carmelization/crust.

I started them in my Cookshack because 1) it's easy, 2) they get more smoke, and 3) it's easy. About 1oz or less of wood and the temp at 150. The grill really finishes them up nicely with crust, carmelization, grill marks, etc.

Pchef, glad you could steal what I stole from someone else.

LA, The meat came from Costco, pre-trimmed. I had one package (2 per package) of each of the following:



What's the difference between the two, other than the obvious price? Costco doesn't have the cheaper variety very often. And to tell you the truth, I'm not sure I could even tell a difference (though my taste test wasn't side-by-side).

Dennis -- What happened to the pics in the first post? They are not there. Sure would like to see them!

Hey Dennis,

My 2 cents worth is that the label sez it all. The meat in the 2 packages are cut from two different areas of the animal. The tri-tip is from the tip of the loin, it is more marbled (usually more tender and juicy), and the tri-tip area in each animal is quite small thus the higher price.

The round usually is very lean and often does not do well with a low & slow cook.

But hey, what do I know?, the results in your pix look good!!!

quote:

Originally posted by Wheelz:
Dennis -- What happened to the pics in the first post? They are not there. Sure would like to see them!

Are you using Firefox? It doesn't show in Firefox but it shows fine in IE. Just haven't figure out why yet. It's a FF setting. The broken link in firefox (right click and look at properties) is different than IE.

The problem was in the wrong placement of a "\" in the original post. You can't pub backslashes in URL, need to be forward slahs. IE could fix that, FF can't.

I fixed it in the post, you should see it now.

I do alot of Tri-tip here in Az. They are readily available at Albertsons. I like em on the grill. they are one of the only meats that I don't smoke.

Yes Smokin, I use Firefox and can now see the pics. Thanks!

Looks fantastic Dennis. Approximately how much time from start to finish in the cooking process?

Russ, thanks for the syntax fix.

Q'n Mike, I really couldn't tell much difference between the finished product of the two. The loin TT was thicker, but there really wasn't any noticeable difference in flavor or tenderness between the two.