What to serve?

natitude

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Oct 11, 2014

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• Jun 18, 2015

• #1

Hey guys. I have about 12 family members coming in town in a couple weeks and want to smoke something. Not sure what to smoke. Can't be pork because some don't eat it. Any suggestions?

 

moozoo

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• Jun 18, 2015

• #2

I'd throw a chicken and a tri-tip in the pit.  Pretty close in cooking time and you'd hit both beef (without having to do a big brisket) and something much lighter in taste.  Best of both worlds.

 

natitude

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• Jun 19, 2015

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Never thought about tri-tip. Great idea... Thanks! So I'd cook both to the same IT?

 

Last edited: Jun 19, 2015

b-one

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• Jun 19, 2015

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Natitude said:

Never thought about tri-tip. Great idea... Thanks! So I'd cook both to the same IT?

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Tri tip is best rare to med rare.

 

moozoo

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• Jun 19, 2015

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Natitude said:

Never thought about tri-tip. Great idea... Thanks! So I'd cook both to the same IT?

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Nope...I usually pull tri-tips around 140 IT or so and then let them rest for a little while, and the chicken needs to come up to around 170 then pulled to rest.  I just mean because of the way each kind of meat cooks, they're done within reach of each other.  Usually, I'm in the four-hour range for the tri-tip and between three and four hours for the whole chicken, depending on size.

 

natitude

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• Jun 20, 2015

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Sounds good.Gonna give that a try. Thanks for the advice!