Its that time of year.

[forktender]

It's time to stock up on Tri Tips boys and girls. I bought enough to last me a year, easily. They make amazing burgers ground as well.

 

[chef jimmyj]

In PA I asked the local meat manager about Tri-Tip, he never heard of it. Got the same answer at a few area stores within 50 miles...JJ

 

[gmc2003]

I thought the thread was going to be about peepers.

No TT in my region either.

Chris

 

[one eyed jack]

I first started reading about try tip on forums 12 or so years ago. I've seen it, and bought it, exactly once in this area. It was very good and I'd buy it again if they would just sell it.

 

[tropics]

Bought one once it was $13.00 a pound
Richie

 

[bradger]

it is sometimes called triangle steak.

 

[one eyed jack]

it is sometimes called triangle steak.

Good to know. Thanks. Haven't ever seen triangle steak here either.

 

[smokerjim]

I think the problem probably is that stores don't get sides of beef anymore, so if they want to carry tri-tip they would have to order it by the case and if they don't have much of a call for it it would end up in hamburger. i'll have to check at work tomorrow and actually see if it's even available to us.

 

[Hawging It]

Never cooked one but see them a lot here.

 

[sawhorseray]

Wow, I thought they were pretty much standard fare, now I know better. I've cooked a ton of them, Weber, Sous Vide, camp grill. Did a little investigation, FYI. $1.99lb is better than the best price I've ever seen. Found Tri's once for $2.49lb, usually get it on sale untrimmed for $2.99lb and trim off a lot of fat. Tastes a little better with the fat left on when cooking, fat = flavor. RAY


"The tri-tip is a cut of beef from the bottom sirloin primal cut.[1] It is a small triangular muscle, usually 1.5 to 2.5 lbs. (675 to 1,150g) per side of beef.
In the United States, this cut was typically used for ground beef or sliced into steaks until the late 1950s, when it became a local specialty in Santa Maria, California, rubbed with salt, pepper, garlic salt, and other seasonings, cooked over red oak wood and roasted whole on a rotisserie, smoked in a pit, baked in an oven, grilled, or braised by putting a pot on top of a grill, browning the meat directly on the grill surface before and after the braising. (The tri-tip is still often labeled the "Santa Maria steak".) Most popular in the Central Coast of California and Central Valley regions of California,[1] it has begun to enjoy increasing popularity elsewhere for its full flavor, lower fat content, and comparatively lower cost.

In New York City, the Florence Meat Market has popularized the name "Newport steak" for a steak cut from the tri-tip.[2]

Tri-tip has also become a popular cut of meat for producing chili con carne on the competitive chili cooking circuit, supplanting ground beef because the low fat content produces little grease, for which judges take off points.[citation needed]

Tri-tip is a close cousin of the culotte steak, which is cut from the top sirloin."

 

[clifish]

Have to have mine "imported" by a friend from CA Costco $5.99/lb trimmed. 4 more coming to me in a couple weeks that will make 10 in the freezer.

 

[forktender]

Have to have mine "imported" by a friend from CA Costco $5.99/lb trimmed. 4 more coming to me in a couple weeks that will make 10 in the freezer.

clifish
How does he ship them to you?
I'd be willing to send a few out if it's not that hard and the person cover the costs. Even though I have the freezer full of them. My woman asked me to go buy another sack of them to grind up for bacon burger. I add a large package of pieces chunks and bacon tips to the grind, and they make the best burgers and ground steaks smothered in morel mushroom gravy over egg noodles or smashed and fried garlic, red potatoes, in the winter time....yum!!!

 

[clifish]

clifish
How does he ship them to you?
I'd be willing to send a few out if it's not that hard and the person cover the costs. Even though I have the freezer full of them. My woman asked me to go buy another sack of them to grind up for bacon burger. I add a large package of pieces chunks and bacon tips to the grind, and they make the best burgers and ground steaks smothered in morel mushroom gravy over egg noodles or smashed and fried garlic, red potatoes, in the winter time....yum!!!

I am lucky, she is a private flight attendant for a Billionaire...not kidding. She is in CA all the time and goes to costco to stock up the jet with food. They have freezer packs to keep all the food fresh so she just fills one up and leaves it on my doorstep when she gets home.

 

[NormsEgg]

Give this Mediterranean marinade a shot with your next tri-tip.
4 tablespoons red wine vinegar

4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1/4 teaspoon dried thyme

1/4 teaspoon dried Greek oregano

1 clove garlic (minced)

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Mix in a bowl and pour over meat, making sure to cover it all. The recipe states to let it sit 4 hours, I let it go about a day.


I was worried the acidity may toughen it up, but you could have cut the sliced portions with a butter knife.

 

[noboundaries]

"Sold in the bag." That's usually 20 lbs of untrimmed tri tips, give or take, in a big vacuum bag. $1.99 / lb used to be common, then the drought hit. Then China dropped their restrictions on beef imports from the US when Mad Cow Disease cleared up. Don't know if beef has been included in their tariffs, but I don't think it has. I haven't seen $1.99 / lb in at least five years. Might have to go shopping!

 

[Fueling Around]

Tri-Tip was pretty much an unknown cut around here up to a few years.
The few butchers that recognized the name usually replied with "Are you from California?"
As with other cheap cuts that have gone trendy the prices are no where near 1.99 a pound either.

BTW is it Tri-Tip or Tri-Trip as advertised by Food Maxx?

 

[sandyut]

$1.99 lb tri tip!!! good lord man I would buy them out.

 

[forktender]

Tri-Tip was pretty much an unknown cut around here up to a few years.
The few butchers that recognized the name usually replied with "Are you from California?"
As with other cheap cuts that have gone trendy the prices are no where near 1.99 a pound either.

BTW is it Tri-Tip or Tri-Trip as advertised by Food Maxx?

Hahaha, nice catch, it's deff. tri tip it goes on sale at this price at least twice a year. I have so much T.T. I need to start grinding and making sausage to make room in the freezer. Yes, I live in the east bay area CA.

 

[forktender]

"Sold in the bag." That's usually 20 lbs of untrimmed tri tips, give or take, in a big vacuum bag. $1.99 / lb used to be common, then the drought hit. Then China dropped their restrictions on beef imports from the US when Mad Cow Disease cleared up. Don't know if beef has been included in their tariffs, but I don't think it has. I haven't seen $1.99 / lb in at least five years. Might have to go shopping!

15 to 20 lbs is the norm. from what I've seen.