TRAEGER TEXAS GRILL BBQ075 HAS AIR DRIED ROUGH TEXTURE ON TRI-TIP

[cookshack]

Bought a new Traeger Texas BBQ075 grill. I used apple pellets on chicken thighs and they came out great. I smoked a tri-tip and the outside texture was a little rough on the roof of your mouth. It may be the fan moving the air at all times dries the surface of the meat. I was thinking of putting the tri-tips in cheese cloth and then smoke them. Has anyone else had this problem?

 

[adiochiro3]

Haven't had this kind of problem before.  Were your cooking temps in the right range?  If so, you might try a water pan in the smoker to keep moisture levels up during the smoke.  The fan could be the problem; how much air (cfm) does it move?  You really don't need much.