Tri-Tip. Amazing Cook on My Pit Boss Pro Series 850

[Zeke2024]

One of the MAIN reasons I bought the PB Pro Series 850 was for its ability to sear. Having NEVER cooked a tri-tip on a pellet grill before, I was pumped to see the results. Wow! What an absolute pleasant surprise this turned out to be. I marinated it for about 6 hours. I then cranked up the PB to 500 and set the trip on the grill. The wifi kept me updated on the meat's IT. When it hit around 110 IT, I opened up the sear plate and cooked it for about 4 minutes per side - until an IT of 140. The results are what you see here.

The searing function worked great, as did the wifi, which really helped ensure that the cook came out to perfection.

 

[Redicans]

Damn Zeke, looks great to me!! I love Tri Tip as individual steaks or a roast. Great cut of Beef

 

[jaxgatorz]

Very nice looking tri-tip !!

 

[normanaj]

Always awesome when you get great results on a first cook.

 

[chopsaw]

Looks great . Watch that grain direction . Slice across gives you a really tender piece of beef .

 

[JLeonard]

Great looking cook! I'd be all over that.

Jim

 

[mr mac]

Mr Mac loves him some tri-tip! Very well done, Zeke!

If you like your tri-tip with a little more smoke flavor, start your cook at 225-250° F and bring it to your IT to 120°, then sear to 130° and rest. You'll get the same delicious steak, but with a touch more smoke.

 

[Buckeye1]

Great looking Tri tip. Making me hungry

 

[Zeke2024]

Excellent advice. TY

Looks great . Watch that grain direction . Slice across gives you a really tender piece of beef .

 

[Zeke2024]

Thank you.

Mr Mac loves him some tri-tip! Very well done, Zeke!

If you like your tri-tip with a little more smoke flavor, start your cook at 225-250° F and bring it to your IT to 120°, then sear to 130° and rest. You'll get the same delicious steak, but with a touch more smoke.

Thank you. Having never doen this before I kinda winged the whole thing. I cranked up the rig to High, let it roll until it hit 450, then dropped the meat on the grill. I watched the meat problem and went outside when it hit 110F. I then opened the searing plate, and grilled it for about 4+ minutes Closed the plate, moved the meat to the side and let it sit for a minute or so. Brought it inside, wrapped it in foil, let it rest for about 10 minutes.

I have a few tri-tips left and I will DEFINITELY try your method next time. Thank you so much

 

[chopsaw]

You can see the grain direction in that one pretty easy .
Here's a cut across the grain .

My first one I didn't know either .
Grain changed direction , I didn't .

Just a heads up . You did a great job with the sear on that . Looks fantastic .
Pit Boss is a nice Pellet grill .

 

[mr mac]

Thank you.

Thank you. Having never doen this before I kinda winged the whole thing. I cranked up the rig to High, let it roll until it hit 450, then dropped the meat on the grill. I watched the meat problem and went outside when it hit 110F. I then opened the searing plate, and grilled it for about 4+ minutes Closed the plate, moved the meat to the side and let it sit for a minute or so. Brought it inside, wrapped it in foil, let it rest for about 10 minutes.

I have a few tri-tips left and I will DEFINITELY try your method next time. Thank you so much

Either way works wonderfully! My fist tri-tip was over a charcoal grill many, many years ago before I knew anything about reverse sear, and such, and it still turned out great!

When I had my PB 850, I did the low-n-slow, sear method and got that great hickory smoke flavor, and that's how I do it from now on.

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

looks great. I like tritip because it kinda gives you a few different sections of doneness. Can cook one piece of meat and get Medium rare and medium out of one cook

 

[Zeke2024]

Damn Zeke, looks great to me!! I love Tri Tip as individual steaks or a roast. Great cut of Beef

My thoughts exactly. My wife likes it more on the medium side. My kids and I lean more toward mid-rare. Trip-tip is a very flexible piece of meat. It surprises me that this is NEVER offered in a restaurant. I have NEVER seen tri-tip on any menu - ever.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

It surprises me that this is NEVER offered in a restaurant. I have NEVER seen tri-tip on any menu - ever.

It is probably your location. There are many restaurants out here that serve it.

Rattler's BBQ in Santa Clarita, CA

It is the main thing they serve. Best BBQ joint around me.

 

[WaterRat]

Looks great . Watch that grain direction . Slice across gives you a really tender piece of beef .

Thought I noticed that too but wasnt sure

 

[WaterRat]

Looks great, nice cook! Love tri-tip but tough to find around here, saw some at the Amish market the other day but but at $14/lb that wasnt happening

 

[DRKsmoking]

Great looking smoke/cook. Well done

David

 

[Zeke2024]

It is probably your location. There are many restaurants out here that serve it.

Rattler's BBQ in Santa Clarita, CA

It is the main thing they serve. Best BBQ joint around me.

You are lucky. NY is mostly rib eye, strip, porterhouse, filet mignon. It is nowhere to be found in any local supermarket or even local butchers. I buy all of my tri-tip from Wild Fork. It is the absolute best!

 

[Zeke2024]

Looks great, nice cook! Love tri-tip but tough to find around here, saw some at the Amish market the other day but but at $14/lb that wasnt happening

It is nowhere to be found in any local supermarket or even local butchers here in NY. I buy all of my tri-tip from Wild Fork. It is the absolute best!