Today, my wife pulled a small tri-tip out of the fridge and asked me if I could smoke it.
I got to thinking about how much she likes brisket, so I set my mind up to try to do it brisket-like. I've seen others do this
on this forum, and wanted to do it myself. Last time I smoked a tri-tip, I messed up and it ended up tough.
Did a basic 50/50 Salt and Pepper rub. I rubbed a few tablespoons of Sweet Baby Ray's down first to get the rub to stick.
(I stopped using yellow mustard for this and only use bbq sauce for the initial sticky sauce, regardless of what I'm smoking now).
In the pellet smoker at 220 until it hit 165, then wrapped it and raised the smoker temp to 275.
pulled it out when internal temp hit 195 at the thick part. Let is rest for 20 mins.
My buddy gave me a couple pounds of his charcoal pellets that I mixed into my Amaz-n-smoker tube for additional smoke, since like most pellet smokers, mine imparts less smoke flavor than I'd like. The tube fixes that.
Here's what it looked like afterwards (we ate then I took the pics, so it looks a little drier than it was when I took it out).
I really liked the smoke ring I get with those charcoal pellets mixed in. This is the 2nd smoke I've done with them and it helps a lot in that regard.
Plus, the damn tube stays lit better with the charcoal pellets mixed in.
Bottom line, wife and I loved it.
I got to thinking about how much she likes brisket, so I set my mind up to try to do it brisket-like. I've seen others do this
on this forum, and wanted to do it myself. Last time I smoked a tri-tip, I messed up and it ended up tough.
Did a basic 50/50 Salt and Pepper rub. I rubbed a few tablespoons of Sweet Baby Ray's down first to get the rub to stick.
(I stopped using yellow mustard for this and only use bbq sauce for the initial sticky sauce, regardless of what I'm smoking now).
In the pellet smoker at 220 until it hit 165, then wrapped it and raised the smoker temp to 275.
pulled it out when internal temp hit 195 at the thick part. Let is rest for 20 mins.
My buddy gave me a couple pounds of his charcoal pellets that I mixed into my Amaz-n-smoker tube for additional smoke, since like most pellet smokers, mine imparts less smoke flavor than I'd like. The tube fixes that.
Here's what it looked like afterwards (we ate then I took the pics, so it looks a little drier than it was when I took it out).
I really liked the smoke ring I get with those charcoal pellets mixed in. This is the 2nd smoke I've done with them and it helps a lot in that regard.
Plus, the damn tube stays lit better with the charcoal pellets mixed in.
Bottom line, wife and I loved it.
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