Tri tip in pa

[yount]

I cant seem to locate any tri tips in my section of northeast pa if anyone knows of a plcae in northeast pa to get them please let me know i want to try one thanks

 

[irishteabear]

You have to check with your local butcher, so I've been told. I can't find any either.

 

[yount]

i checked with all the locals and they said no was hoping someone found a place.lol i do alot of driving thru pa so i figured id get some thanks

 

[rw willy]

have never seen them. And then I found them at the Restaurant Depot in Baltimore. Other then that, no luck. I have yet to cook one. Hope its a s good as people tell.

 

[yount]

I am going to ocean city for labor day weekend maybe i will get lucky and find some

 

[mikey]

The reason you can't find tri-tips in that part of the country is the meat guys grind em up for burger meat (what a waste). We have an endless supply of them here on the West coast

 

[ronp]

I am sure they are available under a different name.

Check this out.
http://bbq.about.com/od/steakglossar..._tip_steak.htm

Hope this helps.

 

[mikey]

You can read up on how the tri tip came to be in Steven Raichlen's BBQ USA, Page 186. It's quite a fascinating story.

 

[richoso1]

Excellent referral Ron, it gives a good description and explaination to many questions. Points to you for being a good guy.

 

[ronp]

Thanks Rich, always trying to help man.

 

[mikey]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-tip

Here's a link that shows where the cut comes from, and a bit of the history.

 

[bmudd14474]

Well Said Mikey. It is a waste to make into ground beef. Before I moved out west I didnt know what a Tri Tip was.

 

[shellbellc]

I'm in SE, PA and up until last week never saw one in the area...we were at Costco and found one in the section where they have the marinated meats for sale (they also sell london broils and pot roasts). It was in some kind of a brine. I didn't pick one up, but they are there!!!

 

[oregonsmoker]

Have you tried Costco? That is where I get mine. They sell them in a two pack and here in our store they are usually next to the 3 pack BB's they sell. However I am out west in Oregon so maybe Costco doesn't have them back there. Good luck! Trip Tips re one of my favorite things to smoke.

 

[walle]

I live in Colorado, and pick mine up at Sam's Club - very similiar to Costco I've heard. I get the "Cryo-Vac" pack - generally has 6 TT's in vacuum packed package. Saves a lot of $$/lb, and I cook them often enough that it makes sense.
Hope you find them!

 

[deltadude]

Tri Tip is a great cut of meat, flavorful and tender... BUT!

You must cut this meat on the bias or it will be tough!

I have a smoker, gas grill, and weber kettle. My preferred way of cooking a Tri Tip is on the kettle, with a very hot fire. I use a home made divider to split the briquette grate so hot coals on one side, nothing other. The divider is about 3.5 inches high. I use about a starter can with Kingsford Briquettes stack really high over the top, and about 10-15 unlit. Light the briquettes and wait till all are lit dump on cooking side, I then add the unlit extra briquettes. I put the lid on the weber and wait about 6 or 7 minutes and clean hot side of grill, turn grill so unclean section is over coals, cover and 5 min. later clean the other half of grill. You can now lube with cooking oil or go ahead and add meat. Depending on the thickness of your cut the meat will cook 6-10 minutes per side with lid on all vents wide open, only turn the meat once. If the exterior has the look you want but the internal hasn't reached 135-140, then move meat to cold side of grill and finish there. Once the meat has reached temp, cover with foil remove and let sit 10-20 minutes. I should add that you really want about 10 minutes on the cold side to get some smoke on the meat, so move it at about 120. Sometimes my fire is too hot so it gets cooked before i get that cold side cooking.

You can just add salt & fresh ground pepper and some garlic powder and a tri-tip will taste great. I use McCormicks steak season and extra fresh ground pepper. There are lots of Tri-tip marinades on the net, they taste great too. My family likes trying different marinades so we do that, but I try to stay close to traditional Santa Maria style.

 

[yount]

thanks for all the info will check out sams club in the am