I had no idea T.T. were so hard to get in other states, can't you ask your local butcher to cut some for you? or does that make them cost prohibitive?
Out here in the land of "EXPENSIVE", we can buy them in 10 to 20lb bags, that's untrimmed for less than $2.70 per pound if you shop the sales. We can't even buy good burger at those prices so I grind T.T. for burgers, and let me tell you T.T. burgers are amazing. Not so many yrs ago you could buy trimmed T.T. at those prices. Which is why so many people started grilling them, now that they are as popular as they are you often see trimmed prices and $5 to $7 per pound, which makes me sick.
How about Ball Tip roasts are they any easier to find than T.T. in other states?
I actually like Ball Tips better than T.T's on the grill but they don't go on sale nearly as often as T.T. does and can cost $1-$2 more per pound. I think I need a few cattle, growing up in cattle country that's all we ever ate was homegrown beef and it was flat-out amazing stuff, I miss the old California so much, this new version of CA SUCKS way more than most of you could ever imagine!!!