Tri Tip smoked on a grill

[Nefarious]

I have not been able to smoke for a very long time. My smoker is disassembled and I can't put it together at the moment.

I bought a GMG Ledge, it is sitting on my patio, one leg cannot be attached and I am sitting here waiting for a response from GMG.


The body is bent and the bolt holes on the side do not line up. I could fix it, maybe, by bending the leg receiver, but then I chance scratching the paint off and who knows down the road. It is supposed to be new, so I want it new. Anyway.

When I bought it, I fully expected to smoke a tri tip that weekend. I could have frozen it or just grilled in on my temporary grill, so I did that.

Turned the grill on to it's lowest temp, two outside burners on as low as possible, 175*F and smoked the tri tip on the grill with a smoke tube.

Smoked to IT 135* on hickory. then reverse sear to 145*, I like mine more rare but this is better for the wife, and it wasn't so bad.
I found a source for Lumberjack pellets and they are so much better then the other pellets I have been using.

Cut shot, nice and juicy, tasted pretty good, would have liked more smoke flavor, but again, wife likin it leaves little to complain about.

 

[TNJAKE]

Heck of a nice job bud. Nothing wrong with that doneness. You can see how tender and juicy they are!

 

[edmonds]

Looks good.
Where these's a will, there's a way. Glad you got 'er done.

 

[sandyut]

Looks delish! cooked to pefection.

 

[sawhorseray]

Looks darned good from where I'm sitting. Happy wife, happy life! RAY

 

[Brokenhandle]

Looks great to me as well! Most importantly your wife liked it. Hope you come out well with your Ledge.

Ryan

 

[JLeonard]

Nicely done!
Jim

 

[sandyut]

wife likin it leaves little to complain about.

that is a very important factor for sure!

Happy wife, happy life!

OMG - this is SO TRUE! I say all the time.

 

[OldSmoke]

That’s a nice looking smoke. I am having good luck with thinner cuts like TT and steaks by popping them in the freezer for a few hours before smoking and searing. It seems to give them more time to pickup the smoke.

 

[bauchjw]

Bummer about the new smoker, but great work carrying on with a solution! Beautiful TT! I always have to make it a little more done for the wife too, but I have to say that I think TT is a bit better med rare. Point!

 

[smokerjim]

Looks good from here

 

[Nefarious]

That’s a nice looking smoke. I am having good luck with thinner cuts like TT and steaks by popping them in the freezer for a few hours before smoking and searing. It seems to give them more time to pickup the smoke.

You are correct, I have done some when colder, I just wasn't prepared this time. I did a batch of ribs this past weekend the same way and they came out well smoked so I thought. Only problem is the ribs were smoked with cherry which the pellets are 100% cherry. The hickory is only 40% hickory. I should have added some hickory chips, but didn't have those. Just not as prepared.

They were good.

 

[Nefarious]

Looks darned good from where I'm sitting. Happy wife, happy life! RAY

That's the whole truth. They were good so the pain of eating them a little more done then I prefer was very small compared to the pain of an unhappy wife :)

 

[Nefarious]

Most importantly your wife liked it. Hope you come out well with your Ledge.

Ryan

We've been married for 35 years and I am finally figuring that out. Slow learner.

GMG support has been very responsive until the district sales manager had to be added to the solution. It might be an error but I bought the ledge in a town an hour away because the guy also sells lumberjack pellets. I want him to stay in business, he is a small business which is even better. GMG didn't even ask me to return it to the seller because they knew how far of a drive it was. I'm thankful for that.

 

[Ringer]

Looking good! Tri tip done right!

 

[gmc2003]

That TT looks mighty good on my screen. I will say that TT is one cut of meat that I don't mind a little over cooked.

Point for sure
Chris