Tri Tip Tacos

[TNJAKE]

Evening fellas and non fellas. Grilled up a tri tip tonight for some tacos. Trimmed the meat up and hit it heavily with malcolm Reed Grande Gringo. Then vac sealed for a few hours

Onto the grill running around 600

Flipped around a few times for about 20min

Nice color and it was around 130 so pulled for a 10min rest

Sliced up. Nice medium rare in middle. Medium towards the ends

Then chopped for the tacos

Was so juicy. Made up some tacos on flour tortillas with sour cream, habanero jack, pico, salsa verde. Was pretty tasty

 

[MJB05615]

Nice Jake. Looks great, and that TT is perfectly cooked. Now that I can get them, we have TT about once a month. Great job.

 

[TNJAKE]

Nice Jake. Looks great, and that TT is perfectly cooked. Now that I can get them, we have TT about once a month. Great job.

Thanks mike. It's a staple around here also. Once or twice a month

 

[thirdeye]

Muy bonito.

 

[BB-que]

Nice looking steak tacos no doubt.

 

[TNJAKE]

Muy bonito.

Lol thanks bud

 

[noboundaries]

Ahhh, so good looking, Jake. We call those fajitas, even though they aren't. My belly never cared what they were called. It was just happy!

 

[TNJAKE]

Ahhh, so good looking, Jake. We call those fajitas, even though they aren't. My belly never cared what they were called. It was just happy!

Thanks ray and I know what you mean. I would have called them fajitas if I'd put them on the blackstone for sure. Definitely tasty whatever they were lol

 

[Winterrider]

Looks very appetizing Jake. Very envious, never see the TT in our stores.

 

[TNJAKE]

Looks very appetizing Jake. Very envious, never see the TT in our stores.

Thanks bud. I'd be more than happy to ship you a couple if you've never had one. Just pm me your address

 

[Winterrider]

Thank you for the very generous offer Jake. We are kicking around the idea of joining a Costco which is about 100 miles either direction East or West. Then I should be able to get my "fix".

Will probably need an extra freezer then. lol

 

[TNJAKE]

Thank you for the very generous offer Jake. We are kicking around the idea of joining a Costco which is about 100 miles either direction East or West. Then I should be able to get my "fix".

Will probably need an extra freezer then. lol

No problem bud. Just let me know if you can't find one. And I hear ya on the freezer space. My 3 are slammed full

 

[912smoker]

Looks amazing. I found 1 yesterday with a nice fat cap and was planning on smoking like brisket for Sunday.
Now I'm wanted to cook it the Jake way. May just need to grab another one lol.
About 20 mins @ 600* ?

 

[TNJAKE]

Looks amazing. I found 1 yesterday with a nice fat cap and was planning on smoking like brisket for Sunday.
Now I'm wanted to cook it the Jake way. May just need to grab another one lol.
About 20 mins @ 600* ?

Thanks bud.......so here's the deal on tri tip. Some folks have cooked them like a brisket and like it. IMO that's not how it's meant to be cooked. Doesn't have much internal fat. I only cooked it this way because I was gonna make tacos. When I cook them like a steak I smoke at 225 until IT hits 120 then reverse sear until 130 then rest. Tri tip is tricky to slice until you know. It's 2 muscle groups so will need to slice each according. For me personally I'd never do like a brisket

 

[MJB05615]

That's how I've been doing them, smoke then reverse sear. I've started doing very thick Ribeyes and Strips the same way when I have one that's very thick. Comes out great, and I don't burn the heck out of it.

 

[JCAP]

Fantastic meal there Jake. Grande gringo is a go to here for taco stuff.

 

[jcam222]

Looks fantastic Jake. You have those Tri tips mastered. Done just right.

 

[6GRILLZNTN]

That's a fine looking plate Jake. Great job man! I went to get a TT at Sam's the other day, and they were out. Bummer!

Dave

 

[TNJAKE]

Fantastic meal there Jake. Grande gringo is a go to here for taco stuff.

Thanks bud

 

[TNJAKE]

Looks fantastic Jake. You have those Tri tips mastered. Done just right.

Appreciate it Jeff