Tri tip

[flatbroke]

A couple of our sons came over with their families today. Took out some trip tip from the freezer and wife seasoned them up with salt and pepper. They requested smoked meat and since they live out of town I figured Tri tip was best since it is fast cook and tastes great.
Got the fire going

and put some zucchini and mushrooms in half pans since they tend to take a little longer. Cooked the tri tip between 263 to 270 using pecan wood. Took 1hr and 15 min for them to get between 131- 134. Pulled them all off and wrapped in foil for 20 min to rest.

I generally prefer to cook these over open flame on the Santa Maria grill but these came out very tasty and have excellent smoke flavor.

DIL made Mac and Cheese using habanero cheese and it was quite good. Wife made a corn salad that is bomb. Other DIL recipe. No pics sorry. Also had some French bread we poured a mix of metered butter and garlic paste on then wrapped in foil and on smoker till done. Oh boy it was good. Got busy enjoying the grandkids and forgot most of the pics. These are all I got.

 

[kilo charlie]

Looks fantastic!

 

[Kevin DeShazo]

FB that sounds like a great meal, TT looks great

 

[flatbroke]

Looks fantastic!

Thanks

 

[flatbroke]

FB that sounds like a great meal, TT looks great

Thank you. Normally I take a lot of photos. But the 2 year old kept playing chicken with the firebox and I lost track. The 8 month of was out there too crawling around the grass playing.

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

Perfect color on those TTs.

 

[forktender]

Hell yeah, if they are anything like I was when I was younger, I bet they devoured it.
Good thing you had them in the freezer, even out here in CA where T.T. can be had for $2.99 per pound normally this yr it's $6.00 to $9.00 per pound. your meal would've cost a fortune.

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

Man those look good. My buddy got me hooked on Chimichurri sauce with them.

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

Hell yeah, if they are anything like I was when I was younger, I bet they devoured it.
Good thing you had them in the freezer, even out here in CA where T.T. can be had for $2.99 per pound normally this yr it's $6.00 to $9.00 per pound. your meal would've cost a fortune.

That’s nuts. I remember when I was in Hawaii they were cheap now I got transferred to the Midwest and the prices (when I can get them) are insane that was one of the reasons I loved them, because where I grew up no one really knew about them and they were cheap.

 

[flatbroke]

Hell yeah, if they are anything like I was when I was younger, I bet they devoured it.
Good thing you had them in the freezer, even out here in CA where T.T. can be had for $2.99 per pound normally this yr it's $6.00 to $9.00 per pound. your meal would've cost a fortune.

it was on like a pot of neck bones for sure.

 

[forktender]

That’s nuts. I remember when I was in Hawaiian they were cheap now I got transferred to the Midwest and the prices (when I can get them) are insane that was one of the reasons I loved them, because where I grew up no one really knew about them and they were cheap.

It seems like anything beef is at least double the cost this year.......screw Covid.
People need too honestly get over it already.

 

[flatbroke]

Man those look good. My buddy got me hooked on Chimichurri sauce with them.

For sure. Chimichurri sauce goes great with them. It’s a favorite of ours

 

[flatbroke]

It seems like anything beef is at least double the cost this year.......screw Covid.
People need too honestly get over it already.

Funny thing is when we slaughtered last year the butcher said we needed to book an appointment for This year as he was filling up. Guess a lot of people started raising their own. First time in 40 have we made an appointment farther then 30 days out for processing. Crazy times.

 

[SmokinEdge]

Beautiful main course! Nice job.

 

[smokin peachey]

Loos phenomenal, sounds like you had a great time with your family!

 

[flatbroke]

Loos phenomenal, sounds like you had a great time with your family!

For sure. The little ones grow up fast. Got to take advantage of what time we have

 

[pc farmer]

Looks awesome. Enjoy the family time too. Some one said a local store has TT here. I gotta check it out

 

[jcam222]

Fantastic meal! The smoke ring on the tri tip is phenomenal, looks like it’s all the way through. I know I’d dig the habanero cheese.

 

[flatbroke]

Looks awesome. Enjoy the family time too. Some one said a local store has TT here. I gotta check it out

Thanks. Heck yeah don’t wait. Get them before they sell out

 

[flatbroke]

Fantastic meal! The smoke ring on the tri tip is phenomenal, looks like it’s all the way through. I know I’d dig the habanero cheese.

Thanks. The smoke flavor is pretty good. The cheese was a first for me and it was bomb.