Yesterday was yard work day. Today I needed a smoke (Tri-Tip with Q-View) . . .

[burn-it]

Weed Whacker + Rock + Sliding Glass Door = @!#@$#!@

I needed a crevice tool for the shop-vac.

The guy comes on Monday to fix the window.

Today, the wife and I needed a smoke . . .

WSM 22.5 Usage:  3rd Smoke.

Meat:   2lb Tri-Tip from Costco.

Seasoning:  Olive, Salt and Pepper.

Fuel:   Kroger Brand Lump. 5lbs in the ring and 1/2 Chimney lit on top.  It's what was available.

Smoke Wood:   2 cups mesquite chips in heave duty foil with holes.  It's what was available.

Water Pan:   Foiled and Empty.

Therms:   Mfg. lid at 240 and Mav ET-73 at 239 grate level next to meat (center of grate) and 1 in the meat.

Weather:   85 with light wind.  It's what was available :-)

Finishing Temp:  140

Cooking Time:  1 hour and 25 minutes.  Rested for 20 minutes before slicing.

Overall:   Tender and juicy.  The mesquite flavor was incredible. The wife suggested more seasoning next time.  I'll try my BB Rib seasoning and see if she likes.

I put the tri-tip on when the temp was holding steady at 239 - 240 and realized the top vent was CLOSED!!  Opened it up and the temp shot up to about 290.  I finally got it settled in at 250.  The tri-tip hit 140 in about 1 hour and 20 minutes.  Pulled it off, wrapped it in foil for about 20 minutes while the corn was cooking.  Any way, here's the Q-View:

Two came in the package.

Seasoned one with olive oil, salt and pepper.

Packed one for the freezer

On the WSM at 3pm.

Ready for foil at 4:25pm.

Out of the foil 20 minutes later.  Dumped the juices in the sink - IDIOT!!!!

Done just to our liking.

Ready to eat!

Cooper taking a nap after dinner.

I hope you enjoyed my my weekend adventure.  

James

 

[roller]

Bummer about the door...Great smoke with my favorite cut of meat..And you seasoned it perfect.Looks great...

 

[gotarace]

Great job on the tri tip...looks like a fantastic sunday dinner.

 Sorry to see the weed wacker damage...It's always something!!!

 

[burn-it]

Thanks!  This was my first tri-tip.

 

[Fife]

Wow to bad about the window but smoke sure did turn out nice.

 

[ellymae]

Very crafty with the crevice tool. The Tri-tip looks good too. Can't get those around here.

 

[raptor700]

The tri-tip looks great, Being in FL it's not readily available.(for some reason)

The first i ever had was at the gathering, thanks Bmudd, it was great!

 

[jacobtia]

Nice! I have never had a tri-tip may have to put it on the list!

 

[tyotrain]

Looks great nice job

 

[thebarbequeen]

Great looking tri-tip, I haven't done one in ages but yours has got me planning a costco run!  Hope the new window doesn't take too big a bite out of the meat budget!

 

[burn-it]

Great looking tri-tip, I haven't done one in ages but yours has got me planning a costco run!  Hope the new window doesn't take too big a bite out of the meat budget!

Hhhmmm.  BBQ? Window?  BBQ? Window?  I JUST CAN"T DECIDE!!

 

 

[SmokinAl]

Great looking tri-tip, we get them here, once in a while. The only store that has them is Publix, but not very often. Sorry about the door!

 

[realtorterry]

looks good, to bad about the juice

 

[thunderdome]

Looks like you cooked it to perfection.

I did the same thing to my sliding glass door. Never will I start it w/o standing on the grass again

 

[porked]

Very crafty with the crevice tool. The Tri-tip looks good too. Can't get those around here.

 Nice! Actually Ellymae, yes you can but they are expensive. Trader Joes and Wegmans carrry them.

 

[uhmgood]

yo burn it , looks great , just one question , in the pic where you cut it half on the cutting board looks like you cut it WITH the grain and i can't tell in the plated up pic whether you cut across the grain , i hope you cut it across the grain ( much more tender ) you probably already know that but maybe somebody out there doesn't

 

[Bearcarver]

Beautiful job on the Beef!

Did Cooper get any?

You must have a good sized weed whacker to throw a rock big enough to break that glass!

Thanks,

Bear

 

[burn-it]

uhmgood - Just the first cut was with the grain.  This made for smaller pieces to fit on the plate.
Bear - Since it wasn't heavily spiced, Copper did get a slice.

Thanks to you both.  I'm working my way up to a bigger longer smoke.  The next time I see a brisket at costco, I'm all over it!! 

 

[africanmeat]

looks like a  good and tasty    job you did

Ahron

 

[bigeyedavid]

Looking good very creative on the shop vac