Marinade Tri tip for 48 hours(Hawaiian style), started at 190 for the first 3 hours with a smoke tube. Once it hit 145 internal, turned up heat 225 and sprayed “chili peppah watah” (vinegar base) every 15mins. Hit 165 internal then wrapped with foil and turned up heat 255. Removed at 202 and rest for about 2 hours. Total cook time was 8 hours. First time cooking a marinaded Tri tip like a brisket. Thoughts?
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I cook a lot of Tri-tip and I cook it to the same temperature as a med-rare steak. I pull at 135, rest and eat. Never tried to cook it like a brisket, was it tender & how did you like it?
Hell yeah, lived in Hawaii for 6 years and spraying with chili pepper water is the first time I’ve heard of doing this. Will definitely be trying this.
Edit: That song is a banger.
Por qué no los dos
That’s not well done, that’s congratulations! 🙂 It does look a bit overdone to me at least – how was it?
When I’ve done them I’ve set the Traeger to 120c with a smoke tube and gone for an internal temp of 50c and flip halfway before ramping up the temp to 160c for the last few minutes just to crisp up the outside a bit. Generally pull at around 54c.
I like using rubs and I find searing in a pan almost seems to burn the rub on the outside so for me personally that’s how I like to do it.
Ultimately if you were happy with it, it’s good. That’s all that matters really!
Why not both?! Tf?!?!
Meat church YouTube has a great video on smoking a tri tip like a brisket. I inject right before it goes on , 190 4 hours , foil wrapped with 4 butter pads at 4 hours then i unwrap and go 4 more hours at 220 to get to 205 internal and then let it rest for 1 hour minimum. Fall apart tender and solid smoke ring. Traeger 750
Broke da mouth 🙂
That looks like it would be so good on drugs.
Try cutting it across the grain next time.
Beat meat, not wives.
Why not both?
Who’s gonna tell em?
Smoke meat while smoking drugs!
As someone from the CA Central Coast (Home of Santa Maria Style)- you murdered that tri-tip. Tri-tip should be cooked low and slow, but should never go over 135 – otherwise it loses its juice and turns to leather.