Reverse seared tri tip

[AndyK]

I’ve been cooking tri tip for years.
My normal method was to season, sear then cook indirect and then poke with a fork to tell if it was ready to serve.
This normally works just fine.

A few days ago I tried the reverse sear and actually liked it better.
It had true pink meat all the way to the edge of my sear crust.

Watched several YouTube videos on this and modified them to my liking.

I did my usual dry salt brine for the day.
Tossed a good dozen hot briquettes in my sns with no water trough.
Added about 30 more unlit briquette and some hickory&apple chunks.
Maintained about 250.
Flipped the meat at 90 degrees.
At 110 I added about a half chimney of hot mesquite.
Seared the meat until just under 130 degree.
Covered and rested the meat and served at 135 degrees.

What was really odd and the main point of this topic was the fork poke test was totally different.
The poke test was telling me that the meat was not ready.
It poke tested as true rare.

My family and guests said this was my best tri tip cook.
Sorry no pics but it did happen .

 

[Bob H.]

I'll have to give this method a try. Thanks Andy!

 

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[AndyK]

Thanks for that tip.
I already have a whole bunch of electronic temp reading gear.
I normally just use temp as a guide like when I do a brisket or a butt.
I don’t check for temps on several meats like ribs.
The tenderness of the meat is what I cook to or look for in most situations but I’m still learning.
I was cooking steaks long before any of this was even available and did just fine as a cook in a steakhouse in the mid 1970’s .

 

[Karl Quist]

Tri-tip is the only cut that I reverse sear. For whatever reason it just seems to turn out better that way. Glad you found the pathway of light padowan.

 

[Bruno]

I’ve been cooking tri tip for years.
My normal method was to season, sear then cook indirect and then poke with a fork to tell if it was ready to serve.
This normally works just fine.

A few days ago I tried the reverse sear and actually liked it better.
It had true pink meat all the way to the edge of my sear crust.

Watched several YouTube videos on this and modified them to my liking.

I did my usual dry salt brine for the day.
Tossed a good dozen hot briquettes in my sns with no water trough.
Added about 30 more unlit briquette and some hickory&apple chunks.
Maintained about 250.
Flipped the meat at 90 degrees.
At 110 I added about a half chimney of hot mesquite.
Seared the meat until just under 130 degree.
Covered and rested the meat and served at 135 degrees.

What was really odd and the main point of this topic was the fork poke test was totally different.
The poke test was telling me that the meat was not ready.
It poke tested as true rare.

My family and guests said this was my best tri tip cook.
Sorry no pics but it did happen .

Good plan, love me some tri-tip!!