Tri tip on the Watchman

KORND4WG X · Mar 12, 2018

Tri tip steaks from Costco with Suzie Q. This time I used lump to start the fire and a few smaller sticks of apple. Seemed to make a difference :thumb:

I used my Smokey Joe lid to speed things up

In general the grate was around 350-375. 420 in places :becky:

A little rare for how I like my tri tip but still really juicy and tasty with a nice wood flavor.

Really liking the Watchman so far. Only negative is there’s no way to shut her down but no biggie.

Thanks for checking in :thumb:

rwalters · Mar 12, 2018

Awesome cook... and looks like a heck of a fun one too! Curious... how many cookers are you up to now? Seems like I hardly ever see you cooking on the same cooker more then a handful of times... lol.

KORND4WG X · Mar 13, 2018

rwalters said:
Awesome cook... and looks like a heck of a fun one too! Curious... how many cookers are you up to now? Seems like I hardly ever see you cooking on the same cooker more then a handful of times... lol.

You’re killing me with that question bro :icon_blush:

7 smokers and 2 grills. That doesn’t sound so bad now that I say it out loud :becky:

rwalters · Mar 13, 2018

KORND4WG X said:
You’re killing me with that question bro :icon_blush:

7 smokers and 2 grills. That doesn’t sound so bad now that I say it out loud :becky:

Doesn’t sound bad, but sure does make me feel inadequate

KORND4WG X · Mar 13, 2018

rwalters said:
Doesn’t sound bad, but sure does make me feel inadequate

A Mak 2 came up on CL a couple months ago and I thought of all your awesome cooks on it. I kinda wish I could trade my BGE XL for one if the opportunity arises :becky:

Titch · Mar 13, 2018

You need more cookers :becky:
That tri tip looks great

KORND4WG X · Mar 13, 2018

Titch said:
You need more cookers :becky:
That tri tip looks great

Thank you Titch. I knew this was a safe place :-D

robert-r · Mar 13, 2018

Titch said:
You need more cookers :becky:
That tri tip looks great

x2. We like our tri tip south of medium rare.

rwalters · Mar 13, 2018

KORND4WG X said:
A Mak 2 came up on CL a couple months ago and I thought of all your awesome cooks on it. I kinda wish I could trade my BGE XL for one if the opportunity arises :becky:

This is just me... but given the choice... I’d take the MAK all day long over the BGE... and that’s after having cooked on ceramics for years. I have become a total convert to pellet cooking. A pellet head

stljay · Mar 13, 2018

I wish one of our Costco's in St. Louis would carry tri-tip! They had it for a short while long ago and it's a great cut. Can't get them to carry prime plate ribs either. Only prime short ribs.

KORND4WG X · Mar 13, 2018

robert-r said:
x2. We like our tri tip south of medium rare.

Thanks robert :thumb: Med rare tri tip is a little chewy for me so I try to shoot for medium now.

KORND4WG X · Mar 13, 2018

rwalters said:
This is just me... but given the choice... I’d take the MAK all day long over the BGE... and that’s after having cooked on ceramics for years. I have become a total convert to pellet cooking. A pellet head

Back in the day I was looking for *one* do it all cooker and chose the BGE. I really thought that would be my one and only cooker and then when searching for info I came across this place :icon_shy

stljay said:
I wish one of our Costco's in St. Louis would carry tri-tip! They had it for a short while long ago and it's a great cut. Can't get them to carry prime plate ribs either. Only prime short ribs.

We’re fortunate here to have them all year around, both the full tri tip and already cut into steaks :eusa_clap

rwalters · Mar 13, 2018

KORND4WG X said:
Back in the day I was looking for *one* do it all cooker and chose the BGE. I really thought that would be my one and only cooker and then when searching for info I came across this place :icon_shy

We’re fortunate here to have them all year around, both the full tri tip and already cut into steaks :eusa_clap

I do not think a true all-in-one cooker exists. There are cookers that come close, but I’ve never come across the true all in one.

stljay · Mar 13, 2018

rwalters said:
This is just me... but given the choice... I’d take the MAK all day long over the BGE... and that’s after having cooked on ceramics for years. I have become a total convert to pellet cooking. A pellet head

But you still have a Weber for charcoal. We have a pellet and it cooks great food but it started to be a bit one note and boring. Thus we bought the drum to get a charcoal fired wood smoker that will give us different flavors but also a totally different approach in hanging meat and cooking hot and fast.

I'm trying to convince my wife the minimum number of smokers and grills I need is one more than I already have.....:thumb:

rwalters · Mar 13, 2018

stljay said:
But you still have a Weber for charcoal. We have a pellet and it cooks great food but it started to be a bit one note and boring. Thus we bought the drum to get a charcoal fired wood smoker that will give us different flavors but also a totally different approach in hanging meat and cooking hot and fast.

I'm trying to convince my wife the minimum number of smokers and grills I need is one more than I already have.....:thumb:

We sure are a sick bunch, eh?? I wouldn’t have it any other way though

ssv3 · Mar 13, 2018

Sweet grill and nice cook. :thumb:

KevinJ · Mar 13, 2018

Dinner looks awesome K. :thumb:

KORND4WG X · Mar 13, 2018

ssv3 said:
Sweet grill and nice cook. :thumb:

KevinJ said:
Dinner looks awesome K. :thumb:

Nice to see you 2 who helped nudge me up to 7 smokers checking in :thumb:

Seriously though the Watchman is pretty fun to cook on - it's a real campfire feeling and smell. I was really happy how quickly it got up to temp since my plan is to use it on weekdays. I ended up just grabbing any wood that was still burning and tossing it in my ash bucket.

It is 75# and the weight is away from your body so getting it back in the garage took some effort - kinda which there were some casters on it.

tom b · Mar 13, 2018

interesting cooker and nice looking grub!

KORND4WG X · Mar 14, 2018

tom b said:
interesting cooker and nice looking grub!

Thank you sir - a few things I want to try are using cast iron instead of the grate (like a griddle) and I have a mesh basket for veggies that might fit perfectly in the opening :thumb:

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