Tri-Tip WTF????????????

ggriffi · 01-26-2008, 05:52 PM

Ok, I got my cooker from Peoria Custom Cookers today and want to cook next weekend. One of the things I want to try is a tri-tip and I have looked at the various grocery stores around here Meijer,Sams,Wallyworld,Jewel,etc., and haven't found tri-tip. I went to a bucther shop today and the girl behind the counter (No butcher present today) said"tri-tip do they call it something else?" i said I don't know but I have seen and read a lot of recipes for tri-tip. So my brethren, am I missing something here or do I need to wait and ask the buthcher himself about this?

TIA

VGuilford · 01-26-2008, 05:58 PM

I think you need to find a different butcher. Cause if the they can't have people that don't know their Arse from a hole in the ground. Then you shouldn't even talk to him.

Dr_KY · 01-26-2008, 06:01 PM

My butcher didn't know what it it was either but we are on the other side of the world.

It's a California thing.lol

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=36723

Quote:

A beef tri-tip roast is a boneless cut of meat from the bottom sirloin. It also is called "triangular" roast because of its shape. Tri-tip was seldom marketed when carcass beef or beef quarters were delivered to retail markets because there are only two tri-tips per carcass. This meant that there was not enough for a case display. Consequently, the butcher would grind or cube it.

01-26-2008, 06:01 PM

i haven't found it around here either. i think it gets made in to hamburger here. might have to special order it from the butcher.

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/tritip1.html

Brian in So Cal · 01-26-2008, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr_KY

My butcher didn't know what it it was either but we are on the other side of the world.

It's a California thing.lol

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=36723

Come see me in California. We have plenty of it. LOL

Doing some tomorrow.

Dr_KY · 01-26-2008, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian in So Cal

Come see me in California. We have plenty of it. LOL

Doing some tomorrow.

As a california native I bet I could fine ya.

Brian in So Cal · 01-26-2008, 06:22 PM

Cool Cali native in England. Must be a little different.

Dr_KY · 01-26-2008, 06:24 PM

A little differant????? Man you have no idea.lol

Big Mike · 01-26-2008, 06:32 PM

It may be called sirloin tip. Go here and click on the loin.

http://www.certifiedangusbeef.com/chef/cuts.php

ggriffi · 01-26-2008, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick's Tropical Delight

i haven't found it around here either. i think it gets made in to hamburger here. might have to special order it from the butcher.

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/tritip1.html

Rick,

Thanks for the link. It will make it much easier now.

JD McGee · 01-26-2008, 07:06 PM

We have it here all the time...check Costco.

ggriffi · 01-26-2008, 07:14 PM

JD,

We can have only ONE membership according to SWMBO!!!!!!!!!

JD McGee · 01-26-2008, 07:24 PM

"SWMBO"...

Do I want to know?

Professor Salt · 01-26-2008, 07:31 PM

It's a West coast cut, and before I moved to California, I never heard of tri tip either. In other parts of the country, you might ask for triangle roast, if it's available at all. It's often cut butchered as parts of sirloin steaks rather than saved as a whole discrete muscle.

thirdeye · 01-26-2008, 07:48 PM

If all else fails, have your meat guy check the order slip. Tri-tip is a 185C. A 185D is one that has had some of the fat removed. They typically come 6 to a package and are cryo'd.

01-26-2008, 05:52 PM	#1
ggriffi Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-23-06 Location: NW Indiana	Tri-Tip WTF???????????? Ok, I got my cooker from Peoria Custom Cookers today and want to cook next weekend. One of the things I want to try is a tri-tip and I have looked at the various grocery stores around here Meijer,Sams,Wallyworld,Jewel,etc., and haven't found tri-tip. I went to a bucther shop today and the girl behind the counter (No butcher present today) said"tri-tip do they call it something else?" i said I don't know but I have seen and read a lot of recipes for tri-tip. So my brethren, am I missing something here or do I need to wait and ask the buthcher himself about this? TIA __________________ gary "BassAckwards Bar B Q Co." PCC 24"X48" Backyard Smoker Weber Q100 44 qt Bayou Classic Sears 4 burner gasser w/rotisserie Weber kettle Bookers and Coke I refuse to kiss anything that uses its tongue for toilet paper

01-26-2008, 05:58 PM	#2
VGuilford is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 03-01-07 Location: Raymore, Mo. South of Kansas City	I think you need to find a different butcher. Cause if the they can't have people that don't know their Arse from a hole in the ground. Then you shouldn't even talk to him. __________________ See Ya in the Smoke!!! Vern MooCow BBQ www.moocowbbq.com KCBS CBJ Texas Smoker Oklahoma Joe Original Vermont Castings Gasser Turkey fryer Little Smokey Joe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MoFo Chapter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

01-26-2008, 06:22 PM	#7
Brian in So Cal Babbling Farker Join Date: 02-12-07 Location: canyon Country, Ca, 91387	Cool Cali native in England. Must be a little different. __________________ www.rocstock.org Blast Off BBQ, Brian K As a matter of fact I am a rocket scientist! Just call me Dad.

01-26-2008, 06:24 PM	#8
Dr_KY Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-15-07 Location: England	A little differant????? Man you have no idea.lol __________________ www.drsweetsmoke.com Slappin that bass like some delerious funky preist!!! UDS, Half Pint (Mini UDS), Weber, ProQ 20, Kegrilla 250 gallon cooker- 'The Meat Beast!!' British BBQ Championships Grand Champion 2008 ~~~~ British BBQ Society - Southern Championship Grand Champions 2009

01-26-2008, 06:32 PM	#9
Big Mike is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 10-12-07 Location: Dayton Ohio	It may be called sirloin tip. Go here and click on the loin. http://www.certifiedangusbeef.com/chef/cuts.php __________________ ROLL TIDE!!!! Big Mike Eagle River Barbecue Yoder YS640 Stumps Platinum 5 Trailer Members Mark 8 Burner Gasser

01-26-2008, 06:01 PM	#4
Rick's Tropical Delight Guest	i haven't found it around here either. i think it gets made in to hamburger here. might have to special order it from the butcher. http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/tritip1.html

01-26-2008, 07:06 PM	#11
JD McGee somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-28-07 Location: Duvall, WA	We have it here all the time...check Costco. __________________ "The team formerly known as "Wine Country "Q"... PNWBA "Team of the Year" 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017... We cook on MAK Grills and Bullets...

01-26-2008, 07:14 PM	#12
ggriffi Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-23-06 Location: NW Indiana	JD, We can have only ONE membership according to SWMBO!!!!!!!!! __________________ gary "BassAckwards Bar B Q Co." PCC 24"X48" Backyard Smoker Weber Q100 44 qt Bayou Classic Sears 4 burner gasser w/rotisserie Weber kettle Bookers and Coke I refuse to kiss anything that uses its tongue for toilet paper

01-26-2008, 07:24 PM	#13
JD McGee somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-28-07 Location: Duvall, WA	"SWMBO"... Do I want to know? __________________ "The team formerly known as "Wine Country "Q"... PNWBA "Team of the Year" 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017... We cook on MAK Grills and Bullets...

01-26-2008, 07:31 PM	#14
Professor Salt is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 01-23-07 Location: Orange County, CA	It's a West coast cut, and before I moved to California, I never heard of tri tip either. In other parts of the country, you might ask for triangle roast, if it's available at all. It's often cut butchered as parts of sirloin steaks rather than saved as a whole discrete muscle. __________________ 1/4 of the Four Q BBQ Team I write for the LA Weekly, OC Weekly and professorsalt.com I cook on two WSM's, 22 1/2" Weber kettle, a Komodo Kamado plus UDS. Super-fast purple Thermapen

01-26-2008, 07:48 PM	#15
thirdeye somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-14-06 Location: At home on the range in Wyoming	If all else fails, have your meat guy check the order slip. Tri-tip is a 185C. A 185D is one that has had some of the fat removed. They typically come 6 to a package and are cryo'd. __________________ ~thirdeye~ I Play With Fire and Smoke *Barbecuist ~ Charcuterist ~ KCBS Master Judge & CTC* Big Green Eggs, Big Drum Smokers, Big Chiefs, Weber Smokey Joe "Custom Tall Boy" Oil Patch Horizontal, SnS Deluxe Kettle Visit my Cookin' Site by clicking HERE Barbecue is not rocket surgery “The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it's hard to verify their authenticity” ~ Abraham Lincoln

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