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Title: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: Smokin Don on June 08, 2016, 11:42:38 PM

Jun 8 2016

I received a free copy of Smoker Pete’s cookbook from his publisher and did a review of it on my blog. I wanted to also pick out a recipe from it to cook and post. I chose a tritip since I have only made two before. I got a nice one that was frozen from my butcher. I didn’t get it thawed in time for overnight in the fridge but got it seasoned and wrapped in the fridge for 8 hours.

Pete recommended his Western Rub for the seasoning. I didn’t make a batch but used all the seasonings on my tritip and it was a great choice. I would recommend it for any beef.

I cooked some bacon this morning on my Traeger for topping a spinach salad I made for a side. My other side was some baby gold potatoes cooked in a cast iron skillet with butter and added coarse salt at the end.

The recipe for cooking the tritip was to smoke at 180 deg. for an hour and then got to 325 deg. to finish the tritip to an IT of 140 deg. After the hour of smoke and going to 325 deg. I heated up an 8 inch CI skillet with some butter and added potatoes to cover the bottom then placed it in the smoker.

The tritip hit 140 deg. and hour and 45 minutes total cook. It hit 142 when I removed it, took inside and tented with foil to rest for about 15 minutes. In that time I placed the skillet of potatoes on the stove to brown them up some and added some coarse salt.

We all had bacon on the spinach salad, the wife and I had some sliced hard boiled eggs and I also had some thin sliced onions on mine.

I sliced up some of the tritip and it was a perfect med. rare; the way I like it. I served it, the potatoes and spinach salad with some bread and butter. The grandson was here and I had to nuke his meat to get it brown! The tritip was very tender and juicy, nice smoke ring and Pete’s seasoning was just right!

This was a pretty simple recipe as far as prep and cooking goes but you can always learn something new. I found I really like Pete’s Western Rub seasoning for beef.

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Smokin Don

Title: Re: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: Pam Gould on June 09, 2016, 02:40:03 AM

perfection Don    .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

Title: Re: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: smoker pete on June 09, 2016, 09:49:02 AM

Thanks for the review Don and the validation of one of my recipes. You did justice to that Tri-tip! Glad you enjoyed my Pete's Western Rub.

Now you need to slowly break in your grandson to enjoy his meat medium rare  :D :D

Title: Re: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: muebe on June 09, 2016, 11:48:10 AM

Looks great Don!

Tri-tip is a California favorite. Next you should try making a trisket 8)

Title: Re: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: HighOnSmoke on June 09, 2016, 02:52:14 PM

Quote from: Pam Gould on June 09, 2016, 02:40:03 AM

perfection Don    .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

X2!

Title: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: Pappymn on June 09, 2016, 02:58:19 PM

Excellent meal

Title: Re: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: TMB on June 09, 2016, 03:22:30 PM

Quote from: Pappymn on June 09, 2016, 02:58:19 PM

Excellent meal

X2!!

Title: Re: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: TwoPockets on June 09, 2016, 04:56:34 PM

Beautiful, I have got to try a tri tip if  I can ever find one down here.

Title: Re: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: teesquare on June 09, 2016, 07:57:43 PM

Don - you made another case for me sneaking in my pup tent, and camping in your backyard.... ;D

Title: Re: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: tomcrete1 on June 09, 2016, 08:00:16 PM

Looks great!  Gotta get that book!

Title: Re: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: Smokin Don on June 09, 2016, 08:24:37 PM

Thanks all. We had leftover tritip sandwich for supper tonight. English toast bread with tritip. There is some toast under the meat with Maille mustard and you can see the dill pickle. Wife and I both thought it was almost better tonight!

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Smokin Don

Title: Re: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: Savannahsmoker on June 09, 2016, 08:33:50 PM

Don ya nail that piece of meat and the whole meal for that matter. :)

Title: Re: Pete's Tritip from his Cookbook
Post by: IR2dum on June 10, 2016, 03:10:11 AM

SD, another excellent and delicious cook.