In a word; AWESOME! I love smoked Tri Tip (and my smoker has been yelling for my attention for a few months now, it's time) BUT it is really getting hard to find Tri Tip Roast here in Cedar Rapids, and when you do they generally are quite grisly. (I like good marbling, but not the big chunks of fat in the center of the roast). Where on earth did you find PRIME Tri Tip??? Around here it's always CHOICE or lower (whatever that retailer wants to call their low end meat.)