| Grilling with friends and family can be so much fun, | | | | baste it with a delicious BBQ sauce about 10 minutes |
| and the tri-tip is a fantastic cut of meat to serve a | | | | before pulling it off the grill. Grilling it like this will give |
| large group of people. Grilling a tri-tip is cheaper than | | | | the roast a nice crust while still maintaining that |
| grilling individual steaks. A good-sized tri-tip can serve | | | | fantastic center flavor. |
| between five and six people. | | | | The best way to cook the tri-tip is to grill it over |
| If you live on the East Coast you may not be familiar | | | | indirect heat at 325°. This style of cooking is |
| with tri-tip. The tri-tip is a cut of meat from the | | | | called slow cooking. The time to cook it can vary |
| bottom sirloin. Many times it is considered a roast, but | | | | from 60 to 90 minutes depending on the size of the |
| it's real texture when grilled is much more like steak. | | | | tip. A good rule of thumb is to grill the tri-tip around |
| And that is why on the West Coast you'll find it | | | | 30 minutes for every pound. |
| being served at many a BBQ. | | | | The right way a tri-tip should be cooked is medium |
| There are many different ways to prepare a tri-tip | | | | rare to medium. Pull the tri-tip off the grill when the |
| for grilling. Consider marinating your tri-tip overnight to | | | | center of it reaches 140°. Do not cover the |
| seal in its delicious flavor. You might also want to | | | | tri-tip with aluminum foil as this'll turn the tri-tip gray, |
| consider using a dry rub on your tri-tip just before | | | | and you won't get that nice seared crust that a tri-tip |
| you put it on the grill. One of the things I like to do | | | | should have. |
| when I BBQ a tri-tip is to start with a dry rub, and | | | | |