Start by trimming away any excess fat or silver skin on the tri-tip
Apply a layer of olive oil over the meat and then your choice of BBQ rub. Transfer to your refrigerator.
Start your BBQ smoker and leave to warm up to a cooking temperature of 225°F. Use your choice of wood pellet, but I recommend hickory or oak.
Transfer the tri-tip in the smoker and allow to cook until the meat’s internal temperature has reached 140°F. This usually takes about 2 hours.
Remove the trisket from the smoker and move to chopping block or counter surface. Wrap tightly in foil and transfer back to smoker.
Increase temperature of smoker to about 300-350°F. Cook until trisket reaches internal temperature of 190°F.
Remove trisket from smoker but leave in foil. Transfer to counter surface and leave to rest in foil for 10-20 minutes.
Remove meat from foil and cut. Slice against the grain, paying attention to grain direction. |