What This Is
BBQ Tri Tip is a single-subject reference for tri tip, the triangular bottom sirloin roast that started as a Santa Maria Valley tradition and became one of the most versatile cuts in American barbecue. Recipes, techniques, history, pairings, and a growing directory of places serving it.
Why It Exists
Tri tip deserves better than a paragraph buried inside a general grilling guide. The cut has its own history, its own regional traditions, its own slicing technique, its own temperature targets. We built this site to put all of that in one place. Written for people who actually cook, not just people who search.
BBQ Junkie
This site is part of BBQ Junkie, a network of barbecue and grilling resources. BBQ Junkie covers the full range of outdoor cooking. BBQ Tri Tip goes deep on one cut.
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