# BBQ Tri Tip

> The definitive guide to tri tip: how to select it, cook it several ways, and where to find it in California. Published by Luis Ramirez.

## About

BBQ Tri Tip (bbqtritip.com) is a tri tip cooking and travel guide centered on the Santa Maria style barbecue tradition of California's Central Coast. It covers cut selection, rubs, sauces, sides, wood and fire, drink pairings, recipes, and a locator for finding tri tip near you. It is published by Luis Ramirez and is a sister site to BBQ Junkie (bbqjunkie.com). The two sites share one author identity but are separate projects.

## Key Pages

- Homepage: https://bbqtritip.com
- About the cut: https://bbqtritip.com/the-cut
- How to cook it (cooking methods): https://bbqtritip.com/the-cook
- Rubs and marinades: https://bbqtritip.com/the-rub
- Sauces and salsas: https://bbqtritip.com/the-sauce
- Sides: https://bbqtritip.com/the-sides
- Wood and fire: https://bbqtritip.com/the-fire
- Wine and beer pairings: https://bbqtritip.com/the-drink
- Find tri tip (locator): https://bbqtritip.com/the-locator
- What tri tip should cost (price tracker): https://bbqtritip.com/tri-tip-price
- All recipes: https://bbqtritip.com/recipes
- About this site: https://bbqtritip.com/about
- Contact: https://bbqtritip.com/contact

## Topics Covered

- Cooking methods: Santa Maria style over red oak, charcoal grill, gas grill, kamado, pellet smoker, smoker, reverse sear, sous vide, oven, and slow cooker (https://bbqtritip.com/the-cook)
- Internal temperature and doneness, with a carryover-by-method chart: https://bbqtritip.com/tri-tip-internal-temp
- How to slice tri tip across its two grain directions: https://bbqtritip.com/how-to-slice-tri-tip
- Cut comparisons: https://bbqtritip.com/tri-tip-vs-brisket and https://bbqtritip.com/tri-tip-vs-picanha
- The tri tip sandwich: https://bbqtritip.com/tri-tip-sandwich
- What tri tip should cost, a California price tracker by grade: https://bbqtritip.com/tri-tip-price
- History of Santa Maria barbecue: https://bbqtritip.com/santa-maria-bbq-history
- Recipe categories: tri tip mains (https://bbqtritip.com/recipes/tri-tip), dishes (https://bbqtritip.com/recipes/dishes), and drinks (https://bbqtritip.com/recipes/drinks)

## Region

The site centers on California's Central Coast, including Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, and San Luis Obispo County, where the tri tip barbecue tradition began, and it tracks tri tip beyond that region as the cut spreads.

## Entity Network

- BBQ Tri Tip (WebSite): https://bbqtritip.com
- Luis Ramirez (Person, publisher and author of every page): https://luisramirez.org
- BBQ Junkie (sibling site, same publisher): https://bbqjunkie.com
- Luis Ramirez profiles (sameAs): https://www.linkedin.com/in/1luisramirez/, https://x.com/bbqjunkie, https://www.instagram.com/bbqtritip/, https://www.youtube.com/@bbqjunkie

## Contact

- Publisher: Luis Ramirez
- Contact page: https://bbqtritip.com/contact
- Region: California Central Coast