How To Grill Tri-Tip Seamlessly – The Perfect Grilling Temperature!

People love to have steak at dinner or festive as well. However, a tri-tip steak is something that people demand significantly. Think about sitting in a launch or backyard in a beautiful evening savoring delightful and flavorful tri-tip steak with a cup of tea. Sounds amazing, right? That’s what people usually carve for. A time spent well with your family and loved ones savoring delicious tri-tip steak.

A Favorite Cut of Beef – Tri-Tip!

When we talk about grilling something tri-tip is what comes first in our mind. Tri-tip typically comes in a triangle shape from the bottom sirloin. It is sometimes also called a “Santa Maria steak” since it became popular in Santa Maria, California initially.

Tri-tip typically can be cooked both in the oven and in an air fryer. In addition to that, you can grill it as well for a lot more enhanced experience. It is first rubbed with a tasty mixture of black pepper, salt, and garlic salt – you may additional ingredients as well according to your taste and preferences. Moreover, you can add additional seasoning as well and then BBQ’d it over oak wood or may place it in the oven at a certain suggested temperature.

How to Cook Tri-Tip Seamlessly

Being a US resident you surely have heard about Santa Maria-style grilled tri-tip steak. The conventional method to grill tri-tip is considered Santa Maria in which there are open-air grills with weighty gauge gates that are lowered and raised by a pulley in order to keep the meat at a certain distance from heat so that it can be cooked on a proper heat.

Why most people love to cook tri-tip is its simplicity – in terms of cooking method and recipe. All you need to grill tri-tip steak is a mixture of your favorite dry rub, a grill and the right temperature reading thermometer.

Before actually cooking tri-tip grilled steak, make sure that you take it out from the fridge and keep it at room temperature for a certain time such as almost 1 hour so that you can cook it easily later and the juices and flavor will remain the same in it. Take all the things together. Mix the ingredients well in a bowl. Now take the meat and sprinkle the rub into all sides of the meat. Massage the rub into the meat now.

• Cover The Meat and Let It Sit at Room Temp

Now is the time to cover the roast with plastic or foil and keep it a room temperature to allow the rub to do its magic on the meat.

• Prepare Grill

It is always suggested to pre-heat your grill before actually putting food on it so that the temperature can remain balanced and the food can be cooked well. Prepare your grill for indirect heat on one side, and hot direct heat on the other side.

• Sear The Roast

Carefully sear the roast for 5 to 6 minutes. Make sure that both sides get heat properly. In case of flare-ups keep moving the tri-tip away from the flame to prevent it from burning. Once the meat is seared on all sides, keep its fat side up on the grill rack.

• Use Meat Thermometer

Cooking experts and chefs worldwide suggest using a meat thermometer to check meat’s internal temperature. A high-quality instant-read thermometer is ideal to check the temperature. Make sure to maintain the temperature around 250°F to 300°F(121℃ to 148℃).

In addition to that, there are suggested temperatures for grilling a beefsteak. Cover the grill and let it take heat until the temperature reaches 120°F(48℃) for a rare roast, 140°F(60℃) for medium and 130°F(54℃) for medium-rare. Remember that the suggested temperature is in accordance with the type, size and thickness of steak – so make sure to do it accordingly.

Benefits of Using a Thermometer to Cook Tri-Tip

An instant-read thermometer is of great importance offering numerous benefits to the user from temperature control to cooking the food perfectly. A few of them are mentioned below:

• It helps prevent undercooking or overcooking food.
• If food is left undercooked, you can easily reheat it at a sustained temperature.
• An instant-read thermometer will enable you to check the internal temperature of food any time you want. Just insert it into the food and check the temperature.
• The guesswork about the status of the food will be effectively stopped.
• It helps avoid foodborne illnesses that can happen due to incorrectly cooked food.
• It enables you to cook food on the right, suggested and accurate temperature to maintain its taste and flavor.

Quick Dos and Don’ts When Grilling Tri-Tip

Grilling is an art and you cannot master the art if you don’t pay attention to minor details and factors like the type of grilling, the type of meat and more. Here is what you need to take into consideration before starting off with the grilling tri-tip.

• Do Oil Your Grill
• Do Pre-Heat Your Grill
• Don’t Use Plastic Utensils
• Do Get the Right BBQ Grill
• Do Identify Your Grilling Type
• Don’t Rush Cooking the Meat
• Do invest in a Meat Thermometer

Take the meat off of the grill and let it rest for a few minutes before serving. Remember to tent it with foil to let it rest for 15 to 20 minutes more. The final point is to cut the tri-tip into slices and due to its triangle shape, it becomes a bit difficult to cut it properly. So make sure to do it perfectly – like a pro.

Cook Well, Eat Well

Conversely talking, the success of your food lies in the temperature. So make sure to carefully check the cooking temperature whether you are cooking tri-tip or any other food.