We hurt ourselves on these. Sooooo good! It just wasn’t fair, our poor bellies never stood a chance!

This was one of those cooks where everything came together perfectly. This got started when I found a nice sized Choice grade tri-tip at Costco. I have become a HUGE fan of dry brining beef so I salted the roast down and let it tenderize overnight. The next day it was rinsed, dried and dusted with black pepper before bring grilled with indirect heat and a little hickory for about an hour.

Once the tri tip hit about 120F I moved it over to direct heat to get a little searing action on the surface.

When the tri tip hit about 135F I pulled it from the pit and started grilling tomatoes with Muenster cheese.

While the tomatoes were grilling I made up a horseradish cream sauce and found some beautiful ciabatta rolls.

Kicked Up Horseradish Cream Sauce Recipe

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup prepared horseradish

2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about 1 large lemon)

1 Tablespoon Srirachai garlic hot sauce

1/4 teaspoon salt

The rolls were grilled then coated in that creamy goodness..

By this time the tri-tip was well rested. We sliced it up, assembled the open faced sandwiches and made complete pigs of ourselves.

I hope you enjoyed the post. If you haven’t tried grilling tri tip yet then let me give you a BIG PUSH to go out and find one. They are pretty inexpensive, easy to grill and taste great!

Update:

Man, it has been years since I wrote this post and I have changes my technique a little. I now end up searing the steak in a cast iron pan with a little rendered brisket fat.

Here is a video I made showing the full technique. I smoked and seared the steak on a Weber kettle using the Spider Grills pellet adapter. The Spider Grills adapter is a great accessory that lets you turn a kettle into a pellet grill and is a lot of fun to play with!

Enjoy the video!



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