Santa Maria Barbecued Beef Tri-Tip

[PewpewFighter]

How would you cook tri-tip if it was untrimmed?

[nothadnotbad]

i lived in santa maria for ten years and had tri tip several times. it is delicious. but i never heard of anyone being this sophisticated with it...or cooking it in 30 minutes... are you kidding?

[yuexkyo2]

2:11 O.o amazing!

[Forevernight]

I love Tri tip

[CaliforniaCarl]

Baahahahha!

30 mins? Try 4-5 hours, I bet that shit was tuff

And use charcoal n wood gas grills are for girls to BBQ on.

[AbeCornell]

@CaliforniaCarl 30 mins is right. Maybe a few mins longer if you have a bigger piece. Santa Maria is high heat.

This recipe is way too involved for Santa Maria trip. Laist has a solid recipe.

[ShellyManne1]

@CaliforniaCarl Your an idiot. I cook tri tip all the time... depending on the heat of the coals it won't take longer than 45 min.

[melrose11]

Chef John! U were on TMZ! I recognized your voice!

[PeanutButterFLs]

THIS WAS JUST ON TMZ 8D <33 I was like "OMG, FOODWISHES!"

[EXARATE]

I saw this on TMZ!

[impalakoala]

THIS ISN'T HOW YOU COOK SANTA MARIA TRI TIP. 30MINUTES TO COOK? YOUR CRAZY

[calebbasped]

JOHN u always have every ingredient i randomly have at the time! im making this now

[sknodal]

While this might have been a great meal...IT IS NOT SANTA MARIA STYLE!!!

Garlic salt, pepper, parsley and a little sugar are the only things used in true SM style. and you only turn about 4 times (every 10-15mins) should take about an hour to cook.

[etheromlet]

@sknodal yup, this shit is too fancy to be santa maria style. 

[tweekyseagull]

This is an outstanding way to cook the tri-tip. I can't get enough. Thanks for the great video!

[knevelchen]

But...but.... HEY. I don't wanna get cancer! Cancer's not cool!

I'm just saying... That crust is gonna be full of acrylamide and benzpyrene.

[EmilKGY]

@knevelchen careface. really.

[skunkapotamus]

@knevelchen Ill quit smoking asbestos while Im eating it. Thatll negate the cancer risk.

[Chonygulein]

omg xD kebs alarm

[code3cowboy]

Just fyi, tritip is normally rolled in garlic salt and black pepper (sometimes a little parsley) then BBQed over Red Oak for the traditional Santa Maria style tritip.

Simple and delicious.

The meat gets its shell from the fat (started fat side up) not from burning (blackening or over searing).

[sm1tty031]

Love the line "Dont go commando"

We don't get tri-tip here in the East. I use a thick Costco sirloin for this.

Great technique BTW.

[kamikasedude]

im starviiiing Ç__Ç

[shampoovta]

Every one eats Tri-Tip in Ca. Like all the time, every BBQ. Huge grills in front of local grocers filled with them to take home for dinner. FANTASTIC! :)

[J25x]

@shampoovta

California is awesome. Tri-tip is awesome. It's a win win.

[tweekyseagull]

I made this just the way you showed. This is by far the BEST BBQ'd tri-tip I have ever had! And i have been in the restaurant industry for 30 years. Well done (no pun intended).

[vicktor54]

I tried because it looked so delicious, but mine came out very tough. I'll go back to smokin on a low temp. Never had a tough tip that way.

[kweerkiller]

Man that looks good. i personally prefer to heavily coat the tri tip in brown sugar after the dry rub has soaked in.. It really brings out that crisp caramel-y crust.. however i just might have to try that basting method. tasty stuff

[Pirru805]

dam....i love to bbq tri tip but this is not how you grill tri tip santa maria style.....and the key is to cook it in high heat and slow.

[reignfyrfli]

Is that blood? I mean, I turely think this meat looks grreat, but...I got a problem eating meat that is still bleeding. I know it taste better that way. I accidently ate a peice of filette mignon to see if it were done. It wasn't. It was dam good that way, but to sit and cut and chew on it knowing that it isn't well cooked...

[ajayaruna]

@reignfyrfli You'll be fine. Eat it bloody.

[reignfyrfli]

OMG! Tri tip is my new cut. I used to love a nice hunk of filet mignon, but I went to a tiki bar one night on a date. I drank at least three Comicozi's. And had two servings of thier tri tip bbq. DA BEST! I have been ordering it at every resturaunt I go to, kinda like my fascination with salmon. I just wanna taste everyone's creative creation with the tri tip, and the salmon. LOVE IT!

[bumpnugly]

awesome recipe

[DullardGuy]

Dont know about this grill time, but to me, slow bbq a tri tip with hickory or mesquite for like 3 hours is ideal. A whole hell of a lot of juice and its delicious, Even served cold...you can still taste the juices on a slow bbq tri tip. To each his own i guess

[sazkwatch]

lol dont go commando

[frwgt350net]

I bast mine with Budweiser f all that girlie red wine

[joro82]

Just made this recipe today, I was a little worried about the black char on the surface, but man o man it tasted fantastic!

[mdtaylor67]

You don't turn the meat that much!

[kobe2bynum]

insult to Santa Maria Style tri-tip

[tbagyourmomy]

This is not by any means a 'style' of Santa Maria bbq. Ya just throw your herbs/spieces on it, throw it under a red oak bbq grill. aint nothing like it.

[rxmd]

Chef John has alot of awesome vids out. keep posting them...thanks

[jaredjamison11]

Great video thank you for posting.

[dubbedcrazy]

he said it wasn't traditional so please no belly aching.

[brokentapedeck]

that by no means is santa maria style tri tip. in santa maria that meat would be considered ruined. putting sauce on it is considered a slap in face as well.

[ParsecondSpace]

Agreed!

[mariospeedwagen]

I just made this roast sans the basting sauce and it turned out GREAT. I didn't know how it'd turn out without the sauce but the dry rub alone gave it tons of flavor. Thanks for the recipe!

[u2jams]

Shut up and lets eat!

[NGTYCOON]

give me my steak medium medium done is fine with me as for tri tip you ends would be as juicey as it could be if cooked well done im from the vally in nor cal i use marination rather then dry rub but thats just me tho but my results are delicious

[jromemoon77]

This is nothing like we do here in Santa Maria. Why burn the meat?? You can do that by searing it.

[iHaveOneArm]

that's basically the same thing

[u2jams]

Santa Maria style tri- tip is the only thing besides strawberries that is worth going there for. Santa Maria, go for vacation, leave on probation.

[kmg501]

I'd sooner let the dry rub do it's magic over night myself. Nice video walk through!

[tonybonner82]

I'm from California, and I love Tri-Tip. When I first saw this I was like, "I'll never make ordinary Tri-Tip again'. Thanks For sharing this. This takes Tri-Tip to a whole new level.

[tomastomas11]

r u from canada!!???

[yarakzeps]

cuz ur gay

[yarakzeps]

aahahahaahahaa wakka wakka wakka

that answer is teh proof that ur gay like elton john, ballsucker :D

[yarakzeps]

and now go, eat some vegetables from boy george ass

[Garza]

mmm black on the outside n bloody on the inside... DELECTABLE!!

[lopezae33]

you should cut that up and make blood sandwiches!! pfffffftt santa maria

[jgilruth369]

the best cut of meat ever im from central CA and you dont know how good you have it till you leave and everyone looks at you stoopid when you ask for tri tip at the butchers

[thatbastardson]

yup. no one orders tri tips.

[vanillagrrilla]

@jgilruth369 Dude i'm in Mi. now. For the longest time NO ONE knew what I meant by "tri tip"!!! Grillin one tonight..

[thomasekugm]

@jgilruth369

No kidding. From Santa Maria myself and i have my mom send me pinqueto beans and suzzi q's santa maria seasoning. Hard as hell to find red oak up here in portland, but white will do.

[carpetcarevideos]

@jgilruth369 That looks great, i'm hungry now.

[ptangboy]

@jgilruth369 so true! I live in Ontario and a couple years ago I went and lived in northern California for a couple years and I felt like a great explorer coming across the tri tip. I CANT BELIEVE ITS NOT IN ONTARIO!!!!

[gollygfunkera]

for a golden brown color, melt one stick of butter in the microwave and baste intermittently. I know, it isn't as healthy, but the results are to die for.....

[Rebellion96]

Hey lopez. You should make a video then. You can't beat me i lived in Santa Barbara 30 years, and know a thing a or two of santa maria bbq or any other region

[lopezae33]

i have a better rub and can cook a WELL DONE and not only soft but juicy tri-tip i call it DINUBA style. i would be open to challenges.

[delfdabat]

then make a video.

[TEHSWOLEONE]

LMAO @ DINUBA. Pffft, Dinuba? LULZ.

[dustydawg42]

Doing it this weekend. Thanks for the basting tip. I'll be making it for my wife, our girlfriend, two other couples. Should probably make two. Huh?

[rlharris9337]

Cooking and comedy. AMAZING

[fabio1292]

what are the ingredients of the dry rub?salt, black pepper, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and then?I didn't understand that one...

[ShaneT87]

damn

[TheVideoGameCrisis]

I will eat that with my hands..!

[DaniAmur]

GF says to her BF on a home date great coooking!

But whats up with the "no eye brow" thing?

[scorpionthithithi]

come to BRAZIl

here yeah!

the best Barbecue

[oiyabastard]

very very good , except i would have a hard time not adding soy sauce

[VDMIA]

this recipe is not traditional at all compared to real santa maria tri tip. Never charcoal always red oak.

[darien600]

he did say that it wasn't really traditional o.O

[rhamzal]

you better grill it slowly cause i think not properly cooked inside..ur griller very high i think tsk tsk tsk..

[sufihadi]

thats the way they eat the meat.... idiot.. hahah

[rhamzal]

u r the idiot grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[DragoonBoom]

meh its just this "medium rare" shit

its called rare because you rarely see anyone prepare meat like this, especially with all the tapeworm cases in beef

[Lafilleexotique]

You can eliminate the danger of parasites by freezing for a few days. I eat my steak almost raw and I have no tapeworms.

[DragoonBoom]

wow, didnt know that

either way, its kinda lame to eat meat raw, unless its fish :D

[Lafilleexotique]

Yeah well it really depends on the cut of meat, IMO.

[DayZ2468]

personally i eat mines well done some times medium but i dont like my steak to look like its on it period lol

[realshiznit]

Do tell how it's possible for a steak to menstruate?

[DayZ2468]

it bleeds and im no vampire why would i want to eat something that tastes like blood others might like it but i dont if you like it thats you I dont like eating my steak with a jumbo side of BLOOD

[realshiznit]

Oh ok, but since the red lady only visits during a certain week of the month, I guess you could just wait for the steak to be off its period?

[DayZ2468]

yup

[DragoonBoom]

whos the basturd rating our comments down just coz we only like our meat well cooked?

[DayZ2468]

idk and i really dont care i like my stuff well done for all i care they could hunt and eat a live cow . they can thumb down all they want, whats that gonna do? nothing, thats not gonna make me cry and it sure as hell isnt gonna make me eat it raw so they're just wasting there time mkay :)

[Scootermagoo]

it's not blood dude.. mellow out my suggestion if you do not like juicy meat is to deep fry chicken breasts without coating for say 12 minutes and get the chainsaw out..

[DayZ2468]

im not a dude and w/e

[Scootermagoo]

I'm sorry if I got your gender wrong but still the point is that is not blood. That's the juice that cooks to the pan and you make pan jus(juice for those who do not get french) it's the fluid from the cells that contract and a little fat.

[DayZ2468]

ok w/e

[KBFF]

HAHA, wow! I take it you don't work in the medical field. That in fact is blood. by god," fluid from cells contract"? Don't get me wrong, a rare cut of beef is the most healthy, but your so called juices are mostly blood/plasma. Also, the the "juice" that cooks to the pan is called FOND. The foundation for Au Jus, or gravy.

. DO SOME RESEARCH before posting!

[dodgers4life8]

i love this guy

[celtjet]

I live in Las Vegas and I BBQ Tritip.

[GazeRock123]

I didn't know that other parts of the US don't have tritip. I've lived in southern california all my life

[1kperday]

No eyebrows is not a good look. LOL

Nicely done!

[aarmenta92]

Santa Maria is gay

[asidreign]

As always, great stuff Chef John! I've lived in California my whole life and I never really stopped to consider that tritip wasn't a popular cut everywhere.

Grocery store tip for you tritip newbies- don't buy the "pre-trimmed" cuts from the store, it takes 30 seconds with a sharp knife to take the thick layer of fat off the bottom of the cut and the butcher charges you a buck extra on the top. Tastes even better when you know you got a good price. ;)

[AlNouveau]

Looks good to me.

[kevynspeed]

i looks kinda burnt...

[jegsone]

Thats all the herbs and spices from the dry rub cooking off and adhering to the service, trust me.. it wouldnt taste the same without that crust!

[jegsone]

^Surface

[chaklong]

4:19

ENJOY!

[Moroz171]

я голоден!

[JustAddBBQ]

Nothing great like some SM BBQ Tri Tip dont forget the susie Q seasoning

[VeronicaMartian]

history schmistory.

haha, thanks for this Chef John!

[soffellsereh]

No sugar, but the dry chilli that makes it easily burn...

[JimmerSD]

Thanks for another great recipe Chef!

[haithy]

Tasted really great chef !

Thanks for the video; looking forward to your next recipe :)

PS: hhaahaha on the whoopi reference

[drakendrones]

luvly vdo chef! but u know wat...i wud have luvd to hear that "sizzling sound" when the meat hits the hot grill! something to festive n picnicy abt it...

[ekim051084]

chill 4 hours,

chill for hours =P

[Bevkimduff]

your meat always looks so good!!

[esykillll]

Thanks.

[lauweroos]

nice grill!!

[leenasalhotra]

Can you teach how to make marination preferably dry rub for barbeque Chicken/ picnic chicken since its summers in Caliifornia.

[ITSGENERATOR]

is the beaf hard to chew or is it soft???

[DC180]

ooohh that looks soo tasty..

[jaredsfa2004]

Hey, I live in Santa Maria!!! How Cool Is This!

[qo3op]

@jaredsfa2004 Hey, I live there too. Gee, small world. :) lol

[joro82]

OMG I'm gonna make this!

[Sylviasama]

you are too funny, chef John.

[russtex]

Mmm...I defiantly want to try this!

[JaqenH]

eating rare meat and beef can lead to mad cow disease and other serious illness. Look it up Dumba**

[JaqenH]

like i said before IDC go and die for all i care ur life moron

[sustainedbyramen]

yea, family who visited me in california were afraid of the tri tip until they tried it.

[liplylips]

hey i live in SANTA MARIA! =DD

[crossaffectjunior]

I'm doing this tonight! But I might let it cook a little more. What do you suggest so i dont burn it?

[diywaddy]

"History, schmistory", LOL!

Chef John, you crack me up, man!

Great looking roast. Delicious!

Reminds me, if we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat, I ask!!?

I'm on to this cut at nearest opportunity. Thanks for a great show.

[esykillll]

Chef Juan*

[regamom3]

yummmmm...

I will try to find this in Ohio, and make it!!!

[coolcager]

Question : it's kinda burnt right? i thought eating burnt food is bad? just a question . I like chef john But im not american so I don't know this food. But I just want to know. Thanks .

[OvenReadyChaos]

It is bad for you. However, a lot of high end restaurants will "burn" the outside of the beef. It's called searing and the purpose is to tenderize.

[coolcager]

Oh ok got it. Thank you very much .

[oekakinin]

searing meat is to lock in the juices of the meat....

[dyslexichobo]

Thanks Chef John! Looks delicious!

[JessicaPersonalChef]

Beautiful! We love tri tip! It's NOT dry tip!

[ultratec66]

Perfectly Cooked!

[ddrusa]

yum

[SocialDeviant77]

Looks great. Thanks Chef.

[mmdghr]

yummmmm !!!!!

[winniethemcfly]

wont those darken part taste bittle?

[winniethemcfly]

i mean bitter

[yyadamyy]

bittle? you mean bitter?

[1337NoFear1337]

gg fail;;//blood on that shit;/ you can get sick from that;/ cut it in the middle and sides, to coock it ;]

[eddfir]

You have no idea how to cook meat then.

[1ProGamer]

i would do it but without burning it :(

[Tealcc]

If you dont wanna eat meat medium rare, buy pork. dont waste your money on beef imo :P

[SorthNarolina]

if you guys don't want to eat meat at rare-medium rare you might as well not eat it

[DerKannibale]

Well I'm sorry that some people don't like eating raw stuff. Why don't you go eat some raw pork.

[SorthNarolina]

don't get snippy over your own ignorance, and you can actually eat pork at medium too. It's completely safe.

The only problems come in when people handle the food wrong or they just don't know how to cook.

[ComboKillerUK]

your exactly right

[DerKannibale]

lol I will admit about eating partially cooked pork then but I believe you were the one being rude first. (That is of course unless you were replying to somebody else who was being rude and the comments weren't in order.) Honestly this dish looks good and I would eat it but I just do not like anything less than medium and even medium is pushing it. I have eaten rare and it didn't taste any better or worse than well done.

[DerKannibale]

What it basically comes down to is texture. People tend to cook beef rare because it comes out more tender that way. Especially if you have a cut of meat that has low marbling. It's just I don't really like the texture of undercooked beef and I found your comment insulting. (PS I made a typo in the first sentence it should say "I will admit to being wrong about...")

[DerKannibale]

What it really comes down to is personal preference. So you really shouldn't go around insulting people over how they like to cook and/or eat their food. People that like to eat Rare-Medium Rare should it that way, people that like to eat Well Done should eat it that way.

[zephyrspromise]

well, i get it both ways- i loathe the taste of blood, but i've found out that medium well has a better texture than well- hence why i love my steak medium well- if i could take the taste of blood, maybe i'd even go rare- so yup. personal preference :) (oh, and yeah...pork can be cooked rarer than people think- but there HAS been enough cases of food poisoning for the FDA to set a recommended meat temp)

[lineinvaders]

wow

[bluejuiseritsma]

may i ask why people like to eat their meat almost raw? Im really asking.......

[RaindropsFantasie]

haha i know, i prefer to eat meat so it's cooked, not practically trying to escape off the plate ;D

[YubiShines]

I asked a friend once, and he said that when you order steaks well-done, the restaurant tends to give you inferior meat. It's less easy to disguise bad meat when it's rarer. *shrug*

[bluejuiseritsma]

hmmm really Yubishines? That makes sense....but now it makes me not want to eat meat from restaurants...lol