Ty's 3 Day Smoked Tri-tip

Total Time: 74 hrs Preparation Time: 72 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 4 lbs tri-tip roast (trimmed is great, but some like un-trimmed cause the fat adds flavor. that might be true, you decide)
• 16 fluid ounces soy sauce
• 2 fluid ounces straight bourbon whiskey, of your choice (i use jim beam)
• 12 ounces beer (i like to use new castle)
• 1 tablespoon el yucateco chile habanero sauce
• 1/2 cup yellow mustard
• 1 minced garlic clove
• 1 tablespoon fresh ground pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground sea salt

Recipe

• 1 combine mustard and half a cup of soy sauce in a bowl large enough for the tri-tip to marinate. stir until mustard thins out.add the rest of the ingredients; mix well.
• 2 stab tri-tip about 25 times with a steak knife.
• 3 marinate for 3 days; turn once or twice a day (this tastes best). overnight works, but try the 3 day method at least once! you can taste the difference!
• 4 the day of bbq: ahh, the wait is over! fill the smoker with coals! and i mean fill it! the wet wood chips will make your flame die down a bit.
• 5 about an hour before you start smoking, put four handfuls of wood chips (hickory, mesquite or olive are best!) in a bowl of boiling hot water; let soak until your coals (no gas smokers) are or your smoker reads ideal. if you have a brinkman, put wet wood chips right on the coals.
• 6 when the ash clears, add your meat. let cook with lid on or door shut, about 2 1/2 hours, flip at least once. add chips every time the smoke dies down. cut smoking time for rare meat.
• 7 when it's done enough for you, (i like mine well done!) serve with macaroni salad and a beer roll, or potato salad and a potato bread roll. they both are great!
• 8 7just make sure you have a beer to salute me if you like this recipe and good friends nearby to enjoy this with you is always great!
• 9 cheers!