--- title: Traeger Smoked Beef Tri Tip published: "2021-09-08 16:24:08" author: Nick LeRoy url: "https://www.pelletsmoker.net/recipes/smoked-beef-tri-tip/" updated: "2023-10-07 16:30:38" featured_image: "https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/traeger_smoked_tri_tip_sliced.png" categories: - "[Recipes](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/recipes/)" tags: - "[beef](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/tag/beef/)" custom_fields: yield: Serves 4 people pellet type: Blend preptime: 5 min totaltime: 60 min smokeTemp: 225 degrees finished_temp: 125 degrees --- # Traeger Smoked Beef Tri Tip Tri-tip is a cut of beef I’ve wanted to smoke forever. The reality is that it’s been really difficult to get a hold of this cut and the few times I have seen it the prices were out of the world. However, I recently saw a display at my local Costco with a ton of tri-tip at a reasonable rate. I immediately grabbed one and this brings us to today’s post. Enjoy! If you love smoked beef I also suggest you check my other steak recipes. - [smoked sirloin steak](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/recipes/smoked-top-sirloin-steak/) - [smoked ribeye steak](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/recipes/smoked-ribeye-steak/) - [smoked tbone steak](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/recipes/pellet-smoked-t-bone-steak-recipe/) - [smoked porterhouse steak](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/recipes/smoked-porterhouse-steak/) - [smoked filet mignon steak](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/recipes/smoked-filet-mignon-medallions/) Ingredients/equipment for preparing beef tri-tip: ------------------------------------------------- Note that this tri-tip that I picked up was already seasoned. However, if yours isn’t seasoned I highly recommend a simple black pepper and salt combination. - One beef sirloin tri-tip (mine was roughly 2.5 lbs) - two tbsp olive oil (for reverse sear in cast iron skillet) ![smoked tri tip](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/costco-tri-tip-1024x768.png) Smoking Directions: ------------------- 1. Turn your smoker on and bring to 225 degrees 2. Remove your tri-tip from the package and pat dry 3. Apply your preferred seasoning (mine came pre-seasoned) 4. Place the tri-tip into the smoker 5. Use an internal probe to identify when the tri-tip reaches 120-125 degrees F. 6. Remove the tri-tip from the smoker and set it aside while you warm up your cast iron skillet. 7. Place a cast-iron skillet on high heat. Add the olive oil and bring to temperature. 8. Once your olive oil gets hot place your tri-tip in the cast iron skillet. Allow to seer for about 60 seconds before flipping to the other side. You may choose to also seer the sides of your tri-tip but tri-tips can be a bit of an irregular shape making this a bit difficult. Smoking this sirloin tri-tip to 120 degrees took about 65 minutes. However, I highly recommend that you cook to your final temperature and use a probe to accurately read the internal temperature. As a friendly reminder, you want to pull the tri-tip off the smoker about 5-10 degrees prior to your perfect done temp to allow room for your reverse sear. Recipe Step By Step (How-To) Images ----------------------------------- [![smoked tri tip](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/costco-tri-tip-1024x768.png)](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/costco-tri-tip.png)[![](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/seasoned_tri_tip-1024x768.png)](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/seasoned_tri_tip.png)[![](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/pan_seared_smoked_tri_tip-1024x768.png)](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/pan_seared_smoked_tri_tip.png)[![](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/traeger_smoked_tri_tip-1024x768.png)](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/traeger_smoked_tri_tip.png)[![](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/traeger_smoked_tri_tip_sliced-1024x768.png)](https://www.pelletsmoker.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/traeger_smoked_tri_tip_sliced.png)Enjoy this recipe? 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