TRI TIP STEAKS WITH POTATO BOMBS

Tri-Tips are real popular for grilling, and for good reason. They're cut from the beef sirloin and are full of that rich beef flavor that steak masters demand when serving up that special steak to friends and family. Serve them up with some BBQ Pit Boys Potato Bombs and now you're talking good eatin' at the Pit..!

THE INGREDIENTS YOU'LL NEED:

Tri-Tip Steak – 2
Steak seasoning – (Salt, Garlic, Coarse Pepper and Pepper Flake mixed together) To Taste
BBQ seasoning – your favorite or you can use one of ours found here;
https://bbqpitboys.com//sauces-rubs-marinades
Olive Oil
Hard wood chunks – fruit wood like pecan – soaked in water

FOR THE POTATO BOMBS

Russet Potatoes – 4 or 5
Butter
Garlic cloves - minced
Onion - chopped
Apple corer
Tin Foil

DIRECTIONS MAKING THE POTATO BOMBS

1. Core out the potatoes with the apple corer – start on one end, if potato is to long just core out one side then start coring out the other side to make a tunnel all the way through the potato 2. Save the plugs that you get from the potatoes 3. Trim the plugs down 4. Put a plug back into one end of the potato 5. Stuff the open end of the potato with the minced garlic, onions and butter – you can add whatever you would like to your potatoes, bacon pieces would be real guud! 6. Plug the other end of the potato 7. Shake a little steak seasoning on the outside of the potato and wrap each potato in heavy tin foil.

GETTING READY

8. Lightly oil steaks on both sides 9. Season 1 tri-tip steak with the BBQ seasoning, liberally coating both sides. Season the other tri-tip with the steak seasoning 10. You want to let the rub set on the steaks for about 45 minutes to one hour. Which is good because you want your potatoes to cook for about the same amount of time before you start cooking your steaks 11. Place your hardwood chunks into water to soak – this allows your wood to smoke and not burn up right away 12. Set up your grill for indirect heat (hot coals on one side of the grill and no coals on the other side of the grill) – You’re looking for a temp between 250 to 275 degrees Fahrenheit

COOKING

13. Place your foil wrapped potatoes directly on the charcoal rack opposite the hot coals 14. After about 45 minutes place your steaks on the side of the grill with no coals 15. Add a piece of the soaked hardwood onto the hot coals 16. Cook time will be about 2 hours depending on your grill temp 17. After 1 Hour Rotate the steaks 180 degrees to help them cook evenly Add another chunk of hardwood to the coals 18. After 1 Hour and 15 minutes Check internal temp of the steaks with an instant read thermometer – you are looking for a temp of 130 degrees Fahrenheit If at 130 place steaks directly over hot coals to sear – about 2 minutes per side Take the potatoes from the charcoal rack and place them on the grill rack opposite the hot coals 19. Take steaks off the grill and let them rest for 10 minutes to let the juices redistribute throughout the meat

FINALIZING

20. Slice the steak thinly across the grain of the steak 21. Plate the steak and add a potato bomb

SERVING

22. Serve and Enjoy!