This modern twist on a California grilling classic brings bold flavor and vibrant color to your summer table. Tender Santa Maria-style tri-tip is seasoned simply and grilled over high heat to ...

Discover BBQ lingo in California that can confuse outsiders, but locals understand every word and take their smoked meats ...

Some regional barbecues frequently take center stage, pushing other styles undeservedly out of the way. But this underrated ...

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If you’re a proud Californian, you’ll listen politely to a Texan bragging about brisket or a Carolinian rhapsodizing about pulled pork. Then you’ll set them straight about barbecue: Tri-tip is the ...

Recently I was reminded of a cut of meat not every grocery store or meat cutter carries: tri-tip. A local grocery store was featuring tri-tip roasts on special for $4.99 a pound. It’s the first time I ...

If John Burroughs ever invites you to his home for a tri-tip barbecue, take my advice. Say yes! Burroughs is a master of the grill. In fact, I’ve counted four of them in his yard. But I’ll bet he has ...

This thick, triangle-shaped cut of beef is grilled over red oak and called barbecue in its home of Santa Maria, Calif., but it cooks and eats like a steak. As it should, because it is from the bottom ...