Dove’s Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip. How good does a Dove’s Chocolate anything sound?

Dove’s Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip was out of the ball park good. The Dove’s cocoa rub along with some chipotle chili powder and then a garlic pepper crust wasn’t like anything I have ever experienced! When the taste of beef layered with all the flavors of the grill is what you crave there is nothing like a good Tri-Tip Roast. It is a big tender piece of meat that is just packed with flavor. Awesome.

For example, the Mexicans have been cooking with chocolate in their foods for 200 years. Most folks don’t realize that a lot of good chili has a little cocoa in it. The cocoa is not meant to be over powering, but just to add another subtle layer to what you are cooking. And that is exactly what has happened here tonight.

Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme.  Wood Pellet Patio Heater, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…

NOTE: This is one of our 1st recipes from 2010. We are 5 cameras and a forest of photo lights down the road from there.

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Dove’s Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

We had some “Crash Test Dummies” over for a 4^th of July BBQ. (We did 3 BBQ’s that weekend.) We did up some MoinkBalls in teriyaki, Sweet Pepper Sliders, and a mountain of Buffalo wings along with 2 Tri Tips today.

We smoked the Tri Tip roast for about 45 minutes. Then, grilled them at 350* (177c) for about 15 minutes until the meat thermometer read 125* (52c). Keep in mind that your meat will continue cooking for another 10 degrees after you pull it off the grill. USDA says 125* (52c) for rare.

These guys were about 4 pounds each. I injected as much Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce as they would hold. Then, made a wet rub with Dove’s Sweet N Spicy Cocoa Rub, chipotle chili powder, pepper, garlic, and Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce to bind it all together. Sprinkled it on the meat rubbing it in, working my seasoning deep into the meat. Then, onto our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill for 45 minutes of smoke before grilling it.

Dove’s Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour  350* (177c)
Grill: Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill
Pellets: Green Mountain’s Gourmet BBQ Gourmet Blend BBQ Pellet

Ingredients: Dove’s Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip

• 2 nice Tri Tip Roasts
• Dove’s Sweet N Spicy Cocoa Rub
• Chipotle chili powder, to taste
• Black pepper, coarse grind to taste
• Garlic, dry crushed, to taste
• 1 cup Country Bob’s Sauces and Seasonings

Dove’s Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Directions: Dove’s Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip

Inject as much of the Country Bob’s as the meat will hold. You will be able see when it is full. Rub your spice mix into the meat and let it set awhile.  Overnight is best, but not necessary.

Cooking Directions

Perheat the grill to 150* (66c) Patti has lined the drip pan with foil for me, it makes for easier clean up. Place everything directly onto the grill and just let it hang out in the smoke and get happy for 45 minutes or so.

This is referred to as “smoking”; the temperature is around 150* – 180* (82c). 30 minutes of smoking is not enough to have any cooking effect on your meat but it is enough to open the pores up so that the meat can pick up all the flavor of the smoke.

After 45 minutes, remove the meat and bring the temperature up to 350* (177c).

When the grill comes up to temp, add the meat for 15 minutes, or until the meat reaches an internal temp around 120. Pull the meat off, cover it and let it rest for 10 minutes before serving. This will be rare to medium rare. Keep in mind that the meat will continue cooking for another 10 degrees after you pull it off the grill. So for medium pull it at 140 and overdone 160. I use a Maverick ProTemp Instant Read Thermometer for checking meat temperatures.

Note: I get a lot of questions about the kind of pellets you can use with a recipe. Keep in mind that a recipe is just an outline. Some you need follow closely like when you are making bread, but most you can do anything you can dream, our favorite way to cook. Feel free to mix and match the pellets until you find a combination you really like. Also you are only smoking at temps less than 250 degrees, anything higher is cooking and there will not be much if any smoke so it does not matter what kind of pellet you are using.

Dove’s Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

 

 

Dove’s Chocolate Chipotle Tri Tip
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

About our Recipes

We do our recipes on our patio where we have a lineup of grills, including Green Mountain, Uuni Wood Fired Pizza Oven, Sawtooth, Louisiana, Royall, Memphis, Traeger pellet grills, Char Griller side box smoker, Saber, Charmglow, Char-Broil, The Big Easy, Lodge Sportsman’s, Brinkman and Weber. I call it our “Wall of Grill”. Our grilling styles are healthy and low fat and will fit pelletheads, gas, natural wood and even charcoal purists. Almost any of our recipes can be done on any kind of good BBQ.

The important thing to keep in mind is TIME & TEMPERATURE. You can do our recipes on any grill, even some of them in the oven or crock pot, but, then you lose all the flavors you get from cooking outdoors. But sometimes it does rain.

Remember that a recipe is simply an outline; it is not written in stone. Don’t be afraid to make changes to suit your taste. Take it and run with it….

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