Quick(er) Smoked Tri Tip using a pellet smoker

This is what happens when it is 5:30 PM and all you have easily available is a 4 pound tri tip. It is currently 104 degrees outside and the last thing that I wanted to do was to start the oven in the house. Hence the decision to use the GMG pellet grill.

What you will need:

• 4lb tri tip
• Pappy's seasoning (can be either regular or low sodium)
• Lemon Pepper seasoning
• Granulated onion.
• 1 gallon freezer bag
• Alder wood pellets
• Green mountain or comparable pellet smoker.

This is amazingly simple and came out very good.

1. Take the tri tip out of the refrigerator and out it into a freezer bag. 
2. Add about 3 tbsp of Pappy's to bag.
3. Add about 2 tbsp of lemon pepper seasoning to bag.
4. Add about 4 tbsp of granulated onion to bag.
5. Seal and shake the freezer bag until the meat is somewhat evenly covered.
6. leave freezer bag on a counterout to warm up for at least a half hour.
7. Using the alder pellets, heat your pellet smoker up to 350 degrees.
8. Remove the meat from the bag and place it in the smoker directly on the rack, then cook for an hour. 

After an hour you'll need to take periodic measurements using a meat thermometer. Once the meat reaches 125 degrees in ternal temperature where the meat is thickest, pull it out of the smoker and cover it with aluminum foil.
It should be ready to serve in about 15 minutes.

All I can say about this one is that it was enjoyable enough that there were no leftovers when served to a family of five.