California Tri-Tip, Santa Maria Style

Ingredients

• •2 pounds tri-tip roast
• •6 garlic cloves
• •2 tablespoons olive oil
• •¾ teaspoon salt
• •2 cups wood chips
• •1 teaspoon pepper
• •¾ teaspoon garlic salt

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Method

From foodista.com — read the original

1. 1Pat roast dry with paper towels. Using fork, prick roast about 20 times on each side.
2. 2Combine garlic, oil, and salt and rub over roast. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
3. 3Soak wood chips in bowl of water to cover for 15 minutes.
4. 4Open bottom vents on grill.
5. 5Light large chimney starter filled with charcoal briquettes (about 100 coals) and burn until charcoal is covered with fine gray ash.
6. 6Pour hot coals in even layer over one half of grill. Set cooking grate in place, cover, open lid vents completely, and let grill heat for 5 minutes. Scrape cooking grate clean.
7. 7Using paper towels, wipe garlic paste off roast.
8. 8Rub pepper and garlic salt all over meat.
9. 9Grill directly over coals until well browned, about 5 minutes per side.
10. 10Carefully remove roast and cooking grate from grill and scatter wood chips over coals.
11. 11Replace cooking grate and arrange roast on cooler side of grill.
12. 12Cover, positioning lid vents directly over meat, and cook until roast registers about 130 degrees (for medium-rare), about 20 minutes.
13. 13Transfer meat to cutting board, tent loosely with foil, and let rest for 20 minutes. Slice thinly across the grain.
14. 14Serve.