Meat
Tri-Tip
Tri-tip is a triangular muscle from the bottom sirloin, long beloved in California Santa Maria barbecue: rubbed with salt, pepper, and garlic, grilled over red oak, and sliced thin. The grain changes direction within the piece, so carvers reorient the knife mid-joint. It has more chew than strip, more flavour than fillet, and enough fat to stay moist if not overcooked. It is prized regionally as a roast-steak hybrid—small enough for a weeknight, large enough for a crowd. Reverse-sear or grill two-zone to medium-rare; rest; slice thin against each grain line. Outside the US West Coast it was underused until recent butcher trends spread the name.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 11.8 g
- Saturated Fat 5.2 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.85 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 1.01 g
- Cholesterol 71.1 mg
- Sodium 62.6 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 21.5 g
- Water 61.6 g
- Energy 198 kcal
- Water 61.6 g
- Protein 21.5 g
- Fat 11.8 g
- Saturated Fat 5.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 4.85 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 1.01 g
- Omega-3 0.1 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Vitamins 35.8 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.19 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 5.16 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.56 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.37 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.3 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 7.2 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 0.2 µg
- Vitamin E 0.26 mg
- Vitamin K 1.3 µg
- Minerals 432 mg
- Major Minerals 431 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Cholesterol 71.1 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.08 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.19 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 5.16 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.56 · vitamin-b6: 0.37 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.3 · vitamin-b9-folate: 7.2 · vitamin-d: 0.2 · vitamin-e: 0.26 · vitamin-k: 1.3 ·
Minerals
Tri-Tip of Beef: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
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History
Central Coast California butchers and barbecue pits made tri-tip a regional signature.
Santa Maria-style tri-tip spread through California retail and backyard grilling.
National and export interest treated tri-tip as a fashionable whole-muscle roast.