In article .com>, -L.
> wrote:

> Warren Okuma wrote:
> > > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> > > The east coast just simply hasn't been educated on this cut, which
> > > usually gets thrown in the grinder here for fresh ground beef...
> > >
> > Really? Wow, didn't know that.
>
> I used to buy tri-tips all the time and grill them whole. We have
> never had a tough one - on the contrary they always come out almost
> perfect in texture. In San Jose, Kroger used to run sales on them in
> the summer - and I'd pick them up whole for about $1.25/lb. It's a
> shame if people in other parts of the US aren't able to buy these.
>
> -L.
>
Saw a couple of packages of tri-tip steaks at Costco. There were three
or four to a package, long and thin looking more like fat skirt steaks.
More like the size of half a pork tenderloin although not as round.
Wasn't sure what to do with them or I'd have grabbed a pack.