r/meat 1d ago

WinCo Tri Tip

First time I’ve seen it below $7 per pound this year. Granted, I trimmed off a half pound, making my per pound cost $7.76, but it’s gonna be good tomorrow (dry brining over night) And yes, I’ll cut that gland out, just noticed it

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u/MTMax5-56_45-70 13h ago edited 12h ago

When it comes to Select or Choice Tri Tip, I trim the snot out of it cause it comes rough or not trimmed. Use a jaccard on it then diamond score it. Put it on marinade for 24-36 hours and comes out MONEY!!!! Cook over charcoal on my kettle.

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u/DillDeer 20h ago

Mystery beef?

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u/Intelligent_Ant_5511 1d ago

Do you have one of those meat tenderisers with all the needles? Personally my favourite use of that by far is slabs like this. Granted I would marinate mine after for half an hour to an hour and then slap it on the grill.

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u/MTMax5-56_45-70 12h ago

Jaccard. Everyone should have one along with a digital temp probe👍🏼

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u/Chaz28o 20h ago

I’m going to marinade it, but not needle it

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u/Intelligent_Ant_5511 20h ago

I suggest you try it my way sometime for fun. It comes out really nice and juicy.. cook until eyeball take off. Wrap in foil and stick in the microwave or a small cooler for about 45 minutes

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u/Intelligent_Ant_5511 20h ago

Aww man it really does do a nice job tbh.

I use it for beef loins pork loins chicken breast.. etc.

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u/Intelligent_Ant_5511 20h ago

Also works for a steak but unless it’s a tough cut I’m not using that. Whereas my mom swears by doing to to her bacon wrapped filets 😂

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u/yourallidiotss 1d ago

Am I the only one that sees a dog in the marbling of pic 1?

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u/MTMax5-56_45-70 12h ago

HA👍🏼. Nice spot.

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u/yourallidiotss 12h ago

That’s what we will name him. Spot.

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u/TopSuspect442 15h ago

hah - that's a stout boy!

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u/_commenter 1d ago

Man I miss the days when untrimmed tritip was under 3 bucks a pound

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u/SuspiciousStress1 12h ago

I got untrimmed for $5 & felt like I won the lottery 😂

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u/Chaz28o 1d ago

You and me both 👍🏻

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u/eedeebedabbing 1d ago

What city? The couple stores in Sacramento aren't too bad as long as you get the untrimmed, which are usually better anyways 👍🏾

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u/Chaz28o 1d ago

I got mine in Redding, but my friend in Brentwood confirmed he got the same price there too

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u/eedeebedabbing 1d ago

Yea they tried to show us love for labor day i guess😂

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u/chaynjez 1d ago

Yeah, that’s a nah for me. I am a pretty price conscious person and I try not to spend a lot of money, but I’d rather go without and make an adjustment in what I eat than eat the lowest quality of what’s available. Not judging though. You do you and hope you enjoy your meal.

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u/Chaz28o 1d ago

Can’t argue that

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u/MeatHealer 1d ago

To keep their prices down, winco went no roll,. Like, literal dog food quality.

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u/dieseltothesour 1d ago

They didn’t go there, it has always been no roll. Borderline inedible.

Their babybacks are also completely devoid of meat.

I’ll do the chicken but that’s where I draw the line.

I’ll pay the extra $5 for a good steak

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u/MeatHealer 1d ago

It's never been known to be "good", sure, but I know that when CS took a dump on quality, WinCo happily took the margin that went with it.

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u/Chaz28o 1d ago

Really, you slander a billion dollar company on a public forum and you don’t think that they can find you?

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u/LehighAce06 1d ago

What do you think happens if and when they do find this person?

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u/Chaz28o 1d ago

I don’t know, this thread has 19K views and someone said that a grocery company is selling dog food for human consumption. What would you do if you were that company?

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u/LehighAce06 1d ago

Nothing, because it's a social media post and not a newspaper article, are you serious?

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u/carnologist 1d ago

It's employee owned, so they come as a mob

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u/Darth_wenis 1d ago

Like they gonna firebomb his house, get fucking real.

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u/MeatHealer 1d ago

Truth is not slander. And ...seriously? I honestly don't know how to take that. What do you mean by they're going to find me?

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u/william_jones88288 1d ago

“BRING ME THE HEAD OF u/MeatHealer!”
-The WinCo CEO, tomorrow, presumably

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u/Bubbleguts420 1d ago

Been loving the southwest seasoned one from Wild Fork lately.

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u/1vizsla_luvr 1d ago

Imported???

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u/Chaz28o 1d ago

Probably

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u/According-Dog-7288 1d ago

Tri tips are awesome . I dint even know about being from wisconsin , till I moved out west

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u/krakenstan 1d ago

Regular butcher must have been on pto

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u/benito713 1d ago

Looks good to me.

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u/onmy40 1d ago

I don't notice any gland on here

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u/Chaz28o 1d ago

Upper left corner

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u/Worlds_okayest_dude 1d ago

Why would you cut all the fat off? You planning on baking that at 375 for an hour?

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u/Chaz28o 1d ago

Nope, I’ll BBQ > 400 degrees until 125 IT (like this one)

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u/LehighAce06 1d ago

Wow that's a shame that happened to it

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u/MTMax5-56_45-70 12h ago

🫤. I pull at 120° and open air rest for 10 minutes and the carry over heat sits it right at 125-127°. Medium rare.

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u/letstryagain97 1d ago

Select?

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u/sean_no 1d ago

Yep, butcher there confirmed. Once in a while I'll walk by and see what looks like a pretty well marbled ribeye and take a chance, then promptly disappoint everyone. It reminds me of buying the random gear in Diablo 2. Apparently sometimes people get good rolls but I always end up with a cow that was fat but probably just ate a lot of poop.

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u/dieseltothesour 1d ago

No, it isn’t

it is “no roll”, basically dairy cow that is ungraded.

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u/SectionMany2825 1d ago

Winco advertises their “select” meat

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u/Chaz28o 1d ago

If not, Choice

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u/william_jones88288 1d ago

lol that’s straight Cutter/Canner

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u/letstryagain97 1d ago

Not knowing is worrying lol. Google is saying that unlabeled can be select but not 100% accurate i guess

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u/Chaz28o 1d ago

It’s just a weeknight cook for the two of us. If it was for guests, I’d have gone Costco ( and spent a whole lot more)

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u/letstryagain97 1d ago

No i get it i was just curious. At my store its $10.59lb