Smoked trisket is unlike anything you’ve had before. But what is trisket? Find out how to make this tri-tip brisket hybrid with our meat prep guide and easy recipe.
Trisket is a confusing term. A cursory internet search and you’re met with Triscuit, a snack cracker brand, as well as fairly colorful definitions on Urban Dictionary.
It’s little wonder that not a lot of people are familiar with the beef cut.
So what is it exactly?
What is trisket?
Part of the confusion here isn’t helped by the fact that you won’t find it at any butcher or supermarket counter.
The reason for this is pretty simple. Trisket is actually a cut of meat that’s cooked in the style of another.
It’s tri-ip that’s smoked in the style of barbecue brisket. This makes it a tri-tip bri-sket. Tri… Sket… Get it?
OK so wordplay was obviously not the forté of whoever came up with this, but the recipe itself is delicious.
And despite the fact that tri-tip and brisket are very different to one another, the matchup works perfectly.
When I’ve written tri-tip recipes in the past I’ve always recommended sticking