Hi there!  Welcome to "The Illusion of Sophistication," the blog about food that tastes like it was harder to make than it really was.

 

Today: beef tri-tip kebabs with pineapple and red onion.  Total prep time 30 minutes.  Cook time 1.5 hours on the smoker, 8 minutes on the grill.

Marinade

1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil

1/4 cup each Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce

3T teriyaki glaze

about 8 cloves garlic, minced.

Beef 

this was a beef tri-tip, about 2.5 lbs, heavily seasoned with Blackstone brand Steak Seasoning.

Other stuff

1 fresh pineapple, cut up

1 red onion, cut up.

1 bag Uncle Ben's 90-second microwave brown rice

 

Today I did my prep outside.  The tri-tip is on the smoker.

Pulled the tri-tip off the smoker at 120*F.  I'm going to grill the kebabs and I don't want the meat overdone.

I've got everything ready for the grill. 

Grilled with indirect heat at 450*F for five minutes on one side and three minutes on the other.

Plated!