I am 38 and have never owned a grill in my adult life. I typically do campfire style meals, and I’ve always been intimidated by grills because I always over cooked or under cooked things consistently. 

I’ve talk to my clients in my barbershop over the past year to get an idea of smokers and I knew I wanted to lean in, so I went with the woodridge elite. 

 My first smoke was Saturday and I had a few nice cuts of usda prime choice tri tip. I used the kinders steak rub and a bit of brown sugar as a rub. Removed at 125, wrapped in butcher paper, put back in until 135. I boiled a pot of water for my igloo, and got that all preheated, and I wrapped the butcher wrapped tri tips in two seperate dry towels and put them in the cooler (after drying it out). 

90 minutes later I opened up that cooler and it smelled like absolute heaven. I have never thought I would be capable of making those wonderful smells come from my own backyard. 

I love how simplified this ecosystem is. The app is amazing, but I’m blown away by the actual design of the grill. The cleanup and breakdown is such a clever design, and I can already tell I’m going to get a pop n lock front table as well as a modifire grill plate. 

This is the best meat I have made in my entire adult life, and I’m excited for my future with it. I already cleaned out the ash, and I’ve changed the foil on the drip pan and used a non scratch pad to clean the grates. If there are any pieces of advice on recipes or accessories, or any stories of hard lessons learned, I’d love to hear them. 

Baby’s first tri tip