10/21/2026
We stock Picanha and Tri Tip daily. If you are unfamiliar with these amazing smoking meats, read the great information from the articles below..
Picanha is a cut of meat known for its exceptional tenderness, rich beefy flavor and thick fat cap. It’s a large and versatile cut of meat with a strong beefy flavor. The Picanha comes from the rump cover or rump cap, which is the upper part of the animal's rear end, just above the leg. The picanha cut of beef is the most prized steak in Brazil, and it comes from the top of the rump muscle of a cow. Picanha steak is a Brazilian favorite, sublime with chimichurri, and a cut you really should seek out and try for yourself if you haven’t yet! Picanha is a triangular cut of beef from the top sirloin section of a cow. It becomes tender and juicy. This area doesn't do much. In the United States, picanha is often called top sirloin cap.
Want to smoke a brisket but don’t have the time? Tri tip might just be your new best friend.
Tri tip is a triangular cut of beef cut from the bottom of the sirloin. Named after its triangular shape with a tapered “tip”, tri tip might just be one of the most flavourful cuts of meat that you’ve never heard of.
Often confused with brisket or picanha, tri tip is most popular in southern California, so you can be forgiven if you’ve never come across it before. It is also called a California cut, a bottom sirloin butt, a Newport steak, a Santa Maria steak or even referred to as a “poor man’s brisket”. But unlike brisket – which comes from the front of the cow, below the chuck – tri tip is actually considered a steak.
Tri tip dates back to early 19th century America, where it was a write-off and ground up to be used in hamburger meat. It wasn’t until the 1950s when Bob Schutz, the then-owner of Santa Maria Market, upon receiving an excess of hamburger meat, decided to prepare and eat it like a steak. The result was well received and the rest, as they say, is history.