Tender BBQ Tri-Tip Dinner the specialty of Fallbrook High Ag Dept.

It’s absolutely delicious and you don’t go away hungry. Speaking from experience, that’s my opinion of the BBQ Tri-Tip Dinner offered by the Fallbrook High School Ag Dept. before home football games.

I have long wondered how the masters of the barbecue get that tri-tip so wonderfully tender. In speaking with the experts, Doug Sehnert and Scott Duffin, I have learned some of the secrets of this $10 a plate outdoor feast.

Sehnert said the tenderness can be attributed to two factors. “It’s a high-quality meat and when you smoke it at a lower temperature, like 300 degrees, it will tend to be tende...