Traeger Smoked Tri Tip Pizza (2024)

Welcome to your new favorite BBQ recipe! This Traeger Smoked Tri Tip Pizza is the perfect way to combine the rich flavors of smoked meat with the cheesy goodness of a homemade pizza. Get ready to impress your friends and family with this backyard BBQ masterpiece.

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Ingredients

For the Crust

• 1 pizza dough
• 1 tsp flour (for stretching)
• 1 tsp olive oil, divided
• ¼ tsp garlic salt

For the Pizza Toppings

• 1 cup pizza sauce
• 1 tsp BBQ rub
• 4 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 4 oz cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 cup tri-tip, smoked/cooked, diced
• 1 medium red pepper, diced into ½-inch pieces
• ¼ cup onion, diced into ½-inch pieces
• ¼ cup BBQ sauce
• 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped (for serving)

How to make smoked tri tip pizza

The gist: Start with oven baked or smoked tri tip, layer it on pizza dough with flavorful toppings and a few hacks for the perfect pizza crust… then smoke it for 10-12 minutes until done.

1. Bring Dough to Room Temp

Remove dough from packaging. Place in a large bowl with a little olive oil, cover with plastic wrap, and let it sit at room temperature for 1-2 hours.

2. Preheat Grill

Preheat Traeger pellet smoker grill to 500°F with a pizza stone inside.

3. Stretch Dough

Once ready, stretch the dough thin using 1 tsp flour, either by hand or with a rolling pin. If using a rolling pin, I suggest rolling it with a piece of parchment paper on the bottom to make it easier to transfer to the pizza stone.

4. Prepare Stone

Carefully remove the preheated pizza stone from the grill and brush it with ½ tsp olive oil. Place the stretched dough on the stone, brush the edges with the remaining olive oil, and sprinkle the crust with garlic salt.

5. Sauce and Rub

Spread 1 cup pizza sauce in the center of the dough, leaving room for the crust. Sprinkle the sauce with 1 tsp BBQ rub.

6. Add Cheese

Layer shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese over the sauce.

7. Add Toppings

Distribute layers of diced tri-tip, red pepper, and onion over the cheese. Drizzle with BBQ sauce.

8. Smoke Pizza

Carefully place the pizza (on the stone) back onto the smoker grill grates. Cook at 500°F for 10-12 minutes, turning halfway if desired.

9. Finish and Serve

Once the cheese is bubbling and the crust is golden brown, remove the pizza from the grill. Sprinkle with fresh chopped cilantro, slice, and enjoy!

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