Forkelo ranking · Updated September 2026
2 tri-tips across Los Gatos, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
Los Gatos Meats & Smoke House · Los Gatos
32 dish-specific mentions · 94% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
Butcher-counter tri-tip sliced thin onto Dutch crunch with barbecue sauce, and generous with it. The roll is the weak point when it comes out soft rather than crusty.
Tootsie's Smoke Shack · Los Gatos
3 dish-specific mentions · 33% positive · 2 source types · menu verified September 2026
Creekstone Farms tri-tip rubbed with house spices and smoked over white oak, by the plate or on a roll. It runs as a special and sells out; diner reports are still thin.
Every score is built from evidence about the specific dish: how often locals recommend it, how strongly, how recently, and whether independent sources agree. A restaurant's overall star rating is never converted into a dish score.
Quality and confidence are reported separately. A dish two people loved can score high, but it is marked early ranking until more evidence backs it up. The whole calculation — every constant, and three dishes worked through line by line — is written out on the methodology page.
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