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Andrew Lang

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Hello all,
I've got a party coming up, and in addition to burgers and dogs, I was going to make some ribs and chicken. My plan was to put 4 racks of ribs on the bottom grate (rolled and skewered), and two 4-5 pound birds laid on their backs on the top grate. I'll probably be shredding the chicken, so the skin isn't a concern. I'm thinking the total cook should be about 4 to 4.5 hours at 225-250, but wanted to get some advice on the plan. Should the ribs be up top? Should I do the chickens separate?

Thanks!
 
IMO do your ribs on the top rack as normal. Once you foil, bump temp to 275 and drop them to the second rack. Place birds on top rack. At 1hr mark unfoil put back on rack and flip birds. Both should finish pretty close to the same time.
 
I'd cook the Chicken at 275, you can cook the Ribs at that Temp as well. If you're planning to have the Ribs done in 5hrs 225 is not going to cut it, at least from my experience, I usually cook mine between 250 - 275.
 
Andrew Lang said:
My plan was to put 4 racks of ribs on the bottom grate (rolled and skewered), and two 4-5 pound birds laid on their backs on the top grate. I'll probably be shredding the chicken, so the skin isn't a concern. I'm thinking the total cook should be about 4 to 4.5 hours at 225-250, but wanted to get some advice on the plan. Should the ribs be up top? Should I do the chickens separate?
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You don't have to do them separate. You could cook the chicken on the top rack in foil pan(s) and the ribs on the bottom rack. Instead of rolling the ribs, I'd get a rib rack. I'm assuming you have a 18.5" and four rolled ribs on one shelf would be pretty busy, but a rib rack right in the center would fit nicely
 
Any thoughts about doing the ribs 1-2 days before, refrigerating them, and then just toss on a grill to warm the day of the party? may save the stress of trying to time two different meats etc. and as I think I said on a different thread, my dad personally swears cooking, refrigerating, then reheating ribs makes them much better. Not sure if it does but he swears by it. even if it doesn't. may be a way to save some stress on party day
 
I've done ribs in advance. It's fine. My preference is to do ribs in a smoker and chicken on a kettle. That way I'm not doubling my work time.
 
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