Cooking Ribs and Chicken at Same

OshawaDave

I'm contemplating cooking baby back ribs this weekend (supposed to be sunny and warm in southern Ontario) low and slow. I thought about cooking bone-in chicken breasts as well. I am planning on cooking ribs on grill with chicken raised on upper rack. I've never done both together and am wondering - will the breasts overcook or dry out during a 250 degree 5 hour cook? Should I even cook the chicken that low?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

gdenby

Here's what I can offer.

Chicken can be cooked at 250, but 5 hours would be way too much. The only times I've tried cooking that low, I was dipping chicken halves into a pot of rub flavored warm water every 30 minutes. My recollection is it took about 2.5 hours. If they hadn't been in the bath repeatedly, I suppose the time would have been more like 90 min.

derka123

I think chicken breast is best grilled not low and slow. Can you turbo the ribs at 325 indirect, then throw the chicken on direct for the last X amount of minutes to 165 internal?

derka123

Or you could low and slow your ribs, wrap in foil and place in an oven if necessary, then crank the BGE up to 400 direct and do your chicken that way.

dmourati

Ribs first. Chicken can go on as they finish. Then, crank heat as @derka123
said.

Mattman3969

I’ve run 3 1/2-4hrs on a low n slow chicken raised direct at 250ish.  I don’t see any reason you couldn’t do bone in breast that way.  You will prolly wanna mop them every 30mins or so.  

If I was doing this cook the chicken would cook below or beside the ribs but definitely not above.  

smbishop

I did Ribs and Turkey Breasts yesterday, worked great!

THEBuckeye

Did it last night.

Ribs:  Turbo at 350, 1 hour then foil for 45.

Chicken: Cooked the last 45, breasts to 160. 

CarolinaCrazy

Either way, brine the chicken to maximize the moisture. 

I'd go the turbo route if you are comfortable doing your ribs that way with the chicken on during the last 45 minutes.

If you are committed to low and slow ribs, I'd do it like @derka123 suggests -
cook the ribs until they are just about done, remove them, crank up the heat and do the chicken at 400º raised direct. When the chicken's done, or just about there, throw the ribs back on for 10 minutes with some sauce to finish them off.

NonaScott

@Mattman3969 has it right. I do this all the time

OshawaDave

smbishop said:

I did Ribs and Turkey Breasts yesterday, worked great!

What temperature did you run?

OshawaDave

As it turned out, I did the ribs on the BGE low and slow and grilled the chicken on the Weber.

Thanks for the comments.