Chicken done... waaaaay early

[duckdawg]

Happy 4th everyone!

I put some whole yard birds on earlier, and they're pretty much done now. 164-166 in the middle of the breast on each of them. We're not planning on eating them for at least another 3 hours....lol. Any ideas? Would they stay good in aluminum foil in a cooler that long, or should I just put them in the fridge and re-heat later?

Thanks,

 

[erain]

foilem. wrappem in at least two heavy bathtowels and put in a cooler. they still be hot in 3 hours!!!!

 

[flash]

Now, why did they get done too soon?? Too hot, start too early?

 

[duckdawg]

Many thanks for the replies... knew I could count on the folks here.

I guess a little bit of both. I kept the temp around 275, and they cooked up in around 2.5 hours. Much faster than I expected.

 

[flash]

Chicken can be done in a 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hour time frame depending on temps used and size of chicken. I remember being surprised by that also.

 

[waysideranch]

Do what that Erain dude from Minneysooteee said. He's a smoker.