Need a quick and easy grilling recipe to BBQ tonight? Try this one! This is truly one of the best. We’ve been making these drumsticks for ages and they quickly fly off the serving tray each time. Everyone loves handy recipes that can be prepped ahead of time, this is one such recipe. I prep and marinate my chicken drums the night before, then put it in the fridge and out of the way.
Letting it marinate in the fridge overnight is key for all that flavorful goodness to absorb into the chicken making it tender and mouth-watering delicious! These little drummies taste so good, you will be licking your fingers like a kid. Go ahead and invite your guests and treat them to some tasty grub. Savor the flavor! 🙂
Ingredients:
8 lbs. (4 kg.) chicken drumsticks (I use 2 packs)
Seasoning
1 tbsp. (15 ml) Mrs. Dash seasoning
1 tbsp. (15 ml) Smokehouse Maple seasoning
½ tbsp. (7.5 ml) garlic salt
1 tsp. (5 ml) sea salt
¼ tsp. (1.25 ml) ground pepper
1 cup (240 ml) Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce
Instructions:
1. Remove the skins (optional, we don’t like it) from drumsticks. Place them into a large bowl and fill it with water so all the chicken is covered with water. Let the chicken soak for an hour or two. Drain the water and fill it up again. Pour into a strainer and rinse the chicken under running water. Leave drumsticks the strainer for a bit for the excess water to drain.
2. Meanwhile, measure out all the seasonings on a large plate, then mix them together.
3. Transfer drumsticks into a large bowl with a lid. Sprinkle drumsticks with seasoning then add barbecue sauce. Mix together so the drumsticks are well coated with seasoning and barbecue sauce.
5. Close the lid tight and place into the refrigerator to marinate for at least 4 hours or overnight (which is best).
Grilling Instructions:
1. Grease the rack of the Grill with oil so the drummies don’t stick to them. Heat grill to 400 F (grill setting). Place drumsticks onto the rack and let them grill for about 20 minutes over a low fire or 400 F. (I like the meat to cook slowly so it’s nice and well done inside, but you may grill however you like them.) Save the leftover sauce in the bowl.
2. Turn drumsticks over, slather some of the leftover sauce from the marinating bowl and let them grill for another 20 minutes. In addition, continue to brush the drumsticks with more sauce until it runs out.
Remove from the grill and serve with your favorite dishes, such as mashed potatoes and a salad of your choice. PS. Don’t forget to make some yummy Homemade French Bread to go with it as well. 🙂
- 8 lbs. 4 kg. chicken drumsticks (I use 2 packs)
- Seasoning
- 1 tbsp. 15 ml Mrs. Dash seasoning
- 1 tbsp. 15 ml Smokehouse Maple seasoning
- ½ tbsp. 7.5 ml garlic salt
- 1 tsp. 5 ml sea salt
- ¼ tsp. 1.25 ml ground pepper
- 1 cup 240 ml Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce
- Remove the skins (optional, we don’t like it) from drumsticks. Place them into a large bowl and fill it with water so all the chicken is covered with water. Let the chicken soak for an hour or two. Drain the water and fill it up again. Pour into a strainer and rinse the chicken under running water. Leave drumsticks the strainer for a bit for the excess water to drain.
- Meanwhile, measure out all the seasonings on a large plate, then mix them together.
- Transfer drumsticks into a large bowl with a lid. Sprinkle drumsticks with seasoning then add barbecue sauce. Mix together so the drumsticks are well coated with seasoning and barbecue sauce.
- Close the lid tight and place into the refrigerator to marinate for at least 4 hours or overnight (which is best).
- Grilling Instructions:
- Grease the rack of the Grill with oil so the drummies don’t stick to them. Heat grill to 400 F (grill setting). Place drumsticks onto the rack and let them grill for about 20 minutes over a low fire or 400 F. (I like the meat to cook slowly so it’s nice and well done inside, but you may grill however you like them.) Save the leftover sauce in the bowl.
- Turn drumsticks over, slather some of the leftover sauce from the marinating bowl and let them grill for another 20 minutes. In addition, continue to brush the drumsticks with more sauce until it runs out.
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Now this just screams summertime. Love love love that juicy marinade and crispy grilled finish! A must-try, for sure!
For sure! Thank you for stopping by and commenting Karly. 🙂
Omg wow valya chicken drums and bbq mmmmm mmmmm finger lickin good my paternal grandmother may she rip made a similar recipe reminds me sooooo very much of a lot of my childhood summers spent in nc (north Carolina) she always tried to stick to recipes that her mother made they came from kovno Lithuania and @ the bbq pr general dinner table I remember a full on zakuski spread and I also remember eating 2 or 3 of these kind of legs and mind u lol I was such a very fussy eater but these I always asked for another being that I don’t have a grill would this work in a grill pan
Thank you 🙂
My husband loved the sauce. Myself too! We will use it on ribs too! However I would turn down the grill to 375 degrees and 15 min on each side.
That’s awesome! It depends on the size of the the drummies. The ones I used were pretty big. Thank you for your feedback! 🙂
Thanks for wonderful recipe! Can I bake it instead of grilling? And what setting do you think? Thank you!
Hi Tanya! You sure can. I do it all the time during the cold winter days. Bake it in the oven for 30 – 35 minutes at 425 F. Glaze chicken with BBQ sauce and bake it for 5 more minutes. Enjoy!
What does the soaking in water do for the drumsticks. Can I skip it if I don’t have time?
You sure can skip this part if you’d like.