Smoked & Savory Chicken Drumsticks

If you’re BBQing on a budget and don’t have a chicken rack, look no further than chicken drumsticks smoked directly on the grill grates. They’re some of the cheapest protein at your grocery store or butcher and they are PACKED with flavor. If you smoke them right, they’ll please a crowd and make you look like a seasoned pro! This recipe is our smoked & savory chicken drumsticks – they have a phenomenal texture to them with the perfect bite mixed with an amazing flavor that’ll satisfy the pickiest of palates. The best part of this recipe: IT’S EASY!

Ingredients

Eight chicken drumsticks
2 tbsp kosher salt
2 tbsp cracked black pepper
2 tbsp white sugar
1 tbsp turmeric
1 tbsp coriander
1 tbsp granulated orange peel

Instructions

We’re going to cook this one low and slow directly on the grill. We want the rub to really meld with the meat and create an amazing flavor profile.

Set your smoker to 225
Pat your drumsticks dry

Rub them with your seasoning

Place them in the center of your grill
Let it smoke for 30 minutes
Crank smoker up to 400
Run smoker until drumsticks reach 180 internal temp
This time will be a few minutes faster than cooking on a chicken rack
Remove from smoker

By increasing the temperature of the grill at the end, we are crisping up the skin to create the perfect bite when you and your guests dive in; enjoy!

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Mitch Ryan

Thank you so much for being a part of our amazing community! My wife and I joined the wide world of pellet grilling back in 2016 after smelling some delicious food being smoked by our next-door neighbor. We, like many of you, spent hours online; researching different grills, all their features, and all the different price points. We ultimately ended up buying one and the rest is history. We have a passion for two things: to help people and to be able to make the BEST food possible. We created this site to accomplish those two things and to bring some ease to not only the decision process but also to the user process!

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