Carolina Gold BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
Today we are smoking up some chicken, and making our very own homemade Carolina Gold BBQ sauce. I am using lollipop drumsticks for my chicken, but thighs, breasts, wings, or even whole chickens will work just as well! This tangy and sweet sauce works perfectly on chicken and if you have never had it, it really is worth the effort! Lets get started...
YouTube Instructional: https://youtu.be/Ozic0ce-06U
Ingredients:
Chicken Drumsticks
Kosher Salt
Water
Coarse Black Pepper
Garlic Powder
Step 1: Wet Brine the Chicken
Using a ratio of 1 Tbsp Kosher Salt to 1 Cup of Water, completely submerge your chicken.
Cover, and then put into the fridge and let it wet brine overnight
Step 2: Trim your Chicken
Thoroughly rinse of the wet brine.
Trim your chicken. For drums, take off anything funky, and any excess skin. If you want to butterfly your drums, cut about 2 inches up the bone all around and clean to bare bone.
Step 3: Rub down the chicken
Apply a light coat of coarse black pepper, and then garlic powder to all sides of the chicken.
If your chicken is overly dry, a layer of olive oil before the rub will help it adhere
Step 4: Mix up your BBQ Sauce
Follow the recipe here
Set aside and allow to cool. You will want to reserve about half of the mix to use for dipping
Step 5: Smoke the chicken
Smoke the chicken at 225 for about an hour until the internal temp is around 140
Baste the chicken with your BBQ sauce
Bump the smoker up to 350
The goal is to smoke to about 165-180 degrees
Baste 2-3 more times with the BBQ sauce as the chicken comes up to temp
Serve with extra BBQ sauce for dipping!
Enjoy!
