Equipment:

• Grill with Rotisserie attachment (I used a Weber kettle with the Rotisserie attachment; the kettle is here and the rotisserie attachment is here)
• Aluminum foil drip pan (9″x12″, or whatever fits your grill)
• Aluminum foil (to wrap the bone end of the drumsticks)
• Herb brush (3-4 sprigs of herbs, like thyme, rosemary, marjoram and/or oregano tied together, or substitute a regular basting brush)

Ingredients:

• 6 Turkey Drumsticks

Brine

• 3 quarts water
• 1/2 cup table salt
• 1/4 cup brown sugar

Baste

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp butter
• 3 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (Optional – I forgot this in the video!)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced

Directions:
1. Brine the drumsticks: Put the brine ingredients in a container large enough to hold the drumsticks, and stir until the sugar and salt dissolve. Add the drumsticks, cover, and refrigerate for 1 to 4 hours.

2. Prepare the honey baste and herb brush: Put all the baste ingredients in a microwave safe bowl and heat for 1 minute in the microwave, or until you can smell the garlic and the butter is melted. Make the herb brush by tying together the sprigs of herbs at the base of the stem to make a brush.

3. Skewer the drumsticks: Skewer the drumsticks on the spit and spit forks. Run the spit through the narrowest part of the meat, in the middle of the bone, and secure the knob of the drumstick on the spit fork. Add a second drumstick with the bone end pointing in the other direction to the same fork, the same way, with the spit through the narrow part of the meat, fork through the thick part of the drumstick. Repeat, putting two drumsticks on each spit fork. (See pictures below). Wrap the bone end of each drumstick with a small square of aluminum foil to keep it from burning. Let the skewer sit at room temperature while you prepare the grill.

4. Prepare the grill: Prepare the grill for cooking on indirect high heat (see details here). For my Weber kettle, I light a chimney starter* full of charcoal, wait for it to be covered with ash, then pour it in two equal piles on the sides of the grill, and put the drip pan in the middle, between the piles.
*I highly recommend the Weber Chimney Starter, because it is larger than most chimney starters. It holds 5 quarts of charcoal, which exactly the right size for cooking this recipe.

5. Cook the turkey: Put the spit on the grill, start the rotisserie, and cook, covered, for 30 minutes. Using the herb brush, baste the drumsticks heavily. Cook, covered, for another five minutes. Baste the drumsticks again, and cook for a final five minutes. Remove the spit from the grill, remove the drumsticks from the spit, and let the drumsticks rest for ten minutes before serving.