Step 1

Preheat your air fryer to 400 degrees.

Step 2

Pat drychicken drumsticks.

Step 3

Mix together the olive oil, garlic powder, paprika, onion powder, salt and pepper, and cayenne pepper (if using).

Step 4

Coat the chicken drumsticks with oil mixture and massage into the drumsticks for a few minutes to help keep the flavor in.

Step 5

Add chicken drumsticks to the air fryer in one single layer and cook for 15 minutes.

Step 6

Flip chicken and cook for another 5 minutes.

Step 7

Baste chicken with BBQ sauce, flip, then baste other side of chicken with BBQ sauce.

Step 8

Cook until chicken has an internal temperature of 165 degrees, about 3-5 more minutes.

Step 9

Remove from the air fryer, baste additional BBQ sauce if desired and enjoy!