Barbecue food for percussionist's tool (9)
I believe the answer is:
drumstick
'percussionist's tool' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'barbecue food' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'food' could be 'rum' (rum is a kind of food) and 'rum' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drumstick that I've seen before include "piece of chicken?" , "sometimes used in a roll" , "Leg joint of a cooked chicken" , "a bit of leg?" , "Tibia of dressed fowl" .)