jennyema said:1/2 cup of allspice is waaaay to much, IMO.
And that's a lotta pepper Maybe try making it with one pepper or less and add more to taste. You can always add more heat but it's impossible to get rid of heat without making more sauce.
I usually marinate the meat in the jerk paste then grill. But you could bake the chicken, too.
Never had the "gravy" you speak of. Jerk is usually a paste, not a sauce. You could thinthe paste out with water or chix broth and use it as a sauce.
jennyema said:Maybe it's proportions, then. I usually do maybe a 4 (allspice) to 1 (thyme) ratio.
And I see that you are making maybe 2 times what I usually do. So the major diff is that I would use about 2/3 the amount of allspice and up the thyme.
Ok, I see that it could work if you like allspice (and I do!)
15 chickens?