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Let’s get a technicality out of the way: Classic jerk chicken is grilled over pimento wood (which comes from the tree that also produces allspice berries). If you want to order some online, we salute you. Everybody else: Hardwood or briquettes will have to do.

• 1 bunch chives, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 4–8 Scotch bonnet chiles or habanero chiles
• 5 garlic cloves, crushed
• 3/4 cup malt vinegar
• 3/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons Jamaican rum
• 2 tablespoons Diamond Crystal or 1 tablespoon Morton kosher salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons ground allspice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 8 pieces skin-on, bone-in chicken legs (about 6 pounds total), drumsticks and thighs separated, patted dry
• Vegetable oil (for grill)

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