WHO
WE ARE
THE JERK HIMSELFShowing off my new bags. I'm so proud. |
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Zip Lock BagsWhen I first got labels. |
Habanero LabelI designed all my labels and logos myself. |
Lots of jerkyThis is heaven. Meat for days. |
Moving on up.New bags. Damn that's fancy! |
Slicing like a ninja!Hand sliced every week. |
Box it up!Used these boxes to sell it by the pound. Looked cool, but didn't keep it as fresh as I would like. Can't win them all. |
I have been making jerky for over 20 years now. My mom was the one who actually taught me. When I was a kid, she would bring out her little dehydrator and whip up a marinade and bam... Jerky. It was like magic to me. ​
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As a young adult, I was making jerky for myself to enjoy. I would bring it to eat while I bowled at Oak Tree Lanes in Diamond Bar, CA. I would bust out a little quart size bag of jerky and snack on it while I bowled. But every time I would go up to bowl, my friends would attack that bag like a bunch of vultures!! I would get angry, because jerky takes tons of time to make and isn't cheap. I would tell them to step off!! They responded, "We'll buy some, just bring us our own bags." That was the beginning of JERK Jerky.
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Fast forward 20 years... I worked as a Computer Teacher for a K-8 school for a few years. I thought I would be a Computer Teacher for the rest of my life, because I loved my job and the kids. But we all lost our jobs when our school closed down. The founder of our school was accused of money laundering. So I have been trying to figure out what to do since...
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The evolution of JERK Jerky within the last year has been crazy. I went from zip lock bags with little labels, to 3 different types of packaging in the past 4 months. Different flavors. New Labels. New Logo. More Customers.
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Thank you for your support. I do this out of the love of food. The money isn't great, but it's enough. It makes me happy that you're happy. Damn I'm cheesy.