About Us
Who We Are:
Frank has worked in the construction industry for over 30 years. His wife, Lisa, worked as an accountant before becoming the manager of their own bathroom remodeling business over 15 years ago. One of Frank's hobbies was experimenting with hot sauce and making his own. After so many years of gifting it to friends and family and them telling him it was the best hot sauce they had tasted, he and Lisa decided to come up with a fun label, take on all kinds of debt :) and use Lisa's business experience to start a hot sauce business.
Now Lisa works full-time as owner / operator of Hammajack while Frank helps when he can between working another full-time job until Hammajack is successful enough for them both to work there full-time!
Their goal for the business has always been to have the business as a retirement project. In the meantime, they are having fun making connections in the local Pittsburgh food & farm scene.
What's With the Name?:
When Frank and Lisa owned the bathroom remodeling business, a client-turned-good-friend's 4-year-old mispronounced jackhammer as "hammajack" when Frank was jackhammering their basement floor. It became a running joke between the two families (fun fact, the 4-year-old liked Frank's hot sauce too :). They intended to use it as a placeholder for their hot sauce's name. But when it came time to give the product a "real" name, nothing fit better than Hammajack!