I moved to North Dakota with my wife a dog and three young sons in December of 2002. I quickly found a job as a Heavy Equipment Operator and worked in my military trade for many years. We had three more beautiful daughters in that time.

Being an Arizona native I have always had a taste for spicy food and enjoyed experimenting with different flavors in the kitchen.

One of my twin sons and I do survival challenges, where we hike out with a fishing pole, a water filter and a few other small survival items and live off the fish we catch and wild edibles for a few days every year.

I wanted to pack as much flavor as possible into a small container. I started researching different seasonings and came across an Adobo seasoning. It sounded like all the flavors I enjoyed as a kid in the Southwest all rolled into one. So I decided to mix my first batch. I added more of the seasonings I liked less of the ones I didn't, and came up with what I now call Jaydobo. Jay for my name Jayson and Dobo because it's an Adobo. 

I enjoyed Jaydobo so much I started sharing it with my friends and family. They would tell me you have to try it on this or that food and how it goes good on anything and I should start selling it. So after a couple of years making it for myself and family I decided I had something that needed to be shared with everyone.

I created Jaydobo LLC and began selling my Adobo seasoning at farmers markets and vendor shows around North Dakota in 2022.