Welcome to Vigils Beef Jerky Company Website

Vigil’s Beef Jerky Company was started in 2003 by Charlie Vigil.  The building that the jerky is processed in was built in 1987 as a mechanic shop.  This was Charlie’s first business.  After trying several other businesses, Charlie was successful in the production of beef jerky.  He started making beef jerky at home in a round dehydrator that took 24 hrs to dry the meat.  As friends and family tasted the jerky, a back door business was formed.  People would knock on the back door of his mother, Lucia’s, home asking to purchase jerky.  The demand for the jerky became great enough to open a small business for retail sales.  Before long, businesses were coming and purchasing the jerky to sell in their stores, so the mechanic shop was converted into a beef jerky processing plant.  Instead of one round dehydrator, we now have 7 commercial dehydrators which dry the meat in approx. 3 hours.   

Charlie passed away in April 2006 with a successful business which he left to his wife and son.  They plan to keep his dream alive.