The Big Jerk shack sign: yellow awning over red BIGJERK lettering

Welcome to the Jerk Shack.

Big Jerk is inspired by the roadside jerk shacks of Jamaica. Our menu was made by chefs in collaboration with a Jamaican jerk chicken expert. Smoke, spice, char and sauce, piled high and lathered on. The result: truly unforgettable jerk chicken. It’s that simple, and that delicious.

Jerk chicken

Slow-Roasted Pernil

Sticky Pineapple Chicken

Bowls

Big Jerk smiling at the grill under the BIG JERK sign, his girlfriend relaxing in a chair beside the shack

Big Jerk, where we found him.

  • Buy one get one free

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  • Buy one get one free

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  • Buy one get one free

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Pick your
Jerk

Pick your
Jerk

Three portion sizes.

How much Jerk can you handle?

Overhead photograph of the original jerk chicken bowl in a yellow bowl on blue wooden boards.

Jerk

Original

Overhead photograph of the Big Jerk bowl in a yellow bowl on blue wooden boards.

Big Jerk

Bigger

Overhead photograph of the Biggest Jerk bowl in a yellow bowl on blue wooden boards.

Biggest Jerk

Biggest

The legend

Created by a
family of Jerk(s).

Same stand. Same fire. Same big flavor.

Big Jerk’s dad laughing on the beach with a plate of jerk chicken

Legacy business

Big Jerk’s Dad OG Jerk

Big Jerk’s Dad OG Jerk

Barrington “Papa B” Livingston

Where it all started.

He lit the first fire and he’s still the final word on the marinade. These days he mostly sits, eats and tells everyone he taught Big Jerk everything.

Big Jerk’s girlfriend sitting on stacked red chairs outside a painted beach shack

Doesn’t cook

Big Jerk’s Girlfriend Hot Jerk

Big Jerk’s Girlfriend Hot Jerk

Marisol Seabreeze

She doesn’t cook. She’s just smokin’.

Not on the payroll and doesn’t touch the grill. Shows up every day anyway, takes the best seat at the shack and gets the first plate.

Big Jerk’s responsible cousin carrying a tray of fresh jerk chicken from the smoker

The responsible one

Big Jerk’s Cousin Nerdy Jerk

Big Jerk’s Cousin Nerdy Jerk

Clement Rowe

Has a savings account. Family’s worried.

The responsible one. He left the shack for bigger and better things and created the Mobile Jerk. You’ll see him peddling it all around the island.

*Big Jerk and family are fictional characters. Any resemblance to real people, living, dead or smokin’, is purely coincidental. The food is real. The chefs who made the food are real. And the Jamaican jerk chicken consultant is extremely real.

Hungry?

Order now

More sauce is always the right amount.

Order ahead for pickup at the shack, or get Big Jerk delivered.

Find the shack

451 Melwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

Hours

Mon–Thu 11am–9pm
Fri–Sun 11am–11pm

Say hey

hello@bigjerk.com
@bigjerk

Big Jerk badge

You never forget a Jerk.

Big Jerk · Unforgettable Caribbean Cuisine

Find the shack

451 Melwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

Hours

Mon–Thu 11am–9pm
Fri–Sun 11am–11pm

Say hey

hello@bigjerk.com
@bigjerk

Big Jerk badge

You never forget a Jerk.

Big Jerk · Unforgettable Caribbean Cuisine

Find the shack

451 Melwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

Hours

Mon–Thu 11am–9pm
Fri–Sun 11am–11pm

Say hey

hello@bigjerk.com
@bigjerk

Big Jerk badge

You never forget a Jerk.

Big Jerk · Unforgettable Caribbean Cuisine

Find the shack

451 Melwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

Hours

Mon–Thu 11am–9pm
Fri–Sun 11am–11pm

Say hey

hello@bigjerk.com
@bigjerk

Big Jerk badge

You never forget a Jerk.

Big Jerk · Unforgettable Caribbean Cuisine