About Us

This is the story about pickle kits at Pickle It Up, made in Charleston, South Carolina — and like all great things in the Lowcountry, it started with good food, good people, and a whole lot of flavour. Everything about pickle kits here starts with that same simple idea. In 1990, our founder Jack Kahn launched Jack’s Pickleworks with a single mission: to bring authentic, small-batch kosher dill pickles to a community that took its food seriously. Using a carefully developed spice blend and a cold-brine method that required no cooking and no shortcuts, Jack quickly earned a reputation as Charleston’s go-to source for real, crunchy, flavour-packed pickles.

At his peak, Jack was supplying artisan pickles to over 50 restaurants across the Lowcountry — from neighbourhood diners to white-tablecloth establishments. His kosher dill pickles, half sour pickles, and pickled vegetables became a quiet staple behind some of Charleston’s most beloved dishes. The secret was simple: all-natural sea salt, hand-measured pickling spices, and time. No heat. No preservatives. Just the honest process of fermentation, the same way it’s been done for centuries. This page is all about pickle kits made the old way, with nothing left out.

Today, Pickle It Up offers a range of E-Z no-cook pickling kits — including our bestselling Kosher Dill Pickling Kit, Half Sour Kit, and Combo Kit — each containing everything you need to make up to 8 quarts of real, all-natural pickles at home. No cooking. No heating. No experience required. Just Jack’s original spice blend, a jar, some cucumbers, and a little patience. It’s a simple, honest way to learn about pickle kits by actually making one yourself.

Our kits have been featured in Southern Living, Bon Appétit, and the Post & Courier, and we’ve shipped artisan pickle kits to home picklers across the United States. But we’re still rooted right here in Charleston, SC — still using the same spice recipe Jack perfected in 1990, still committed to the idea that the best pickles are the ones you make yourself \u2014 which is really the whole point about pickle kits. The best kits that can be used by anyone. If you want to learn more about pickle kits and how ours are made, this page is where it all begins.