EXHIBIT 99.1


      CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Poore  Brothers,  Inc.
(the  "Company")  for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  each of
Eric J. Kufel (the Company's  President and Chief Executive  Officer) and Thomas
W. Freeze  (the  Company's  Senior  Vice  President,  Chief  Financial  Officer,
Secretary and Treasurer) hereby certifies,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350,
as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,  to the
best of his knowledge, that:

     (i) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

     (ii) The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of operations of the
Company.


                                       By: /s/ Eric J. Kufel
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Dated: March 28, 2003                      Eric J. Kufel
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer


                                       By: /s/ Thomas W. Freeze
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Dated: March 28, 2003                      Thomas W. Freeze
                                           Senior Vice President, Chief
                                           Financial Officer, Treasurer and
                                           Secretary