**EXHIBIT 31**

 

**Certificationof Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer**

**Pursuant to****Securities and ExchangeCommission Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)**

**under the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, EricJ. Kufel, certify that:

 

1.               I have reviewed this Annual Reporton Form 10-K of Poore Brothers, Inc.;

 

2.               Based on my knowledge, this reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstancesunder which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to theperiod covered by this report;

 

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this annual report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this annual report;

 

4.               The registrant’s other certifyingofficers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

 

a)                     Designed such disclosure controlsand procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to bedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating tothe registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

b)                    Evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

 

c)                     Disclosed in this report any changein the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourthfiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting; and

 

5.               The registrant’s other certifyingofficers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

a)                     All significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)                    Any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal controls.

 

Date:  March 29,2006

 
|   | /s/ Eric J. Kufel                                                                            |   |
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|   | Eric J. Kufel                                                                                |
|   | Chief Executive Officer                                                                      |
|   | (Principal Executive Officer, Principal  Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |

 

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