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About Chris

Chris Bair is a technology and computer geek. He became involved in the nutritionally complete "future foods" movement in January 2014, originally with a conventional recipe and later switching to a high fat, low carb "ketogenic" variant on October 2014. In January 2015 he created the recipe for Keto Chow and released it without restriction for anyone to use, at the same time he began mixing the recipe up for people that wanted a finished product and has seen steady growth in the business every month since.

Keto Chow 2.0 Quick Update – Chocolate Week Bags should be here today

This entry is part 84 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

Sometime a few hours after noon today we should be getting our first round of 2.0 – They’ll only have the Chocolate and only in the 21 meal “week” size (no samples yet). I actually like 2.0 Chocolate better than 1.9 Rich Chocolate – the best way I can describe how it tastes is that it reminds me of chocolate pudding so far as the flavor goes, I like it WAY better than Chocolate Fudge 1.9.

I’ll be taking photos for the shopping cart and checking how well the bags fit into the shipping boxes we have – Hopefully they are similar to how 1.9 fits so we won’t have to drastically change our shipping calculations and boxes. Provided it does show up before 4, I’m hoping to have it available for order on the site later this evening.

Why am I not putting it up on the site for order until I actually have it? A couple of reasons: like I said earlier, I’m uncertain of how big the final product will be, they may have more air in the bag and take up more space, we may be able to fit fewer bags in a given box. Secondly, We’ve had enough delays I’m not wanting to have them up for ordering until we actually have them, simple as that. Anyhow, hopefully, you’ll see an announcement that they’re available in about 10 hours =)

By |2017-04-25T18:53:39-06:00April 24th, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: |2 Comments

Flavor of the Week April 24-April 30: 15% off sale on all sizes of Rich Chocolate 1.9

Oddly enough, the flavor we have the most inventory of this week is Rich Chocolate – so that’s the flavor of the week! We’re running 15% off all the different sizes of Rich Chocolate 1.9. I say “oddly” since we recently had issues keeping it in stock and hadn’t run a sale on it for several months. Anyhow, it’s the most popular flavor so go for it!

By |2017-04-24T05:44:22-06:00April 24th, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , |2 Comments

Keto Chow featured in ShipStation Success Stories

This entry is part 83 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

I keep telling my kids that I’m “Internet Famous” but they don’t believe me =) Shipstation posted our User Success Story a few minutes ago.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTFO86ijzZ6/

 

By |2017-04-19T15:30:05-06:00April 19th, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Keto Chow 2.0 not ready for today =( Should have Chocolate by Thursday

This entry is part 82 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

Well, guess this is what happens when you have a vacation scheduled 6 months ago and don’t hound the manufacturer day and night while you’re on a rented boat in the middle of a national park with no cell signal – I just talked to the place that’s doing the production of Keto Chow 2.0 and they apparently had a bunch of problems with their machines last week and did not get started on packaging until today. They’re going to be doing Chocolate first and are promising to have some up to me by Thursday. Sad news =( Hopefully this will be the last hiccup on this journey.

Update: They ran into some additional problems and have to make some adjustments to avoid clumping – it’s now looking more like we will get it on Monday the 24th.

The one bit of good news is they finally have a solution for Chocolate Peanut Butter samples – I still won’t have those in the first round but I’m already working on the second one and Chocolate Peanut Butter samples will be part of it.

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By |2017-04-19T09:14:26-06:00April 17th, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Flavor of the Week April 17-April 23: 20% off sale on all sizes of Chocolate Fudge 1.9

This week we have Chocolate Fudge 1.9 on sale – 20% off all sizes. Chocolate Fudge has a slightly different flavor compared to Rich Chocolate – it’s more of a cocoa flavor which gives it a taste similar to chocolate brownies (whereas Rich Chocolate is closer to milk chocolate).

By |2017-04-17T05:40:35-06:00April 17th, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Flavor of the Week April 10-April 16: 15% off sale on all sizes of Strawberry 1.9

This week we looked at the shelves, counted how many we had of each flavor on-hand and determined the flavor of the week would be Strawberry Blast 1.9. Yes, the only missing element was Punxsutawney Phil telling us how much more winter to expect.

Strawberry has a very subtle flavor, it’s definitely strawberry but many want some more strawberry flavor – if that’s the case with you here are some tips: Try mixing in a blender with 1 or 2 actual strawberries – it will raise your net carbs so make sure you budget for that, or you can grab some of the DaVinci or Torani sugar free syrups – a splash of strawberry amps up the taste like crazy.

Also, as a reminder: we’re not shipping orders today. You can still place orders but they won’t ship until tomorrow.

By |2017-04-10T06:42:09-06:00April 10th, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , |4 Comments

Keto Chow 2.0 Update: The Protein HAS ARRIVED! (also we aren’t shipping Monday the 10th)

The Whey Protein Isolate we’ll be using for Keto Chow 2.0 arrived at the warehouse this morning and was unloaded. Currently, it’s being tested (gotta make sure it doesn’t have salmonella, e-coli or any other fun stuff) and production will likely start on Monday and will continue for a while. We’re expecting to take delivery of the first truckload on Monday, April 17th. Then I get to take some pictures to put on the website, get to check how many of the various packages fit into USPS flat rate boxes so we can make sure shipping is set up right. I’m not sure which flavors will be in the first group. We might get all of them or maybe we’ll only get a few with the rest arriving in the coming week(s). If everything goes OK on Monday I should have 2.0 available for purchase sometime that evening and the first shipments will go out on Tuesday morning (the 18th) – with many arriving on Thursday, April 19.

So in summary: give us a dozen days and you can have some 2.0!

This coming Monday, April 10th we’re not going to be shipping – something about giving people a day off… So to make up for it, we’re shipping tomorrow (Saturday, April 8). You can still place orders this weekend and Monday, it just won’t ship until Tuesday the 11th.

By |2017-04-07T16:18:59-06:00April 7th, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Flavor of the Week April 3-April 9: 20% off sale on all sizes of Snickerdoodle

This week we’re doing 20% off all the different sizes of Snickerdoodle – has a really nice cinnamon taste, can be used as a base for making “pumpkin spice” Keto Chow!

By |2017-04-03T07:52:04-06:00April 3rd, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Keto Chow 2.0 update – protein should be shipping tomorrow

This entry is part 81 of 131 in the series Ketogenic Diet

OK, here’s the short version: manufacturing should start April 5th. I might have limited supplies of 2.0 by April 14.

On Friday I went to visit the manufacturing facility we’re using for Keto Chow 2.0 to pick some (unrelated) stuff up. While there, I learned that the Whey Protein Isolate distributor didn’t want to ship the Isolate until either (a) the Concentrate was already returned, or (b) the Isolate was paid for up-front and they would take their sweet time issuing a credit for the Concentrate. How much was the isolate? Roughly half the total cost and I had paid half already back in November. So, now I’ve paid for the whole thing! (seriously, let’s get this GOING!!!!).

I just talked to the manufacturing facility – they said the protein should ship tomorrow and take 5+ business days to arrive. Once it does, they have to pull a sample for testing (gotta make sure it doesn’t have any e-Coli, salmonella or other bad stuff) and then the fun begins. They’re planning on clearing the schedule so they can make it as quickly as possible. With any luck, we’ll be getting some as early as Friday, April 14 – if not then Monday, April 17th. They’re going to be making Chocolate first (crap, that means I need to drive the pallet of Peanut Flour down to the place that’s packaging the Chocolate Peanut Butter pretty soon). Not sure if they’ll be running week and sample sizes concurrently on different machines or what. We may be having a rather exciting next few weeks.

In related news, I have the second round of Keto Chow 2.0 already on order. I’d rather have way too much for a month or two then run out!

By |2017-03-27T15:48:03-06:00March 27th, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Flavor of the Week March 27-April 2: 15% off sale on all sizes of Chocolate Peanut Butter

This week we’re doing 15% off all the different sizes of Chocolate Peanut Butter (the best flavor of all, anyone that says different is lying and wants your Chocolate Peanut Butter). It’s been a while since Chocolate Peanut Butter was on sale (118 days, but who’s counting?!). We had problems keeping the Rich Chocolate (which is the base for Chocolate Peanut butter) in stock, it didn’t seem prudent to put it on sale if we didn’t have it to sell. Well, we have Rich Chocolate in abundance now so let’s go for it!

By |2017-04-03T07:49:56-06:00March 27th, 2017|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , |0 Comments