Ken Pearson founded Pearson Ranch in 1959, which is a family owned ranch raising elk, buffalo (also known as bison), and cattle. Today, Ken’s grand-nephew Marvin Cromwell and his sons Brandon and Matt run the key operations for the company. While Pearson Ranch Jerky has been in the meat snack business for over 15 years, the main focus of ranch operations shifted to meat snack products in the summer of 2011. Pearson Ranch advertises their jerky as made of only natural ingredients, contain no Read More
Archives for July 2018
Jeff’s Famous Jerky – Black Pepper & Sea Salt Beef Jerky
It all started in the 70’s when Jeff Richards purchased a dehydrator from a county fair. Jeff’s mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother were all gourmet cooks. Many of the jerky recipes used today were refined for three decades. With more than 20 years of experience in the food industry, Jeff was ready to launch his jerky brand but wanted a reliable business partner. Through Read More
Damn Good – Sweet & Spicy Beef Jerky (Review #3)
The next review on Damn Good Jerky will focus on a 1.6 ounce/45 gram bag of their sweet & spicy flavored beef jerky. This is the third review on this sweet & spicy flavor, where the bag design has since been tweaked, and the jerky weight has been reduced. We reached out to Damn Good Jerky on several occasions with no response each time, where customer service is obviously Read More
Redneck Riviera – Sweet & Spicy BBQ Pork Jerky
The first review for Redneck Riviera will focus on a 2.85 ounce/80 gram bag of their Sweet & Spicy BBQ pork jerky. This bag was purchased at an Ollie’s discount store in Niagara Falls, New York.
This Redneck Riviera brand of jerky is distributed by Monogram Foods, LLC., and they are located in Memphis Tennessee. The Redneck Riviera brand Read More
200 Jerky Brands Reviewed
The next phenomenal feat to recognize here at Jerky Ingredients is 200 Jerky Brands reviewed to date. It took over 4 1/2 years for us to finally review 200 jerky brands. We tend to take our time with these jerky reviews, exploring every detail in depth. This jerky review process is a marathon and not a sprint. As always, it is our pleasure to review submitted jerky. As of today Read More
Lawless Jerky – Aloha Teriyaki 100% Grass-Fed Beef Jerky (Recipe #2)
This will be the second review on a Lawless Jerky 2 ounce/57 gram bag of their Aloha Teriyaki flavored 100% grass-fed beef jerky. The jerky has since been reformulated, meaning the ingredient list has been tweaked, the manufacturing process changed, and a new bag design has been introduced. This jerky was kindly submitted by the Lawless Jerky Team. Read More
Halal Mummified Jerky – Desert Jalapenos Halal Beef Jerky
It is a generally accepted story that an ancient South American Inca tribe called the Quechua first made jerky (“ch’arki”) as early as the 1500’s. Halal Mummified Jerky blows that theory away, where it is well documented that jerky was made thousands of years ago by ancient Egyptians. Archaeologists made this discovery when they found dried foods preserved in Read More
Country Archer – Sriracha 100% Grass-Fed Beef Jerky
Country Archer were founded in 1977 by a butcher named Celestino Mirarchi. The current owners, Eugene and Susan Kang, discovered this jerky on a road trip to the Grand Canyon. They were so impressed with the jerky, that the trio became partners. Today, Country Archer’s line of healthy jerky and meat snacks are sold nationwide. A focus is put on Read More
East Coast Beef Jerky – Hot Beef Jerky
Husband and wife Randy and Rachel officially launched East Coast Beef Jerky in 2014. Built on a foundation of excellence in product and customer service, East Coast Beef Jerky has quickly become a local favorite for all ages. East Coast Beef Jerky has expanded to put their product in Moncton, St. John, Fredericton, Port Elgin and Shediac, and it continues Read More
Jeff’s Famous Jerky – Cranberry Jalapeno Beef Jerky
It all started in the 70’s when Jeff Richards purchased a dehydrator from a county fair. Jeff’s mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother were all gourmet cooks. Many of the jerky recipes used today were refined for three decades. With more than 20 years of experience in the food industry, Jeff was ready to launch his jerky brand but wanted a Read More