Dickson’s Farmstand Meats first started selling two beef jerky flavors in 2009. Dickson’s Farmstand Meats is a neighborhood butcher shop in Chelsea Market offering artisanal meats and house-made charcuterie. Their beef, pork, lamb, and poultry are sourced from small, family farms in upstate New York that are carefully handpicked for their humanely-raised, high-quality animals. They proudly share with you the stories Read More
Archives for July 2022
Old Trapper – Hot & Spicy Beef Jerky (Review #2)
On the back of the Old Trapper jerky bag, they describe how they have over 40 years of experience making jerky. They explain how the finest ingredients are used and then smoked with natural wood. In 2016, Old Trapper embarked on its most ambitious expansion yet when it broke ground on a new 80,000 square foot manufacturing facility at its headquarters in Forest Grove, Oregon. Read More
Old Trapper – Hot & Spicy Beef Jerky (Review #1)
Note: For a more current taste review open up Old Trapper Beef Jerky (Review #2).
On the back of the Old Trapper jerky bag, they describe how they have over 40 years of experience making jerky. They go on to explain how the finest ingredients are used, and then smoked with real wood. In 2016, Old Trapper embarked on their most Read More
3,000 Jerky Ounces
It took over 8 1/2 years to celebrate, reviewing 3,000 ounces of jerky to date. This is our first time celebrating a jerky weight milestone. The price of jerky generally goes down when buying jerky in larger quantities. 8 ounce, 12 ounce, and 16 ounce (one pound) bags appear to be increasing in popularity as the prices of everything rises. There is one interesting aspect observed about jerky weight. One kilogram of jerky works out Read More
Bridgford – Sweet Baby Ray’s Original Beef Jerky (Recipe #4)
Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauces were first introduced in 1985. Their philosophy and slogan are “The Sauce is the Boss”. Bridgford Foods Corp. started its business in 1932, specializing in multiple food products, not just meat snacks, and currently has about 500 employees. They have a deep distribution network and are likely in the top five for jerky sales in North America, while still being a family run business. The Sweet Baby Ray’s Read More
Vermont Smoke & Cure – Original Beef Pork Sticks
Vermont Smoke & Cure has been consciously crafting delicious smoked meats using premium meat, spices, herbs, and simple local ingredients since 1962. Their meat snacks are made in small batches, hand crafted and slow cooked for over 18 hours. Half of their sticks are smoked using maple, hickory, and/or cob woodchips in their Smokehouse to add a unique flavor. Smoking tenderizes meat to give it that Read More
Jerky Price Range Update (July 2022)
2022 has brought almost unprecedented soaring food prices with no end in sight. With upcoming and ongoing shortages, many jerky makers have gone out of business since 2020. For this year’s beef jerky price update, 300 jerky brands were used to determine the beef jerky price ranges. The price of beef jerky went up 33 cents per ounce since August 2021, which is easily the largest yearly increase since 2017. Read More
Beef Jerky Price Range – July 2022
Note: The 2023 Beef Jerky Range has been published.
In previous years, the annual beef jerky price updates were included in the yearly jerky price updates. This year we separated the beef jerky price range update. We used to base the price of jerky on beef jerky reviews done within the last year. In 2022, we are getting beef jerky prices from websites that allow Read More