Jerky Reviews
Note: For a more current taste review on a tweaked bag design and ingredient list, open up Bridgford – Sweet Baby Ray’s Original Beef Jerky (Review #4).
Back in 2008, I purchased a bag of Bridgford beef jerky at a Metro grocery store in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. This review will focus on a 1.2 ounce/35 gram bag of Read More
Back in 2012, I made an online purchase of Mr. P’s beef jerky. This review will focus on a 4 ounce/113 gram bag of their hot flavor.
The Mr. P’s brand of jerky is manufactured and distributed by Mr. P’s Beef jerky located in DeLand, Florida. This jerky started out to be for family and friends, then they opened a brand new USDA certified beef jerky manufacturing plant in Deland, Florida. Read More
This marks jerky review #50 for this web site. Just for fun, I will do a review on my own jerky, which is not for sale. I suppose this will be called the Jerky Ingredients brand name. This review will be on a 2.1 ounce/60 gram bag of beef jerky of which I call my extreme garlic flavor.
I started experimenting making jerky in 2008. While I have dabbled with 8 flavors so far, extreme garlic has always been my favorite flavor. What gives Read More
Note: For a more current taste review on a tweaked bag design, open up McLean Clean & Lean – Teriyaki Beef Jerky (Recipe #2).
In February 2014 while shopping at the very interesting Goodness Me organic store in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, I stumbled upon a bag of McLean Clean & Lean beef jerky. This review will focus Read More
In 2013, while looking for jerky at a ShopRite store in Greenwich, New Jersey, much to my surprise I found this 3 ounce/85 gram bag of Butterball turkey jerky. This review will focus on their oven roasted original flavor.
Butterball is the famous brand name for turkey based in Garner, North Carolina. I can’t say that I was all that surprised to learn that Butterball has turkey jerky also. This jerky however is manufactured by Read More
Back in 2012, I made an online purchase of Smoking Gun Jerky. This review will focus on a 4 ounce/113 gram bag of their Smoky Mesquite Flavor.
Smoking Gun Jerky is manufactured and distributed by Smoking Gun Jerky, Inc. based out of Lincoln, Nebraska. The company was founded in 2009 by entrepreneur Dave Ferguson. The original objective for Smoking Gun Jerky, Inc. was to sell a liquid marinade Read More
While visiting New York, New York in 2013, I purchased a 3 ounce/85 gram bag of Nice! jerky at a Duane Reade store. This review will focus on their Sweet Maple Glazed flavor for bacon jerky.
Duane Reade is a subsidiary store of Walgreen Co. who distributes this brand of Nice! jerky, based out of Deerfield, Illinois. Walgreens is a very successful grocery chain across the USA. This jerky is manufactured by the very large private labeler Read More
In 2013, I made an online purchase for a 4 ounce/113 gram bag of Route 66 regular flavored beef.
Route 66 is made and distributed by Route 66 Beef Jerky based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their jerky is advertised to be ‘All Natural’. Instead of having myself describe Route 66 Beef Jerky, this is copied straight from their web site:
“Matthew Chavez started making the best beef jerky Read More
In 2013, while visiting the USA, I made an online purchase for the Oaktown Jerk brand of jerky. This review will focus on a 2 ounce/56 gram bag of their hickory smoke spicy flavor.
Oaktown Jerk, LLC makes and distributes this Oaktown Jerk brand of jerky. Not overly surprising is that Oaktown Jerk, LLC is based out of Oakland, California. They advertise their jerky as being ‘artisan’, Read More
Back in 2010, I bought a 3.25 ounce/92 gram bag of Uncle Buck’s Maple Brown Sugar ham jerky at a convenience store in Jacksonville, Florida. The Uncle Buck’s brand of jerky is a fairly common sight among the various states that I have visited, where they seem to have a solid distribution network in the large store chains.
Uncle Buck’s is the brand name of jerky for Bass Pro Shops located in Springfield, Missouri, the large Read More