Jerky Reviews
This will be the second review for Wild Bill’s hickory smoked beef jerky, which includes a live taste review. This 3 ounce/85 gram bag was purchased at a Wawa gas station in Kearny, New Jersey, in December 2014.
The Wild Bill’s brand name is owned by the very large and successful Monogram Meat Snacks, LLC., located in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to being acquired by Monogram Meat Snacks, LLC. in 2009, the Wild Bill’s brand name originated in 1955 within Read More
Note: For a more current taste review on a tweaked bag design and ingredient list, open up Smokehouse Jerky Co. – Ole Cracked Pepper Beef Jerky (Recipe #2).
The first review for the Smokehouse Jerky Co. brand will be on a 3 ounce/84 gram bag of their ole cracked pepper flavor. This jerky was kindly submitted for review by Trent Levinson from Tender Heifer Snack Co.
This jerky is manufactured and distributed by Tender Heifer Snack Co., where they are located in Beaumont, California. The Smokehouse Jerky Co. brand name was launched in 2008. All of their beef jerky is made Read More
The first review done for PJ’s All Natural Beef Steak will focus on a 3.25 ounce/92 gram bag of their Sliced style Cracked Pepper flavor. This bag was kindly submitted by the Marketing Manager Samantha Alderfer.
The PJ’s All Natural Beef Steak brand name is manufactured and distributed by Knauss Foods, LLC. They are based out of Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Knauss Foods, LLC. was founded in 1902, and Read More
This review will be on a 4 ounce/113 gram bag of New Beef King oyster flavored beef jerky. In December 2014, this bag was purchased at the New Beef King store located in the Chinatown section of Manhattan in New York, New York. That makes this an oriental jerky.
New Beef King was started by Robert Yee over 20 years ago, who was born in Hong Kong, and moved to New York at age 10. He had a Grand Aunt who had an old family recipe for jerky. In Robert’s 30’s, he Read More
The next review on Bridgford will focus on a 3 ounce/85 gram bag of their original flavored turkey jerky. This bag was purchased at a ShopRite store in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, back in December 2013.
The Bridgford jerky brand name is manufactured and distributed by Bridgford Foods Corp., located in Chicago, Illinois, at least in 2013. Today, their headquarters has moved to Anaheim, California. Bridgford Foods Corp. started business in 1932 Read More
Note: For a live taste review on a newer ingredient list, open up Bridgford – Original Turkey Jerky (Recipe #2).
The next review on Bridgford will focus on a 3 ounce/85 gram bag of their original flavored turkey jerky. This bag was purchased at a store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, back in July 2013.
The Bridgford jerky brand name is manufactured and distributed by Bridgford Foods Corp., located in Read More
The next review on Butterball turkey jerky will be on a 3 ounce/85 gram bag of their oven roasted teriyaki flavor. This bag of jerky was purchased at a ShopRite store in Greenwich, New Jersey, in December 2013.
Butterball is the famous brand name for turkey, located in Garner, North Carolina. The Butterball jerky brand name was launched in May 2013. Using an excerpt from the Butterball web site: “Butterball Turkey Are All Natural, Gluten-Free and Raised Without Hormones on Read More
The next review on Stemmler Meats will focus on a 1.5 ounce/42 gram bag of their regular flavor. This jerky was kindly submitted by Kevin Stemmler, a son of the founders Gerard and Maryanne Stemmler.
Recently, Kevin Stemmler gave us a tour of the store in Heidelberg, Ontario, Canada. The Stemmler Meats store was bustling, with a tour bus out front. They are nearing capacity in their existing location, and it is starting to show Read More
This will be the third review on Old Trapper peppered flavor. This bag was purchased at a convenience store in Norval, Ontario, Canada, in November 2014.
The Old Trapper jerky brand name is manufactured and distributed by Old Trapper Smoked Products, Inc. They started business over 40 years ago, and are located in Forest Grove, Oregon. It is a fairly common sight to see Old Trapper jerky for sale at stores, where they appear to have a deep distribution network. Read More
365 is a brand name for the popular organic grocery store Whole Foods Market. This review will focus on a 3 ounce/85 gram bag of their turkey jerky original flavor that was purchased at a Whole Foods Market store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2013.
The head office of Whole Foods Market is located in Austin, Texas, where it all started back in 1980. Today, they are the world leader in selling natural and organic foods. Much of the growth of their company has been Read More