Jerky Reviews
Update December 2014: For a live taste review, open up Jack Link’s Cholula Hot Sauce (Review #2).
This review will focus on a 3.25 ounce/92 gram bag of their Cholula Hot Sauce flavored beef jerky. This bag was purchased at a convenience store in San Diego, California, back in 2011.
This jerky is made and distributed by Link Snacks, Inc. based out of Minong, Wisconsin. It all started Read More
In searching for Canadian beef jerky makers that sell online, it was common to see references for Longview beef jerky. So in 2011, I ordered this 2.8 ounce/80 gram bag of sweet chili flavored beef jerky.
This jerky is made and distributed by Longview Meat Merchandise Ltd., based out of Longview, Alberta, Canada. They have a small meat store, and sell other products. Longview Meat Merchandise Ltd. started out as a community butcher shop in 1978. Over the years, Read More
This is one of those great finds, where it makes all the work of searching for jerky from store to store, city to city worthwhile. You never know what to expect, and much of it is dumb luck. In 2011, I purchased this 3.25 ounce/92 gram bag of honey teriyaki flavored beef jerky at a convenience store in San Clemente, California.
This Sierra Madre Provision Co. brand of jerky is made and distributed by Sierra Madre Provissions Co., which Read More
Update February 2015: a new live taste review has been done on this Simms – Teriyaki Beef Jerky (Recipe #2) flavor.
This 3.25 ounce/92 gram bag of peppered flavor beef jerky was purchased in Penn Yan, New York in 2009, located in the Finger Lakes region. It was purchased at a store name Aldi’s, where it was common to see horse and buggies parked in front of the store from the local Amish community.
This Simms brand of jerky is distributed by Aldi Inc., based out of Batavia, Illinois. Most likely this jerky is made by a private labeler, making this a stock recipe. Aldi is a Read More
I purchased this 4 ounce/113 gram bag of Blue Ridge beef jerky online in 2012.
This roasted garlic flavored jerky is manufactured, and distributed by Blue Ridge Beef Jerky based out of Greenville, South Carolina. It’s a family owned business run by Richard and Greg, where Greg is described as a jerky junkie. The vision for their line of jerky is Read More
In 2010, I bought this barbecue flavored bag of Blackbeard’s beef jerky at a convenience store just off I380 in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. It is a fairly common sight to see Blackbeard’s jerky for sale in Pennsylvania. For whatever reason, I have only seen the 1.5 ounce/42 grams for sale in stores, but they do sell their jerky in larger bags.
Blackbeard’s beef jerky is located in Northampton, Pennsylvania, and is distributed by Read More
The 365 brand is sold at the popular organic store Whole Foods Market. This 3 ounce/85 gram bag of original flavor is no exception, being organic. The 365 brand of jerky is only sold in the USA, not in Canada, or at least not in Ontario.
This bag was bought in 2013 at a Whole Foods store while visiting Cambridge, Massachusetts. Whole Foods was started back in 1980 with one small store in Austin, Texas. Today, they are the world’s Read More
The first review on Alien Fresh Jerky will be on a 4 ounce/113.4 gram bag of their whiskey flavored beef jerky. This bag was purchased in 2012 at a convenience store off the Las Vegas strip, in Nevada.
The Alien Fresh Jerky brand name is distributed by The Ramallos Inc., located in Baker, California. This brand was launched in 2004 by the founder Luis Ramallo, his wife Susana Ramallo, and his Read More
In searching for new jerky, sometimes you get lucky, and find locally made jerky. In 2010 that was the case when visiting Oxnard, Ventura County, California. At a convenience store, I purchased a 1 ounce/28 gram bag of Old Fashioned flavor of the Ventura 101 Snacks jerky brand name.
As suggested by the logo, there is a Highway 101, also named the Ventura Freeway. There appears to be no official web site for Ventura 101 Snacks LLC. We are Read More
In 2010, I purchased this 3.5 ounce/99 gram original flavored bag of Arizona Jack’s beef jerky while visiting Daytona Beach, Florida, at a grocery store.
On the Arizona Jack’s web site, they explain how they have been making jerky for nearly 30 years using USDA approved meat from their plant. They go on to say the jerky is smoked in “state-of-the-art” ovens. As advertised on the bag, this jerky is definitely soft and tender. Read More