In the 2023 Beef Jerky Price Update, 300 jerky makers were found to offer a wider variety of jerky prices. In the 2024 Beef Jerky Price Update, 310 jerky brands were tracked, 410 jerky makers in the 2025 Beef Jerky Price Update, and a record 426 jerky brands are tracked in the 2026 Beef Jerky Price Update. Every year, some jerky brands are no longer available for tracking, and new brands need to be added. The main reasons Read More

Although it took over 12 years, we have published 1300 jerky reviews. A trip to New York in May helped propel us, which is soon to be over 1300 jerky reviews. With the exception of a couple of weeks, the last two months or so, we have been consistently publishing two reviews a week and even published three reviews a week a couple of times earlier in the year to help us get caught up in our jerky inventory. Our next trip Read More

It took us over twelve years to review 400 jerky distributors. Normally, the jerky manufacturer is also the jerky distributor. With that said, it is not all that uncommon to see private labelers manufacture jerky in the jerky industry. Every year, the gap slowly widens between the number of jerky brands that we have reviewed and the number of jerky distributors. As of this writing, we have reviewed 420 jerky brands with a gap of 20. Read More

It took over 12 years to celebrate, reviewing 4,000 ounces of jerky to date. The price of jerky generally goes down when buying jerky in larger quantities. 8 ounce, 12 ounce, and 16 ounce (one pound) bags are gaining in popularity as the prices of everything rises. Our Jerky Prices page, which tracks the prices of many different types of jerky, is exclusively based on the price per ounce. Read More

It took us over twelve years to celebrate creating 1300 Jerky Tags here at www.jerkyingredients.com. For the record, there are 79 jerky categories, whereas WordPress has, or at least had a limit of around 100 categories. As a basic description, a Jerky Tag is descriptive, and a Jerky Category is generalized. Jerky tags are unlimited in the popular web content management system WordPress. Read More

It took us over twelve years to review 35 Jerky Types. When I started this jerky review website in 2014, I did not even know there were 30 jerky types. Now I know there are over 40 different jerky types, possibly 50, excluding fruit jerky. Finding a new jerky type is always exciting, especially if you have never tried it before. Using the term jerky can be disingenuous. The most basic definition of jerky is “dried meat” Read More

It took almost twelve years to review $10,000 worth of jerky. That is not a small amount. Thankfully, nearly 2/3 of that amount was submitted jerky. Ideally, we would only review submitted jerky, but that’s not really feasible. A goal of this website is to review as many jerky brands as possible, and that could not happen with just submitted jerky. Occasionally, we do not get around to reviewing Read More

Of all of our milestones celebrated, having 800 jerky bags submitted for review to date is what makes us most proud. Without the kindness of jerky makers submitting jerky for review, this jerky review website would not be possible. We want to thank every jerky maker who has submitted for review and every jerky maker who will go forward. It is our privilege to review jerky, where jerky makers tend to be Read More