It took over seven years to review $7,000 worth of jerky. The biggest complaint that people have about jerky it that it’s expensive. While there are cheaper brands of jerky out there, yes good quality jerky can be expensive. Keep in mind that jerky loses 50% to 75% of its weight due to moisture evaporating during the drying process. Of course, the best way to get around the expensive price of jerky is to make your own Read More

We are proud to announce that we have now reviewed 250 jerky distributors. Typically, we celebrate milestones in increments of one hundred. To review 50 jerky distributors is an accomplishment on its own. It took us over seven years for us to reach 250 jerky Distributors reviewed. We love the jerky community, where many jerky makers tend to be hard-working, enthusiastic, and perfectionists. Read More

While it took a little over seven years, we have now published 900 jerky reviews to date. We generally publish two reviews a week and, therefore, around 100 reviews a year. 2020 was a challenging year for everyone, and our jerky reviews were no different. Typically, we visit the USA twice a year to pick up jerky. We made one trip in January 2020, where I came home with about 50 jerky bags. Little did we know Read More

We are proud to announce that we have now reviewed 250 jerky brands. Typically, we celebrate milestones in increments of one hundred. To review 50 jerky makers is an accomplishment on its own. It took near seven years for us to reach 250 jerky makers reviewed. We love the jerky community, where many jerky makers tend to be hard-working, enthusiastic, and perfectionists. Read More

While this milestone took over 6 1/2 years to accomplish, we have now reviewed $2,000 worth of jerky purchased out of our pocket. We are not exactly proud of this accomplishment but have no regrets. Ideally, all jerky reviewed would be submitted. Most of the jerky reviewed in the last six years has been submitted by jerky makers. These Read More

It took a little longer than over 6 1/2 years to review 25 Jerky Types. Granted some Jerky Types may not be considered as jerky, such as vegan or mushroom jerky. While reaching 25 Jerky Types is an accomplishment, there are many other Jerky Types on our radar. These Jerky Types includes alligator, yak, antelope, kelp, insect, alpaca, shark, camel, reindeer, lamb, pheasant, swordfish, Read More

In this unprecedented 2020, the jerky industry is no exception in getting hit with COVID-19. Plenty of jerky/biltong makers have gone out of business in 2020. One could argue that the jerky industry was oversaturated anyway. Many jerky/biltong makers put their business on hold until the price of beef normalized. Several months ago, the price of beef doubled or more. Some jerky/biltong makers took Read More

When I first started this jerky review web site in the summer of 2014, I had to figure out how to categorize the various jerky types. I settled on three general categories: Mammal, Bird, and Other. This worked quite well for a number of years. Fast forward to today, over six years later, and we have reviewed 24 different types of jerky. The Mammal and Other categories were starting to get quite full. Over the last couple of weeks, I was on a mission Read More