Newport Jerky Company is a specialty food retailer known for its bold and adventurous jerky offerings. They craft all their jerky and smoked meats in small batches, ensuring each product has the right texture, flavor, and freshness. Their product line is impressively diverse, from gourmet beef jerky to exotic meats like alligator, kangaroo, and snake, as well as vegan jerky and edible insects. Read More
BeefCake Jerky Co. – Sweet Heat Pork Jerky
BeefCake Jerky Co. is a bold and rapidly growing brand founded by Andrew Flair on May 1st, 2023. The brand aimed to introduce a thick and tender cut jerky that is naturally smoked, similar to what can be made at home, to the market. When developing their jerky, they noticed only a few brands sold pork jerky. So, they conducted in-house research and development and developed what they believe is the best quality, most flavorful Read More
Avalon Meat Candy – Island Heat Angus Beef Jerky Chips
Avalon Meat Candy is a veteran-owned, USDA-certified jerky company renowned for its innovative take on traditional beef jerky. Founded by Christian Petersen in April 2016, the brand emerged from his quest to create the perfect jerky after experiencing frequent shortages at his favorite store in Huntington Beach, California. Leveraging his background in the Coast Guard and his experience in the electrical Read More
Boozy Jerky – Bourbon Whiskey Beef Jerky
Boozy Jerky is a distinctive beef jerky brand that artfully combines tender cuts of meat with the rich flavors of craft beer and spirits. Founded in 2018 by two seasoned entrepreneurs with backgrounds in private label jerky production for wineries and breweries, as well as direct-to-consumer jerky subscriptions, the company set out to create a product that stands apart from traditional offerings. Rejecting the idea Read More
Papa Dan’s Jerky – Prime Rib Beef Jerky
Papa Dan’s Jerky, founded in 1988 by David Batistelli and his father, is a family-run brand. The company is dedicated to producing high-quality jerky using fresh, premium cuts of meat, all crafted in Southern California. Papa Dan’s Jerky offers diverse jerky cuts, including thick cut, traditional thin, and bite-sized nuggets, catering to various texture preferences. Their product line Read More
Vermont’s Farmhouse Jerky – Carne Asada Beef Jerky
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Tired of paying high prices for marginal jerky products, Chef Pierre Mesa started refining his technique and jerky recipes. A local hardware store asked him to sell his jerky, eventually leading to Chef Pierre building a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) production kitchen. Vermont’s Farmhouse Jerky was launched in 2013. Read More
$10,000 Jerky Reviewed
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
Clean Jerky Co. – Korean BBQ Brisket Beef Jerky
Clean Jerky Co. is a brand dedicated to producing high-quality, all-natural beef jerky. Their products are crafted in small batches using premium American beef sourced from local farms where cattle are raised responsibly in stress-free environments and fed natural diets. The jerky is made using traditional methods, resulting in a very dry texture by design, with no fillers and no added junk. Read More
800 Jerky Bags Submitted For Review
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
Mesquite Creek Jerky Co. – Dill Pickle Beef Jerky
Mesquite Creek Jerky Co. is a small‑batch, Texas‑inspired beef jerky brand that prides itself on turning the ordinary snack into a bold, flavorful experience. With roots firmly planted in Texas tradition, the company handcrafts each batch using premium beef and an innovative blend of spices to create unique flavor profiles where the flavor names are what they say, from tangy Dill Fuego, Atomic Read More