Bavarian Meats specializes in traditional German style sausages and smoked meats, with roots dating back to 1961, when German immigrant Max Hofstatter founded the company. While Bavarian Meats produces a variety of sausages, cold cuts, and smoked meats, the brand is best known for its Landjaeger, a traditional German style semi dry sausage made from beef and pork. Its Landjaeger is naturally fermented, Read More
Summit Snacks – Sweet and Hot Beef Jerky
Launched 20 years ago, Summit Snacks is the Pacific Northwest’s proprietary beef jerky line, crafted to deliver both high quality and excellent value. Operated by a multi-generation family with over 40 route trucks, it is developed in-house to ensure complete control over every aspect of production from ingredients to packaging. The brand reflects a commitment to delivering Read More
Summit Snacks – Teriyaki Beef Jerky
Launched 20 years ago, Summit Snacks is the proprietary beef jerky line from the Pacific Northwest, crafted to deliver both high quality and excellent value. Operated by a multi-generation family with over 40 route trucks, it is developed in-house to ensure complete control over every aspect of production from ingredients to packaging. The brand reflects a commitment to delivering Read More
Cattleman’s Cut – Teriyaki Beef Jerky
Cattleman’s Cut is a premium jerky brand known for delivering bold flavor, generous portions, and a hearty, satisfying snacking experience. Operated by Oberto Snacks Inc., a company with deep roots in the meat snack industry, Cattleman’s Cut prides itself on using high-quality cuts of steak that are marinated for over 24 hours and slow-cooked to perfection. Their product lineup includes classic flavors like Original, Read More
Oberto – Original Beef Jerky (Recipe #2)
Oberto may still be the second largest national meat snack company that sells well over 100 different dried meat products. Oberto is a family-owned company formed over 100 years ago in 1918 by Constantino Oberto. In 1967, Safeway became the first national grocery store to carry Oberto jerky. In 1994, they launched turkey jerky. When we first reviewed Oberto about ten years ago, the brand name was Oh Boy! Oberto. Read More
Takis Fuego – Hot Chili Pepper & Lime Pork Stick
Takis Fuego is a pork meat stick from the popular Cattleman’s Cut line of meat snacks. The Spanish translation for fuego is fire. One translation of takis is a Mexican brand of corn tortilla chips. This Takis Fuego pork stick brand is distributed under the name of 2021 Cattleman’s Cut, and it is located in Kent, Washington, USA. This Takis Fuego pork stick brand is manufactured Read More
Oberto – Original Beef Jerky
Oberto may still be the second largest national meat snack company that sells well over 100 different dried meat products. Oberto is a family-owned company that was formed over 100 years ago in 1918 by Constantino Oberto. In 1967, Safeway became the first national grocery store to carry Oh Boy! Oberto jerky. In 1994, they launched turkey jerky. In 2000, they aligned with Read More
Pacific Gold Reserve – Sweet Italian Sausages
Pacific Gold Reserve is a jerky/sausage brand manufactured by the very large and successful dried meat company Oberto. Pacific Gold Reserve is not to be confused with their Pacific Gold brand also made by Oberto. The reserve brand uses premium ingredients, while the Pacific Gold is advertised to use healthy ingredients. The Pacific Gold Reserve slogan is “As Good As It Gets”, and Read More
Oberto – Pulled Pork Jerky
Oberto may still be the second largest national meat snack company that sells well over 100 different dried meat products. Oberto is a family-owned company that was formed over 100 years ago in 1918 by Constantino Oberto. In 1967, Safeway became the first national grocery store to carry Oh Boy! Oberto jerky. In 1994, they launched turkey jerky. Then in 2000, they aligned Read More
Oberto – Teriyaki Beef Jerky
Oberto may still be the second largest national meat snack company that sells well over 100 different dried meat products. Oberto is a family owned company that was formed over 100 years ago in 1918 by Constantino Oberto. In 1967, Safeway became the first national grocery store to carry Oh Boy! Oberto jerky. In 1994, they launched turkey jerky. Then in 2000, they aligned Read More