This marks my first review for jerky purchased in 2014, on March 8 to be exact. I mention the exact date because we picked up a puppy for our family, the whippet dog breed. We were asked to pick up this puppy around London, Ontario. So if I am going to drive 2 hours somewhere, I may as well search the area beforehand, where I discovered that Bob’s Ultimate Meats sells beef jerky. They are located in downtown London, Ontario, inside an indoor flea market called the Read More
Billy D’s – Jalapeno Beef Jerky
I bought this jalapeno flavored bag of Billy D’s beef jerky at a convenience store in San Diego, California, back in 2011. This bag was a whopping 10 ounce/283.5 gram size. In my visits to California, for whatever reason, it was more common to see these 10 ounce bags of Billy D’s beef jerky for sale, opposed to the more normal 3-4 ounce bags.
This Billy D’s brand of jerky is distributed by DeRosa Sales, who specializes in supplying food Read More
CA Bull Elk Ranch – BBQ Elk Jerky
I bought this 3.25 ounce/92 gram bag of barbecue flavored elk jerky online in 2012. It was bought online from Cowboy Dan’s, who is a jerky emporium that sells a large variety of different jerky.
The brand name is CA Bull Elk Ranch, based out of Richfield, Idaho, although this bag has their old address of Hazelton, Idaho. On the bag it states manufactured for CA Bull Elk Ranch, which is a good sign it was made by a private label Read More
Sierra Madre Provision Co. – Honey Teriyaki Beef Jerky
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
Blue Ridge Beef Jerky – Roasted Garlic Beef Jerky
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
Oh Boy! Oberto – Original Bacon Jerky
Since about 2012, bacon jerky exploded on to the jerky scene. Many jerky makers now make it. This review will focus on the Oh Boy! Oberto brand made by Oberto Brands. In 2013, I purchased this 2.5 ounce/71 gram bag at a grocery store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Oberto is the second largest national meat snack company that now sells over 400 different dried meat products. Oberto Brands located in Kent, Read More
365 – Original Beef Jerky
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
Alien Fresh Jerky – Whiskey Beef Jerky
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
It’s Buff – Pepper Buffalo Jerky
In 2012, I purchased this It’s Buff buffalo jerky online from the elkusa web site. This 2 ounce/56 gram bag of jerky is their black pepper flavor.
This jerky is distributed by Grande Premium Meats, located at the eastern edge of the San Juan mountain range of southwestern Colorado, in a city named Del Norte. They produce ranch-based elk, deer venison, buffalo meat, goat meat, Alaska seafood, antler, and pet food among other things since 1998. Both Read More
Ventura 101 Snacks – Old Fashioned Beef Jerky
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