Iowa Smokehouse began as a small snack food distribution business in 1984 when founder Lee Holsman borrowed $5,000 (with his sister as cosigner) to buy a Volkswagen Rabbit and $3,000 worth of jerky and other snacks. Over the years, Lee’s son Aaron joined the business, and together they developed the Iowa Smokehouse branded line of meat snacks, jerky, meat sticks, steak bites, kippered slabs, and summer sausage. Read More