About Jerky's Gourmet
Jerky's Gourmet is owned by Tim and Dria, and the brand sets its story in San Diego, California. Tim had moved from the East Coast and was working with kids with autism, headed for public schools, when the work began wearing him down. Then he met Dria, a third-grade teacher who shared his love of jerky and had worked in a jerky store throughout high school in Big Bear. She inspired him to leave the school system and be his own boss, and together they founded Jerky's Gourmet. The brand's aim is all natural jerky snacks, with gluten-free, soy-free, paleo-friendly and craft beer options. Today it sells at farmers markets, breweries and stores around San Diego, and the company lists a Fallbrook, California address.
What makes Jerky's Gourmet different
According to the manufacturer, Jerky's Gourmet uses 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef from domestic farms in the Pacific Northwest, where cattle roam open pasture, eat only grass, and get no added hormones or antibiotics. Every flavor page also rules out artificial preservatives, nitrates and added MSG, the bacon excepting nitrates naturally occurring in celery powder and sea salt. The beer flavors salute San Diego, which the brand calls the craft beer capital of the world, and one is a collaboration with Ballast Point.
Jerky's Gourmet flavors we carry
If you like it classic, start peppered: a black pepper flavor coated in cracked peppercorns with what the brand calls a mild pepper taste, and a paleo-friendly, soy-free original built on raw honey with hints of black, white and cayenne pepper. Both fit our peppered beef jerky picks. The smokehouse flavor is described as sweet, smoky and tangy, like our other barbecue-style beef jerky; the citrus flavor has no heat called out. The two beer flavors marinate for 48 hours, one in a West Coast IPA and one in Ballast Point's Habanero Sculpin IPA, where the brand says the heat builds. The ghost pepper is billed as blazing hot and sits with our ghost pepper beef jerky.
The bacon jerky is uncured pork bacon in a 48-hour marinade of honey, maple syrup and brown sugar, described as sweet and savory. Find it with our bacon jerky options; the beef sits within our beef jerky collection. Everything currently in stock is in the grid above.
Who it's for
Heat runs from a citrus flavor with no heat called out to a ghost pepper billed as blazing hot. The manufacturer's texture words are tender and juicy, and every bag is 2 oz. Most flavors are marked gluten-free and a few soy-free, though badges vary. Most beef recipes contain soy, two contain fish from the Worcestershire sauce, and the bacon jerky is pork, so read each ingredient list.
JerkyBrands is an independent retailer; the Jerky's Gourmet name and logo are trademarks of their owner.
