Buffalo Bob's Jerky Review
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Buffalo Bob's Jerky
By: Marcus
History of Beef Jerky: preserving meat that the Quecha Indians, a South American native tribe, originally from the ancient Inca empire, used as far back as 1550. They called it charqui, which literally translates into "dried meat". The Spanish Conquistadors realized this was a great way to preserve meat. They called it Char'qui. When they arrived in North America, they found the native Americans also drying meat to preserve it. The name char'qui eventually became "jerky". Jerky allowed people to be able to store meat and then consume a high protein source when food was scarce. The early pioneers and cowboys came to rely on jerky as a main staple of their diet. Soon, various spices were added to enhance the flavors. Today, many flavors, meats and styles of jerky are produced for one of the world's most popular snacks.
Beef Jerky Market: from https://www.factmr.com/report/2130/beef-jerky-market
Beef Jerky Market: Beef Jerky Market Share & Trends Analysis, By Nature (Natural, Organic), By Flavor (Original, Teriyaki, Peppered), By Distribution Channel (Indirect, Online Retailers) & By Region Forecast, 2018-2028
the U.S. market has the highest consumption of beef jerky. The growth in the retail sales of beef jerky was observed to be higher than the past years in the United States last year and it has been increasing.
According to, https://www.ibisworld.com/industry-statistics/market-size/meat-jerky-production-united-states/, The market size, measured by revenue, of the Meat Jerky Production industry is $1.2bn in 2022. The market size of the Meat Jerky Production industry is expected to increase 0.8% ($9.6M) in 2022. The market size of the Meat Jerky Production industry in the US has grown 1.0% ($12M) per year on average between 2017 and 2022 ($72M in market growth).
Buffalo Bobs and Zicks Speciality Meats: Finding info on Buffalo Bobs was difficult. The Buffalo Bobs website (https://www.buffalobobssnacks.com/) is incomplete and has virtually no info. It lists their 26 jerky and meat products, and that's about it. I found one website (https://www.bestbeefjerky.org/2017/08/buffalo-bobs-jerky-exotic-meats.html) that said Buffalo Bobs was owned by Mark Matthews, and based out of Petaluma, CA. I couldn't find ANYTHING else about Matthews or where exactly in Petaluma he or the company is located. On the same website, it said that Buffalo Bobs is produced by Zicks Speciality Meats in Berrien Springs, Michigan. So I contacted them and Garrett Zick, the Vice-President of Zicks and son of the owner/founder emailed me back. He said Zicks was started back in 1983 and that they're most proud of the Buffalo Bobs meat snacks. He also told me they acquired the Buffalo Bobs brand from a company by the same name in Minnesota in the 90's. Originally they processed about 1,000lbs a week, but are now up tto 10-15K a week. Their best selling product is the alligator cajun jerky (no stats given).
I did reply asking about Mark Matthews and received no response from Garrett. I also asked if there were any combinations they developed that didn't make it or tasted awful. I suggested some future exotic flavors as well: stir fry panda, ethiopian elephant, vegemite koala, and maybe curried cobra.
Top Five Trivia of beef jerky:
1) While the term "jerky" is relatively newer, humans have been smoking meat (like Tucker) for thousands of years. A study (https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-4425-0_8752) Meat Preservation in Ancient Egypt goes into how the ancient egyptians would process and store dried meat, fish, and birds.
2) Beef jerky is a favorite of NASA astronauts, often asked to be sent as extra food.
3) Not only humans enjoy jerky, fire ants have been observed cutting "tasty" parts of their meals and setting them out to dry. While red squirrels will cut mushrooms and set them on sunny branches to dry and eat later.
4) June 12th is national jerky day.
5) Beef jerky is highly regulated by the USDA and imports are even more complicated, some countries don't even allow jerky imports. This is why most jerky is produced and packaged locally.
Taste the jerky.
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