Simply Good Jerky
At Big Mike’s we are a veteran owned small business dedicated to delivering the best tasting traditional jerky with the simplest of ingredients. If you don’t like it for any reason, let me know and I’ll make it right.
The Journey
The journey started about five years ago when I was looking for some healthy jerky, and something that would fit a paleo type diet. You would think that all jerky is healthy and good for you, but I wanted something that had smallest number of ingredients, “no sugar” and tasted great. Amazingly, it was easy to find good tasting jerky, but extremely tough to find sugar free jerky with simple ingredients. I’m never one to shy away from a challenge.
I began searching for recipes for beef jerky that met my basic requirements. In the kitchen using my normal oven and spices I had around, I started experimenting and tweaking my recipe until I had the basic recipe. It took about a year but the jerky was finally just the way I liked it. It is sugar free, gluten free, nitrate free, no extra chemical preservatives and it only has “seven” ingredients. I couldn’t find a way to get it any simpler.
My jerky is full of garlic, onion, some pepper and some soy. I tried playing around with some spicier versions, some with Tabasco, some with Cholula, but I always came back the basic.
I started out making a few pounds for me and the family. As I started sharing it with friends over the intervening years, and everyone would ask where they can buy some. The batches stated getting bigger and bigger. I would make 5 to 10 pounds of jerky at a shot and it would be gone in a week. One buddy would ask for a large bag of jerky for his annual spring break trip with the family to Florida. I loved sharing.
I had a great time making the jerky and sharing it with friends but I quickly out grew my kitchen. It was time to expand, but I still want to keep the “small batch” to preserve consistence across every piece. I found a small batch co-packer to help preserve my recipe, it was tough but we managed to make it work so the jerky tastes just like it came out of my kitchen.
A buddy gave me the idea about helpling out our soldiers. As we continue to grow, we plan to develop a program to partner with you and provide a care package to members of the military who are deployed. Stay tuned for more, as we develop the program.
We are always interested to hear from you, please drop me a note or post a message on the web site or Facebook.
We appreciate your support.
…Big Mike
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