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House of Jerky has gained a place among my short list of favorite jerky brands by focusing on jerky with tons of flavor, using all natural ingredients, and being easy to eat.Since peppered beef jerky is one of my favorite varieties, I was very curious to see how well the "House" could do up this tried and true jerky style.
The company is operated by a husband and wife team, and sells its jerky online as well as through independent shop owners across the country.
Ingredients
Beef (top round), soy sauce, water, pineapple juice, liquid smoke, black pepper, garlic powder.
This is basically the same list of ingredients as the Natural Style, with the exception that this excludes the white pepper.
Taste
After eating a few pieces, this basically tastes very similar to the Natural Style, but with more black pepper taste. It should, since the ingredients are nearly the same.
The first thing I taste is the soy sauce, some salt, some smokiness, and plenty of black pepper. I can chew up a piece, and suck out more strong flavors throughout, as I keep on chewing. There's a lot of flavor packed in these pieces.
There is also some good natural meat flavors in here too. Being that House of Jerky does not use preservatives, I always wonder if the meat will taste stale, but this does not. The vacuum-sealed package, keeps it fresh.
Overall, this has a great taste, predominantly defined by the soy sauce, black pepper, and natural meat flavors.
Meat Consistency
These are real cuts of meat, sliced thin to medium, and in large, medium, and small pieces.
These pieces are dry, but not tough. They tear apart fairly easily, and chew easily.
The review sample I have contains very lean pieces, with the exception of one small piece which had quite a bit of fat, including a strip of chewy gristle. Otherwise the other pieces offered a great beef jerky experience.
Snack Value
House of Jerky sells this variety from its website at a price of $10.50 for a 4oz package, that works out to $2.63 per ounce. That price also includes the shipping.
For general jerky snacking purposes, at the $2.63 price per ounce, this jerky seems to provide a good value. I'm getting a good deal of snackability for its great overall flavor, good chewing texture and good meat consistency. That price is considerably higher than what you'd pay for major brands at the grocery store, but it provides a better flavor and consistency.
As a peppered beef jerky, it's a decent value. I'm getting a fair amount of black pepper flavor, enough to enjoy but not too strong.
Rating
I'm giving this one a "best" rating.It's largely the same jerky as the Natural Style that I reviewed earlier, with the same taste, but the exception that this offers more black pepper seasoning. For the most part it wasn't that hard for me to review.
I found it very snackable, always wanting more, and found this soaking in flavor, and offering some good natural meat flavors. It's also easy to tear apart and chew.
For my recommended beer pairing, the roasted malt flavor of a brown ale would work well with the natural meat flavors of this jerky, and the light body would work well against the sharp bite of the pepper. Try the Newcastle Brown Ale, or the Moose Drool Brown Ale.
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BestNote: originally reviewed June 12, 2008
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19 comments:
Just finished up my first 4-oz package of House of Jerky's Peppered Beef variety. At first, it came off as kind of bitter for my tastes due to the predominant flavor of the soy sauce. I prefer a slightly sweeter jerky. But after a couple of tries, I began noticing more the rich meat flavor combined with the spiciness of the black pepper. Happily, it turns out I really like this jerky. It's cut slab style, thinly sliced pieces packed tightly together. All in all, very easy to eat like comfort food. I will be ordering this jerky again.
I was considering sending some of your black pepper flavor to my son in Iraq it's his favorite flavor and after reading your hero pack plus ad your charging $29.99 for just 5 - 1 oz packs of jerky our guys and gals do a lot for us over there and around the world I think this is a little much.
One Proud Mom.
Thanks Bob,
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. :-)
Janie
House of Jerky
Hi One Proud Mom. Black Pepper beef is on special right now. You can purchase a pound for $28.99, which is 4 4oz packages. Sorry that you didn't see the hero pack includes 2 packs of 6oz beef sticks. http://bit.ly/9bEmfR
We are proud to support those that serve our Country, we offer a 15% military discount.
Janie
House of Jerky
I recently purchased a few packaged of this jerky at one of their retail locations. While still good it wasn't quite "knock your socks off" great. Additionally, I was surprised to find out this stuff is made for them.
I ordered this product from reading about it here. This is.... "knock your socks off" great!! This is the best jerky I have ever had! Flavor and texture can't be beat!
Good, but not amazing. More chewable than Sograte, but not as much flavor. Still, overall, a good piece of jerky.
I had to try this because of the review. I was *disappointed*.It was way to dry and not flavorful.
Jerky jerk
Very meaty flavor with alot of pepper zip. It is cut thin, in large pieces. Not dry and crumbly like a lot of jerky. I can't get enough of it. Company has excellent customer service. I order it online and always get it in a few days.
Hey Anonymous we all know you work for the company every time there's a comment on your product there's always a comeback it's very obvious STOP IT ALLREADY!!!
I picked up a HOJ sample pack and immediately fell in love with the Black Pepper Beef. The jerky comes vacuum packed and is VERY fresh. Although this is a 'dry' style of jerky, it is still moist and juicy, and does not crumble or fall apart on you. In my opinion, the flavor is second to none. You get natural beef flavor along with tangy notes from the pineapple juice and soy, then a spicy bite on the back end from the black pepper. Coupled with top notch customer service, I would recommend House of Jerky to anyone who loves natural meat jerky!
-Scott (repeat HOJ customer)
I would also agree with you on this. It's a bit much. The come back comments ? We want to see real jerky comments not fabricated ones. Your pushing customer service and how fast shipping is. Business must be slow.
"Note"
This site is geared towards the varieties of jerky that are on the market and for Steve's viewers to make a choice in which jerkies they may like or dislike and some free advertising to go along for the makers. That's it.
Regards,
Beef Jerky Comber
I will come back and defend my comments. I mentioned the top notch customer service simply because of a mix up in one of my orders. I ordered the black pepper beef, but was sent black pepper turkey on accident. I made a phone call, and it wasn't more than a few days later I had my pepper beef. I was told to keep the turkey and enjoy it. I can only speak for myself, but my comments are based on my own personal experiences, and aren't fabricated based on anything but that. This is my real account. I am not hiding behind an anonymous name. As far as Steve's viewers are concerned, I really do suggest this jerky... especially the black pepper varieties.
-Scott
Please give us all a brake and cut it out. Any place that makes mistakes will of course send you new stuff. They are not special.
regard, Scott.
I came to this site yesterday for this first time, and see that this guy named "anonymous" has written numerous comments throughout this site. I find his comments to be very obnoxious, as all he does is disparage other people, and never says anything positive, or informative, about any product. He has nothing to offer to this forum that is helpful.
Anonymous: If you finds all of this stuff so bad, why don't you just leave, and go somewhere that you like? I came here to read jerky reviews, not vitriolic negative comments that are not informative in any way. The only message that you send is that you are a very unhappy person, who has some things to work out in your life.
Funny, Richard came to this site for the 1st time yesterday and he would pick a jerky that has not been seen on the posts front page for 4 month's. House of jerky must be hurting! Second most of the comments on this site do have everything to do with information. They are personal opinions of the people who value Steves opinion and want to have there thoughts read as well. You should look in the mirror, maybe you are the one who is posting the negative things.
I have a question for you Richard? How do you know it's a guy??? and why would you pick this particular jerky to post your comments??? you must have something to do with this company! it kinda seems that way to me it very obvious!
Richard everyone has the right to there opinion!
PS: Don't assume that the only people here are guys.
"Just My Thoughts"
First, I’ll agree with Richards well written post. I have noticed for too many negative rude comments allowed on this site.
I am very aware of this site as House of Jerky, like many other Jerky companies have had our products reviewed by Steve. I get notifications when a new review is up also. My name is Janie, owner of House of Jerky. Please let me assure “the one questioning” that our business is not hurting in anyway. None of the people who have posted here, have anything to do with our company.
Please call me directly if you have any further comments or questions regarding our business or our product.
We wouldn’t expect everyone to like all of our products, everyone has different tastes. We do have customer reviews on our website.
I tried this jerky and it is NOT FLAVORFUL, TASTED LIKE IT HAD BEEN FROZEN AND WAS LIKE EATING PLASTIC. THAT IS MY OPINION. I would never buy jerky from your company again Janey.
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