Oberto - Southern Style BBQ Pork Jerky

The newest jerky variety from Oberto Sausage Co. is this Southern Style BBQ Pork Jerky. It first appeared on the market last year on a limited basis, and after successful response the company made it a permanent part of their line up.

Pork jerky seems to be a popular item with Oberto, as this is their second pork snack since I reviewed their Peppered Pork Jerky over a year ago.

Right now, this Southern Style BBQ Pork Jerky is available in select retail and convenience stores, including Costco stores in the Pacific Northwest. A company spokesman says this new variety will be hitting more Costco locations soon.

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Oh Boy! Oberto Pork Jerky - Peppered

This peppered pork jerky is the newest offering from Oh Boy! Oberto. Pork jerky is something that's been around for awhile in other brands, but has only recently gained popularity.

Oberto is constantly introducing oddity varieties like this as a way to attract consumer attention. That is, they'll place a shelf full of this stuff, right next to their basic staples of beef jerky. People will take notice of the purple color, and slow down, or stop altogether, and that gets them noticing the regular beef jerky.

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Oh Boy! Oberto - Thick Cuts - Brown Sugar & Honey

This bag of "Thick Cuts" is from Oh Boy! Oberto, but you can't find it in any stores, with the exception of their factory store in Seattle, otherwise you'll have to find it online, and good luck!

It's sold only in one pound bags, and considering it's low price, and high volume, it's likely a lower grade of meat than what Oberto normally offers. The biggest issue with one-pound bags of jerky is that you have to pay $15 to $50 to buy a bag, and then you better hope the jerky is snackable enough, or else you might end up not eating it all.

Interestingly, this jerky isn't manufactured by Oberto, it was private labeled through Lucksen Trading Company, a jerky maker in Arcadia, CA, who operates as "KMB Foods", making such brands as Cactus Jacks, Pacific Coast, and Cattlemen's.

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Oh Boy! Oberto - Steakhouse Seasoning

While visiting Washington State in early November, I got to visit the Oh Boy! Oberto factory store, and found this "Steakhouse Seasoning" variety. It's been around for awhile, but I haven't been able to find it in my neck of the woods.

This bag has a sticker on it that says, "Ends & Pieces". In fact, many of the bags of jerky sold at the factory store has this sticker on it. One thing worth noting is that the factory store still sells jerky in 4 ounce bags, whereas the grocery stores mostly carry the smaller 3.5 ounce bags. It's not an older jerky, the date stamp was for 8 months into the future. My guess is that the factory is trying to use up all of its 4 ounce bags.

It's anyone guess as to what exactly "steakhouse seasoning" is supposed to be. A steakhouse would theoretically have a wide assortment of seasonings for all its unique meat offerings. We shall see...

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Oh Boy! Oberto - Johnny's Jamaica Me Sweet Hot & Crazy

While I'm trying to get away from beef jerky infused with sodium nitrite, I happened to see this "special edition" Oh Boy! Oberto variety called, "Johnny's Jamaica Me Sweet & Hot Crazy", which is flavored with the seasoning brand of the same name.

Since I've never tried that brand of seasoning, I can't really attest to how similarly it tastes, or how much of it is in there. All I can do is evaluate it for what it is.

I'm kind of glad to see more of these special edition beef jerkies crossed with famous flavors. I recently did a review of Jim Beam Beef Jerky, and Jack Link's already has several of their own, including the KC Masterpiece, and the A1 Steak Sauce.

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Oh Boy! Oberto - Hickory Beef Jerky

Oh Boy! Oberto enjoys the largest market share of beef jerky sales in the USA, and it's largely due to its branding, as well as its bright, eye-catching, packaging. The brand only makes a handful of beef jerky varieties, and despite it's rather small and ordinary offerings, the brand manages to outsell all other brands.

It doesn't necessarily make great beef jerky, but it's still good enough to satisfy most snackers.

Hickory smoked-beef jerky is something you don't see as often anymore, with mesquite smoke flavoring taking over much of the varieties now. But hickory is a type of smoke flavoring that I happen to like very much, and I personally think has an aroma that goes really well with jerky.

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Oh Boy! Oberto - Habanero

Habanero is the newest variety of beef jerky from Oh Boy! Oberto. I saw a package at my local Albertson's, and decided to try it out.

It's pretty much your standard Oh Boy! Oberto beef jerky that we're all too familiar with, but with some added spiciness.

The habanero pepper has a reputation of being among the hottest pepper varieties on the planet, and is something I've come to respect after an unfortunate experience at a Tijuana taco shop a couple of years ago. As a result, I get this "knee-jerk" reaction to anything associated with the Habanero.

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