Big Bag vs Snack Bag Jerky: What You Actually Pay Per Ounce
A $25 bag sounds expensive until you weigh it. Our Settlers bags are 7 oz and the Jerky Hut bags are 8 oz, which is $3.57 and $3.13 an ounce. The 2 to 3 oz pouches in a gas station or the snack aisle commonly work out to $5 to $9 an ounce. Same shelf price in your head, two to three times the jerky in your hand.
The per-ounce table
Settlers 7 oz at $25: $3.57 an ounce. Jerky Hut 8 oz at $25: $3.13 an ounce. Trophy Series exotic 3 oz at $25: $8.33 an ounce, and the only bag on the site that costs what a snack pouch does, because gator tail and kangaroo cost a great deal more per pound than beef. Buy three bags as a 3-pack and the price drops to $70, or $23.33 a bag, with the 4- and 6-packs priced below singles too. Every beef flavor and its bag size is on the Premium Beef collection.
Shipping, honestly
Shipping is $7.99 for the first bag and $2 for each additional one, free on orders of $100 or more, by USPS from Albany. That means one bag shipped is $32.99 at the door, still under $5 an ounce for a 7 oz bag; a 3-pack with shipping lands around $26.60 a bag; and a 6-pack bundle clears the free-shipping line on its own. The shipping page has the full policy, including the summer no-Friday rule.
Why we sell it this way
Big bags are how the table has always worked at the fairs: people buy for the week, not the drive home. It is also why the bags are resealable and why the storage guide exists. The one honest caveat is that a 7 oz bag is a commitment to a flavor, so if you are new to the catalog, a mixed bundle with a mild bag, a peppered bag and one exotic is the right first order, and the Jerky Finder on the home page builds that in three taps.
Quick answers
How much is jerky per ounce?
Here, $3.13 to $3.57 an ounce for the beef bags ($25 for 7 or 8 oz) and $8.33 an ounce for the 3 oz exotics. Snack-aisle pouches commonly run $5 to $9 an ounce.
Is the 3-pack cheaper than three single bags?
Yes: $70 instead of $75, and shipping is charged per bag either way, free over $100.
Why do the exotics cost more per ounce?
The meat does. Gator tail, kangaroo and elk cost far more per pound than beef, and a 3 oz vacuum pack is the right size to try one.
The bags in this guide
- Prime Rib Beef Jerky — 7 oz bag, $25, heat 1/5 (Mild)
- Cowboy Hickory Smoked Beef Jerky — 8 oz bag, $25, heat 1/5 (Mild)
- Sweet Garlic Beef Jerky — 7 oz bag, $25, heat 1/5 (Mild)
- Gator Jerky — 3 oz bag, $25, heat 3/5 (Medium)