I love beef jerky. but you end up paying atleast 5 bucks for a bag of off-brand jerky that i will probably eat in a day . .maybe 2.
does anyone know why jerky cost so much, and ground beef cost so little? they are both of COWs . .
2006-06-05 11:52:51 · 23 answers · asked by Aina 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
the process of making beef jerky is more costly
2006-06-05 11:55:48 · answer #1 · answered by gabypalma 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Beef Jerky Cost
2016-11-03 00:05:38 · answer #2 · answered by leinen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
making jerky is easy and not expensive, most people can do it at home with a simple food dehydrator. The reason it is expensive is becuz the finished product is only a 10th of the size it started from. The moisture is removed from the meat, which makes it smaller. 16oz of jerky started out as a few lbs of meat. Conisdering a 2 lb steak can be $5-$10 raw, it seems reasonable that the same steak would cost the same after it was reduced to just a few onces. Ground beef is the left over peices from when the steaks are trimmed. They mix the trimming with the fat , grind it all up , and you have ground beef. That's why they have an 80-20 ratio on the pack, 80 % beef with 20% fat. And yes jerky comes from the same cow.
2006-06-05 12:03:47 · answer #3 · answered by isellgum 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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I love beef jerky. but you end up paying atleast 5 bucks for a bag of off-brand jerky that i will probably eat in a day . .maybe 2.
does anyone know why jerky cost so much, and ground beef cost so little? they are both of COWs . .
2015-08-11 00:37:11 · answer #4 · answered by Gayla 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like one guy said, it takes a lot of beef, but then they suck all the water out and it doesn't amount to much. I think they use better cuts of beef, too, not anything like ground beef. I know what you mean, it's such a bummer because my kids love it but I don't buy it very often since it's so pricey. If you like it alot, you should definitely try making it yourself. It should be pretty easy with one of those food dehydration machines. Also, when I do buy it I usually go to Costco or Sam's Club because you seem to get more for your money there.
2006-06-05 12:01:06 · answer #5 · answered by partlycloudy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the procedure of making it. My mom makes it once in a while. If you have a dehydrator, you can slice up steaks or brisket, (NOT ground beef), season it with peppercorn, worcstershire sauce and whatener you want, and make beef jerky. It CAN even be done on a smoker grill.
2006-06-05 11:58:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Takes a lot of beef to make a little jerky. Once you remove all the water it doesn't amount to very much.
2006-06-05 11:56:34 · answer #7 · answered by rilindy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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It takes a LOT of beef to dry down to get the little bit you have in the package. PLUS it has to be specially dried and treated. Wine is more than grape juice. Prunes are more than plums and raisins are more than grapes. Same reasons.
2016-04-08 21:30:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
meat is always exspensive. i know it sucks i love beef jerky too.
2006-06-05 11:55:21 · answer #9 · answered by kelbel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm amazed that u eat beef jerky and u look like that!!!
{I thought u would like pork ...jerky}
2006-06-05 11:56:00 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does cost a lot, it would be cheaper it you bought a dehydrator and some pepper steak meat and do it yourself.....Good Luck.
2006-06-05 11:56:18 · answer #11 · answered by Diamond in the Rough 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋