Seeking recommendations for less expensive, good quality tasty 0 carb jerky sticks

ladipoet

Okay my peeps, I'm looking for a little bit of help here. I recently switched over from weight-loss into maintenance. With that change, my macros also change from::

80% Fat
10% Protein
10% Carbs

to now

65% Fat
25% Protein
10% Carbs.

This also means I am learning to eat Keto all over again due to the change in macro %s. I've finally gotten my lunches for during the workweek figured out. Part of my daily lunch during the week is a package of Nick's Sticks Spicy Beef Snack Stick (2 stick / 1.7 ozs). I like the ease and convenience of being able to pack my lunch quickly and easily at night after I get home from work especially since there's no weighing, measuring or bagging required. I like the flavor and quality of Nick's Sticks...but...they are pricey. Before the macro change mentioned above I only had the beef or turkey sticks maybe 1-2 a week so it took me a loooooong time to go through a couple of boxes. Now it's 5 times a week because my protein requirement have gone way up. So I'm wondering if any of you good folks out there know of any meat stick products that are comparable to Nick's Stick as far as carbs (0), size (1+ ounces), with decent flavor. A box of 25 twin packs (2 sticks per packet) currently runs me $55.99 (this works out of $2.23 per packet price wise). I've been looking around at other local stores I frequent in my area but haven't found anything I like the taste of enough to get. I already nixed epic, primal, vermont smoke and cure (didn't really like the chipotle flavor), Ostrim, Tanka and few other brands that I don't remember the name of right now for various reasons (questionable ingredients, didn't like the taste, too expensive, etc.). Would appreciate some decent recommendations. Thanks in advance!

Gallowmere1984

http://www.strolloshomemadebeefjerky.com/Meat-Snack-Sticks_c11.htm

1g carb, 4g fat, 6g protein, and about the same price/unit. I honestly don't think you're going to find much cheaper in a zero carb meat stick. Most people seem to want a little sugar in their *kitten*, so we're in a bit of a niche market.

However, you're only getting 1.7 oz. per package (42.5 oz. total weight), which comes out to $1.317 per ounce, at $55.99 per. The Strollos, at 1 oz. per stick (30 ct., $25), comes out to $0.83 per ounce.

Now, if you get into their actual jerky, it's all 0g carb, but you pay more for it than you will the meat sticks, and jerkys are always more lean.

ladipoet

Thanks for the link @Gallowmere1984. Appreciate it and will definitely check them out.

LINIA

Around here there are Bass Pro stores that have many different brands of jerky/protein sticks. You can browse online also to check if any fit into your macros. Good luck now that you're in maintenance, am following this thread for other ideas as well.

http://t.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Navigation?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&searchTerm=Jerky

ladipoet

Thanks for that @LINIA. I'll check that out too...appreciate it!!

dmariet116

Here is a recipe for ground beef jerky using your oven. Might be best to attempt this when cooler weather gets here though! :-) http://wellnessmama.com/2201/ground-beef-jerky/

ladipoet

dmariet116 wrote: »

Here is a recipe for ground beef jerky using your oven. Might be best to attempt this when cooler weather gets here though! :-) http://wellnessmama.com/2201/ground-beef-jerky/

Cool, thanks @dmariet116. Yeah, I hear you re the whole cooking in the heat thing. I have been doing only minimal cooking as of late for just that reason and all my foodporm pictures posted on instagram will pretty much attest to that too. lol

bjwoodzy

Gallowmere1984 wrote: »

http://www.strolloshomemadebeefjerky.com/Meat-Snack-Sticks_c11.htm

1g carb, 4g fat, 6g protein, and about the same price/unit. I honestly don't think you're going to find much cheaper in a zero carb meat stick. Most people seem to want a little sugar in their *kitten*, so we're in a bit of a niche market.

However, you're only getting 1.7 oz. per package (42.5 oz. total weight), which comes out to $1.317 per ounce, at $55.99 per. The Strollos, at 1 oz. per stick (30 ct., $25), comes out to $0.83 per ounce.

Now, if you get into their actual jerky, it's all 0g carb, but you pay more for it than you will the meat sticks, and jerkys are always more lean.

Looks like they don't have the 1 oz sticks in 30 pack anymore

Gallowmere1984

bjwoodzy wrote: »

Gallowmere1984 wrote: »

http://www.strolloshomemadebeefjerky.com/Meat-Snack-Sticks_c11.htm

1g carb, 4g fat, 6g protein, and about the same price/unit. I honestly don't think you're going to find much cheaper in a zero carb meat stick. Most people seem to want a little sugar in their *kitten*, so we're in a bit of a niche market.

However, you're only getting 1.7 oz. per package (42.5 oz. total weight), which comes out to $1.317 per ounce, at $55.99 per. The Strollos, at 1 oz. per stick (30 ct., $25), comes out to $0.83 per ounce.

Now, if you get into their actual jerky, it's all 0g carb, but you pay more for it than you will the meat sticks, and jerkys are always more lean.

Looks like they don't have the 1 oz sticks in 30 pack anymore

It figures. I had completely forgotten about this thread and store. Of course, every time I find something decent, they drop an offering before I can get around to it.