Whether you’re headed out on a camping trip or just reaching for a quick and easy snack, beef jerky is a protein-packed addition to your regular meal routine. Typically made using top round or eye of round cuts, it’s no surprise that the store-bought beef jerky expensive. To know you’re getting the best value for your money, Tasting Table thoroughly researched and ranked popular beef jerky brands and the results were, in some ways, quite surprising. Rounding out the bottom two choices were Walmart’s Signature Select brand and the widely-marketed Jack Link’s Original Beef Jerky, which sadly misses the mark in just about every way other than brand awareness.