890 Road 160
Emporia, KS 66801-7700
(620) 343-3867

KEY WORD: Jerky, Extruder, Machine, Ground meat, Snacks, Rations, Kitchen


HISTORY: The Jerky Shooter, a machine designed to extrude jerky strips and shapes from ground meat, was designed and built by Bob Finlay, owner of BPE Inc., and his crew in 1995. The Jerky Shooter was conceived after Finlay's brother brought beef jerky made from ground beef to a family gathering at Christmas in 1994. At that time making jerky was a time consuming process of smashing a small meatball between two pieces of plastic or slicing muscle meat and soaking it in marinade for several days and dehydrating.

The Jerky Shooter is patented and we believe it to be the first of its kind to be marketed for home use. It is manufactured and assembled almost entirely at this location with only the tube and springs being made elsewhere in Kansas, thus we proudly label the Jerky Shooter as Made in the USA. U.S. PAT. No. D369,283. While widely imitated (using foreign components) we feel that our Jerky Shooter is the only product designed expressly for the purpose of extruding jerky. It is made with high quality parts and workmanship and is guaranteed for a period of 6 months.

In 1998 Jerky Shooter was incorporated and separated from BPE Inc. and made its own entity. BPE Inc. still makes the tooling and does the plastic injection molding for Jerky Shooter Inc. Having both companies under one roof makes for a more efficient operation. The Jerky Shooter has been upgraded several times bringing it to its present level. Also, a number of accessories and new items have been developed as viewed in this presentation. DEFINITION:Jerky extruding machine using lean ground meats, seasoning, and cure to form flat jerky or round sticks and either dehydrating in an oven or dehydrator. Start to finish time can be as little as 2 hours using the oven or from 3 to 12 hours with a dehydrator depending on the dehydrator. FAMILY FUN:Jerky is a nutritious, low in cholesterol treat when made with lean meats 90% lean or better. With the Jerky Shooter it is so easy that everyone, regardless of age, can join in the making and share the end result. Also, it is easy to fine tune the flavor to the taste buds of yourself or your family by adding some of your favorite seasonings to the prepared seasoning and cure that is supplied with the kit. Look in the cookbook for some seasoning ideas, also you may like to try something that tends to enhance the flavor without changing the basic flavor. Try adding 1 tbsp. of McCormick brand powdered Fajitas marinade or seasoning mix for every 2 pounds of meat. This is in addition to the basic seasoning and cure.