The snack’s popularity has brought a proliferation of new flavors and high-end options. For some fans, that’s a problem.

In recent years, smoking meat has become a more popular cooking ... but if you are willing to stick with it for a handful of cooking sessions, [a charcoal grill] will ultimately produce much ...

The process of making the meat sticks encompasses a couple hours, Bosak said. “You have to bone off the meat, cut the meat, grind the meat, run it through a stuffer, and smoke it,” he said.

Most mornings, Greg Brooks wakes up and heads to a 7-Eleven for a meat stick. He’s promptly bombarded with choices, from the classic Slim Jim to a proliferation of options promising to be ...

From local farms to grocery stores and butcher shops, area businesses benefit from a surge in demand for meat sticks. Sales of dried meat snacks – excluding jerky – were up 10.4%, to about $3.29 ...