Burgers' Smokehouse

What Burgers' Smokehouse does

Burgers' Smokehouse is a family-owned, Missouri-based manufacturer of smoked and cured meat products, founded in 1927 by E.M. Burger using his mother's traditional German curing recipe. The company produces hams, bacon, turkey, pork ribs, sausage, beef, chicken, wild game, sides, desserts, and cheese using dry-curing, hickory smoking, and multi-month aging processes — including a 210+ day "Attic Aged" process for country hams and a no-water-added dry-cure method for bacon. In 1956 it became the first country-cured meat company in the United States to receive Federal inspection, and today it is operated by the third and fourth generations of the Burger family. The company describes itself as the nation's largest producer of old-fashioned Country Ham.

The business operates a multi-channel go-to-market model. Its primary channel is direct-to-consumer e-commerce through smokehouse.com, with free standard shipping across the contiguous 48 states, 24/7 phone ordering, and a dedicated corporate/volume gift line. Wholesale distribution supplies restaurants and grocery retailers, and finished product is shelved at regional grocery chains including Schnucks, Hy-Vee, Dierbergs, Price Chopper, Cosentinos, and Walmart. The catalog exceeds 200 SKUs across core meats, gift samplers, build-a-box configurators, complete meals, and the HOMEMADE IN A HURRY convenience sub-brand; a separate Clifty Farm sub-brand extends into Tennessee-cured country hams via a co-manufacturing partnership.

Unit pricing typically ranges from $49 to $280 per item, with bundle and build-a-box tiers (e.g., Pick 2 for $59.99, Pick 3 for $69.99). Revenue, headcount detail, and ownership structure beyond the founding family are not publicly disclosed. Operations are domestic-only with shipping exclusions to Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, and international destinations outside APO/FPO addresses.

Name

Burgers' Smokehouse

Legal name

Burgers' Smokehouse

Website

https://smokehouse.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1927

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Burgers' Smokehouse is a family-owned, Missouri-based manufacturer of premium smoked and cured meats founded in 1927, selling hams, bacon, turkey, ribs, sausage, and gift assortments direct-to-consumer via smokehouse.com, through wholesale to restaurants, and at regional grocery chains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smoked and Cured Meat Products

NAICS

Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (42447), Meat Retailers (44524)

SIC

Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Meat Packing Plants (2011)

akta.pro primary industry

Smoked Meats & Seafood (Hot/Cold Smoking) (AFANAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cured Meats (Dry-Cured, Wet-Cured, Hams, Bacon) (AFANAEAA), Game & Specialty Meats Wholesale (Venison, Bison, etc.) (AFAIADAG), Refrigerated Meat & Charcuterie Wholesale (AFAIAHAI), Charcuterie & Cured Meats Specialty Stores (CRAHAGAE)

Keywords

• Smoked meat products
• Country cured ham
• Dry-cured bacon
• Gourmet food delivery
• Gift food samplers

Headquarters

HQ city

California

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Direct E-commerce Sales: Products sold directly to consumers through website with pricing including shipping for contiguous US. Individual items, samplers, and gift boxes available for purchase.
2. Wholesale to Retailers: Bulk product sales to grocery stores, restaurants, and retail establishments. Contact via wholesale phone line and email.
3. Corporate and Large Gift Orders: Volume orders for corporate gifts and large quantities with dedicated contact options via phone and email.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Burgers' Smokehouse manufactures and sells traditional hickory-smoked and dry-cured meat products including country hams, city hams, bacon, turkey, pork ribs, sausages, beef, chicken, wild game, and complementary sides, desserts, cheese, and gift samplers. The company sells directly to consumers via its own e-commerce website and ships nationwide, while also serving wholesale buyers including regional grocery chains, restaurants, and corporate gifting customers.

Product overview

Burgers' Smokehouse is a family-owned gourmet food e-commerce company offering a diverse portfolio of smoked, cured, and grilled meat products along with sides, desserts, and gift samplers. The core offering centers on hams (city and country varieties), bacon (multiple wood-smoked flavors), pork ribs, sausages, beef steaks, turkey, chicken, and wild game meats. The company operates under distinct product lines including its core smoked meats, the Clifty Farm sub-brand for Tennessee-cured country hams, and the HOMEMADE IN A HURRY convenience line for quick-prep meals. Products range from individual cuts to curated gift samplers and complete meal solutions, all marketed through direct-to-consumer online ordering with mail delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ham

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Clifty Farm Country MeatsminorOthersClifty Farm Country Meats produces whole country hams using their proprietary curing, aging, and smoking methods. These products are shipped from Burgers' Smokehouse and marketed under their brand. Located in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Omaha Steaks: Direct-to-consumer premium meat and gift-box brand shipping nationwide. Closely comparable to Burgers' Smokehouse on business model (DTC + wholesale), target customer (holiday gifting, premium home meals), pricing tiers, and curated sampler/gift-box merchandising.
• Nueske's Applewood Smoked Meats: Premium Wisconsin-based producer specializing in applewood-smoked bacon, ham, and sausage sold through DTC and specialty retailers. Comparable on artisanal smoking methods, heritage positioning, and DTC-plus-wholesale GTM.
• D'Artagnan: Specialty DTC purveyor of premium and game meats (foie gras, duck, venison, charcuterie). Comparable on premium positioning, specialty/game meat assortment, DTC e-commerce model, and restaurant/foodservice wholesale channel.
• Creminelli Fine Meats: Artisan producer of cured meats and charcuterie sold DTC and through specialty retail. Comparable on cured-meat specialization, DTC gifting focus, and premium craft positioning.
• Snake River Farms: American Wagyu and premium beef brand selling DTC and through high-end retailers. Comparable on premium meat DTC, curated gift-box merchandising, and foodie/gourmet positioning, though anchored in beef rather than smoked/cured.

Emerging players

• Pederson's Natural Farms: Naturally cured bacon and smoked meats producer growing in DTC and natural-foods retail. Comparable on dry-cured, no-added-water bacon and broader cured-meat assortment, but with a younger, more natural-claims-driven brand identity.
• Broad Leaf Cured Meats: Craft cured-meat producer focused on charcuterie and bacon for natural and specialty retail. Comparable on artisanal cured meats and specialty retail presence, though smaller in scale and more single-category focused.

Broad incumbents

• Hormel Foods: Large established packaged-meats manufacturer with broad cured, smoked, and prepared meat portfolios (including Black Label, Cure 81 ham, etc.). Overlaps materially with Burgers' on hams, bacon, and sausage categories, but at industrial scale and broad CPG distribution.
• Smithfield Foods: One of the largest US pork and prepared-meat processors, producing hams, bacon, and sausages for retail and foodservice. Overlaps with Burgers' on cured ham and bacon categories, but operates at industrial scale via grocery and foodservice channels.

Others

• Harry & David: Multi-category premium food gift company (fruit, baked goods, meat, cheese). Comparable indirectly through shared DTC premium-gifting channel and corporate-gifting customer base, rather than as a direct meat competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@BurgersSmokehouse
• Xx.com/smokehousemeats
• Facebookfacebook.com/burgerssmokehouse

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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