Burge's Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams

What Burge's Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams does

Burge's Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams is a family-owned specialty food company founded in 1962 by Alden Burge in Lewisville, Arkansas. The company produces and sells hickory-smoked whole turkeys, spiral-sliced and bone-in hams, pre-sliced turkey breasts, and combination packages, using traditional smoking techniques and recipes developed by the founder. Products are sold direct-to-consumer through the smokedturkeys.com e-commerce website with nationwide refrigerated shipping to all 50 states, plus through phone orders and pickup at the company's two Arkansas restaurant locations — the original Lewisville diner (which also serves as the distribution center) and a second location in Little Rock's Heights neighborhood opened in 1977.

The business operates on a transactional, pay-as-you-go revenue model with no subscription component, pricing core products from $58.99 (bone-in turkey breast) to $160.99 (Traditional Combo). Customers are primarily individual consumers purchasing for family meals and holiday gatherings, supplemented by corporate gift buyers ordering for employee and client gifting, and walk-in diners at the two Arkansas restaurants. The product line is fully cooked and ready-to-serve, positioning Burge's as a convenience-oriented premium smoked-meat provider rather than a commodity producer.

The company remains privately held under family ownership with no disclosed external investment, M&A activity, or institutional involvement. It is recognized regionally through its 2018 induction into the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. Operations are lean (1-10 employees), and distribution is wholly owned — e-commerce, two restaurant/diner storefronts, and phone-order pickup — with no third-party retail or wholesale partners identified in the source data.

Name

Burge's Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams

Legal name

Burge's Hickory Smoked Turkeys & Hams

Website

https://smokedturkeys.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Burge's Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams is a family-owned Arkansas specialty food company founded in 1962 that sells hickory-smoked turkeys and hams direct-to-consumer via its website (shipping nationwide) and through two diner locations in Lewisville and Little Rock.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smoked Meat Products

NAICS

Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116), Poultry Processing (311615)

SIC

Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Poultry Cured/Smoked & Deli Products (Turkey Ham, Deli Slices, Bacon-Style) (AFANACAD), Deli Meats & Luncheon Meats (Sliced/Portioned Cold Cuts) (AFANAEAD)

Keywords

• Smoked turkey products
• Smoked ham products
• Holiday meat gifts
• Specialty meat products
• Hickory smoked meats

Headquarters

HQ city

Lewisville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Smoked Meat Products: Direct sales of hickory smoked turkeys, hams, and combination packages to individual consumers and corporate buyers through e-commerce website and phone orders. Products are shipped refrigerated/frozen to customers nationwide. Revenue is generated through one-time product transactions with no subscription component.
2. Restaurant Dining: Two Arkansas restaurant locations (Lewisville and Little Rock) offer dine-in and carry-out dining experiences with full menus, as well as refrigerated take-out foods. This provides recurring revenue from local customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Burge's Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams produces and sells fully cooked hickory-smoked whole turkeys, turkey breasts, and hams (spiral sliced, boneless sliced, and traditional bone-in) directly to consumers nationwide via its e-commerce site and to walk-in diners at its two Arkansas restaurants. The product line includes individual items and bundled combo packages (Traditional Combo and Spiral Feast) sized from small households to large gatherings, with all products shipped refrigerated/frozen or available for carry-out.

Product overview

Burge's Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams is a specialty food products company founded in 1962, offering hickory-smoked turkeys and hams available for online purchase and direct from their Arkansas distribution center, plus two restaurant locations. The product portfolio consists of individual smoked turkey products (whole smoked turkey, bone-in turkey breast, pre-sliced turkey breast) and ham products (spiral sliced ham in half or whole, sliced boneless ham, traditional bone-in ham), along with two combo packages (Traditional Combo and Spiral Feast) that bundle the most popular turkey and ham items together. All products are fully cooked and hickory smoked, designed for convenient serving at family meals or as holiday gifts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lewisville Diner: Restaurant location in Lewisville, Arkansas offering dining in, carry out, and smoked meat products.
• Little Rock Diner

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Harman's Country Smokehouse: Maryland smokehouse producing hams, bacon, and sausage with online mail-order sales. Comparable small-scale traditional smokehouse operating in DTC premium protein category.
• Nueske's Applewood Smoked Meats: Wisconsin producer specializing in applewood-smoked hams, bacons, and poultry sold via mail order and specialty retail. Directly comparable traditional-smoking process, premium pricing, and DTC-plus-omnichannel strategy.
• Burgers' Ozark Country Hams: Missouri-based smoked ham specialist with deep regional heritage and nationwide mail-order shipping. Directly comparable product mix (smoked hams), DTC model, and Arkansas-adjacent regional positioning.
• Crutchfield's BBQ: Texas-based mail-order BBQ and smoked meats business shipping nationwide. Comparable DTC shipping model targeting gift and occasion-based customers with traditional smoked meats.
• Broadbent's Country Hams: Kentucky-based producer of country hams and smoked meats sold direct-to-consumer via mail order. Closely comparable to Burge's as a heritage, family-run smoked-meat mail-order business targeting holiday and gift customers.
• Williams Smokehouse: Family-run Southern smokehouse shipping hams, turkeys, and BBQ nationwide. Directly comparable heritage positioning, product mix, and DTC mail-order fulfillment.

Broad incumbents

• HoneyBaked Ham: National glazed-ham brand with company-owned retail stores, e-commerce, and gifting programs. Comparable holiday/gift positioning for premium prepared hams, though at much greater scale and broader category scope.
• Omaha Steaks: Large national DTC premium meat brand shipping across all 50 states, including cooked/smoked items. Comparable direct-to-consumer shipping infrastructure and nationwide gifting customer base, though a much broader assortment.
• Smithfield Foods: Largest U.S. pork processor with broad ham and smoked-meat portfolio sold via retail and foodservice. Overlaps with Burge's in cured/smoked ham category, but at industrial scale with mass-market distribution.

Emerging players

• 4 Rivers Smokehouse: Florida-based BBQ restaurant group that has expanded into retail smoked meats and mail-order offerings. Comparable in smokehouse expertise and brand-forward positioning, though primarily a restaurant chain rather than a family mail-order heritage brand.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BurgesHickorySmokedTurkeysAndHams

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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