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Air-dried, thick-cut biltong made with Texas beef — zero sugar, seriously high protein.

Buy biltong online from an Austin brand, craft-made in South Carolina — beef cured in vinegar and air-dried for days until it slices like steak. No MSG, no artificial additives, none of that gas-station leather. Ships from our kitchen in South Carolina. $15 flat shipping anywhere in the USA, free on orders over $250. Tracking by email.

Two to start with: The Classic, traditional air-dried beef biltong, or Chilli Bites, our spicy meat sticks. Droëwors follows. Never had it before? Here's what biltong is (and why it isn't jerky).

We're not open yet — the only early buy is the $100 Founding 50 first-batch founder box (50 spots, ships from Batch One at launch). Made in South Carolina by a USDA-inspected producer — the bag reads "Billi Tong's Biltong — manufactured by Backcountry Beef".

Buying biltong in the USA: quick answers

Where do you ship? Anywhere in the USA, from our kitchen in South Carolina. $15 flat, free on orders over $250, tracking by email. We don't ship outside the USA yet.

Can you order biltong from South Africa instead? No. Biltong can't be imported into the US, which is why every bag sold here is made here. The rule and the reasons are in why is biltong illegal in the US? and how to buy biltong in the USA.

Is it cooked? Never. Biltong is cured in vinegar and salt and dried in moving air for days. That's the whole difference from jerky: biltong vs jerky.

How much does biltong cost, and why? Prices are on each product page. Biltong loses about half its weight in water while it dries, so a pound of finished biltong started as roughly two pounds of beef; why biltong costs what it does.

What's the difference between biltong, chilli bites and droëwors? Biltong is sliced whole-muscle beef; chilli bites are the spicy stick version; droëwors is a coriander-spiced dried sausage. The South African meat sticks guide covers all three.

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