Our Story
Four decades of family tradition. Real meat. Real people. No shortcuts.
Where It All Started
It started with Harry and Shirley Zick in Michigan, where a German sausage maker named Max Wolf passed down recipes and techniques that would define everything we make. Their son Gary learned the craft at age 12. Those same methods are still used today at Zick’s Specialty Meats. Four decades later, the recipes haven’t changed. The process hasn’t changed. The commitment to doing it right hasn’t changed.
The original butchers at Zick’s, including Gary Zick, at the family grocery store in Michigan
Zick’s Specialty Meats retail counter in Michigan, still serving the local community
Still Made the Same Way
Our products are still made by our family at Zick’s Specialty Meats in Michigan. Every batch is USDA approved with an inspector on-site every production day. No MSG. No fillers. No artificial nitrates. Just meat, spices, and real flavor hardwood smoked in small batches. We started Ranch Hand Provisions to bring those products to more people, without changing what made them great in the first place.
The Dickerson family behind Ranch Hand Provisions
This Isn’t a Brand Built in a Boardroom
Ranch Hand Provisions is a family business. We started this because we believed more people deserved access to snacks made the right way. Not the cheapest way. Not the fastest way. The right way. Every stick we sell, we feed to our own kids first.