Eckrich TV Spot, 'You Do You: Mascots Share One Sausage' Featuring Kirk Herbstreit, Marty Smith.

Smithfield Foods Eckrich is a prepared meat brand owned by Smithfield Foods, a subsidiary of China's WH Group. Eckrich sells smoked sausages, cold cuts, hot dogs, corn dogs, Vienna sausages, breakfast sausages and bacon under the Eckrich brand name.

TV viewers also may know Witaske, who grew up in St. Charles and used to perform in Chicago at iO and Second City, from his Progressive Insurance commercials. He's one of the people taking advice from Dr. Rick on how to not become their parents.

Peter Eckrich arrived in America at the age of 17, eager to seek his fortune. In 1894, he opened a small meat market in Fort Wayne, Indiana. There he created many of the sausages he enjoyed growing up in Germany. Peter took great pride in his craft.

Ingredients. Pork, Mechanically Separated Chicken, Water, Corn Syrup, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Salt, Modified Food Starch, Flavorings, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Dextrose, Potassium Acetate, Potassium Lactate, Monosodium Glutamate, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite.

1,85 mChris Witaske / Height

Tim Williams (actor)

Located in Smithfield, Virginia, Smithfield was purchased by the Hong Kong-based WH Group for $4.7 billion in 2013. At the time, it was dubbed “the biggest Chinese takeover” of a U.S. corporation, one of the U.S.'s biggest producers of industrial meat.

Our company traces its history back to 1936, when Joseph W. Luter Sr. and his son, Joseph W. Luter Jr., opened the Smithfield Packing Company in Smithfield, Virginia.

Eckrich Smoked Sausage is Naturally Hardwood Smoked and crafted with just the right blend of spices for a truly rich, savory taste. Try our smoked sausage on the grill, in a favorite casserole or to give a delicious zing to mac n' cheese.

pork picnic shoulder To make a proper pork sausage, you should use a pork butt or pork picnic shoulder. Both come from the pig's shoulder area and naturally have the appropriate ratio of meat to fat.

53 years (22 September 1970)Chris Tallman / Age