Butcher Assistant

Mapleton, ND, USPart-timePosted May 26, 2026

Job description

Butcher's Assistant — Part-Time Whiskey Barrel Meats

  • Mapleton, ND Whiskey Barrel Meats is a boutique butcher shop and Smokehouse Lounge one block off I-94. Hand-cut meats, a self-pour tap wall, and a 1920s room that customers drive 200 miles to see. We are looking for one part-time Butcher's Assistant to keep the case full and the smokehouse running. This is hands-on work. You will learn the craft from the ground up — grinding, mixing, stuffing, smoking, cutting, and packaging — and you will be trusted with the product that carries our name.

What you'll do

  • Process and package house-made sausage, beef sticks, and smoked products start to finish: grind, mix, stuff, smoke, cut, vac-seal, label
  • Run and monitor the smoker, log cook and cooling temperatures for our HACCP records, and hold our food-safety standard without exception
  • Stock and rotate the retail cases and coolers, tag product, and manage freezer-to-floor flow by lot and date
  • Keep the work area, equipment, and walk-ins clean and orderly
  • Help customers at the counter during morning and weekend hours — and represent the shop the way it deserves What we're looking for
  • Reliable, on time, and steady under a busy Saturday counter
  • Comfortable on your feet, lifting up to 50 lbs,
  • Detail-oriented enough to follow a recipe and a temperature log to the letter
  • Butchery or kitchen experience welcome but not required. We train the right person. The details
  • Part-time, a variation of mornings and weekends. (approximately 10 hours per week)
  • Hourly, based on experience

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