Butcher Assistant

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