McKinney True TX BBQ - BBQ Pitmaster - Full time

Responsibilities

• Cuts, slices, dices, chops, food for recipe preparation; preps in accordance with recipe specifications and SOPs
• Prepackages condiments (sauces, dressings) for prepared food items
• Completes tasks at assigned work station
• Affords assistance in multiple cooking venues
• Affords assistance in technical areas, and with catering orders, as needed
• Masters recipe preparation, including daily production to account for raw material variations and customer demand
• Prepares, packages, and plates fresh product
• Performs other duties as assigned

Food Safety / Sanitation

• Ensures compliance with department Store and standard operating procedures
• Properly handles / maintains temperature integrity of all ingredients, product, and equipment operation
• Maintains sanitation in food preparation areas
• Operates and maintains equipment safely
• Works as a team member to help ensure a safe, clean, productive operation

Qualifications & Key Requirements

• Age Requirement: 18+
• Work Experience: 1+ years of experience in commercial foodservice - Required
• Experience in food preparation and equipment - Required
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Culinary knowledge - Required, Understanding of nutritional values and ingredients - Required, Strong communication and interpersonal skills - Required, Reading and writing skills - Required, Technology skills - Required, Planning and organizing skills - Required, Culinary math skills for recipe conversion - Required, Ability to execute high-volume production - Required
• Education: HS Diploma or GED or equivalent - Required
• Licenses/Certifications: Culinary certification, or equivalent combination of culinary training / experience - Required

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Function in a fast-paced, retail environment
• Work extended hours and / or rotating schedules
• Safely maneuver around moving mechanical parts
• Constantly reach at waist, grasp
• Frequently be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic materials
• Frequently stand, walk
• Occasionally reach at overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, pivot twist, push / pull with arms, pinch, perform fine motor movements, shoulder circumduction
• Sometimes be exposed to wet, cold, ambient temperatures, and loud noise
• Frequently be exposed to heat
• Demonstrate the ability to lift 80 lbs, and manage in excess of 80 lbs with a team lift