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The Opportunity

Slows Bar BQ Ann Arbor is now interviewing experienced Line Cooks to join our new location at 207 E Washington. It is your job to make sure that our guests receive the consistent, high quality food that we have built our business on. You will become a part of the team serving some of the best food in Michigan. This is a great opportunity for eager and experienced, highly organized professionals.

Responsibilities:

+ Executes customer orders quickly and efficiently providing consistently excellent quality in all meals served.

+ Properly measures and portions all food items according to standards.

+ Complies with all rules, policies and procedures.

+ Work with the kitchen team in preparing, cooking, and storing food, as well as in maintaining kitchen and storage facilities in sanitary condition.

+ Utilizes kitchen equipment to prepare food items such as: knives, slicers, whips, pots, pans, warmers, steamers, grills, ovens, etc.

+ Ensures and records proper food temperatures.

+ Ensures all food is stored correctly.

+ Ensures freshness and quality of all menu items and packages all products to proper specifications. Completes line check procedure for each shift worked.

+ Performs opening, closing and side work duties as instructed and according to proper guidelines.

+ Keeps workstation, coolers and equipment clean, organized, sanitized, and sufficiently stocked. Communicates with Kitchen management about stock needs.

+ Follows and upholds all health codes and sanitation regulations.

+ Uses waste control guidelines and records all waste on the Waste Sheet.

+ Completes end of shift Hot Count inventory and other opening/closing duties in accordance with company checklists and procedures.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

+ Minimum of 1 year previous experience in a back-of-the-house foodservice position preferred.

+ Participation in a culinary program is preferred.

+ ServSafe certification is preferred.

+ Ability to read and comprehend prep sheets and recipes.

+ Basic math skills; ability to understand, calculate and follow recipe measurements and proportions.

Physical Requirements

+ Ability to chop, mix, blend, whip etc. a variety of foods and liquids.

+ Ability to lift and carry large pans from ovens or freezers, weighing up to 50 lbs.

+ Ability to handle or operate dangerous kitchen equipment.

+ Standing and walking for the entire length of shift.

+ Frequently required to reach up to 6-7 feet, twist at waist, bending and squatting

+ Pushing and pulling occasionally, to move equipment, mops and brooms.

+ Kitchen environment - noise levels may be moderate-to-high.

+ Works frequently in a hot and damp environment.

Requirements

Qualifications

+ Minimum of 1 year previous experience in a back-of-the-house foodservice position preferred.

+ Participation in a culinary program is preferred.

+ ServSafe certification is preferred.

+ Ability to read and comprehend prep sheets and recipes.

+ Basic math skills; ability to understand, calculate and follow recipe measurements and proportions.

+ Clean driving record preferred

Physical Requirements

+ Ability to chop, mix, blend, whip etc. a variety of foods and liquids.

+ Ability to lift and carry large pans from ovens or freezers, weighing up to 50 lbs.

+ Ability to handle or operate dangerous kitchen equipment.

+ Standing and walking for the entire length of shift.

+ Frequently required to reach up to 6-7 feet, twist at waist, bending and squatting

+ Pushing and pulling occasionally, to move equipment, mops and brooms.

+ Kitchen environment - noise levels may be moderate-to-high.

+ Works frequently in a hot and damp environment.

Benefits

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule and opportunity for advancement.

• Medical and Dental available to full-time employees