Burger Boys, LLP to open in Malta

Burger Boys, LLP is a small butcher shop owned by Jory Schipman, Katherine Schipman, and Matthew "Shane" Anderson, all of Malta, that focuses on providing local cattle ranchers with an outlet for their beef. They specialize in hamburger processing and custom smoked meat products.

Every business has to start somewhere, and for Burger Boys, it all started with a cold beer and a bright idea. A couple of years ago, Shane was telling Jory about an injured bull of his that was in pretty tough shape. Unsure what to do with it, he and Jory devised a plan, and decided to turn that bull into burger and fill their freezers with it.

The plan was missing only a couple of key ingredients. They needed a cooler to hang the bull in for a few days, and a meat grinder to turn it into burger. Jory contacted his good friend Joe Holt with River Bend Ice and got permission to hang the beef in his walk-in cooler. Not thinking that his wife Katherine's Kitchen Aid attachment would be sufficient enough to grind the meat, Jory decided to try and replicate an old grinder that his uncle had put together many years ago for processing wild game. Jory remembers that thing working like a champ!

The spirit of innovation took over, and Jory took an old hand crank meat grinder and converted it to electric. He and Katherine put their engineering skills together and built a true masterpiece. Jory mounted the pulleys, and Katherine wired in the electric motor. It was truly a thing of beauty! The following weekend the plan turned into action when the three of them went out to take care of the bull and hung it in the cooler. After about a week of hanging, it was time to put that grinder to work.

They recruited quite the crew to come help with the processing of the animal. With all the cutters, grinders, and packagers all lined up to help, they realized that they could only go as fast as the new grinder would grind. It was an extremely long process, "almost worse than watching paint dry," Jory said. For every hour of grinding, they needed at least two hours of downtime for their newly assembled meat grinder to cool. The process took longer than any of them would've ever thought, but the mission was finally accomplished.

As fast as word travels in a small town, they began receiving phone calls referring to them as the "Burger Boys", and inquiring about their services. Not realizing that there was such a demand for this particular service, the three of them decided to pursue it and make a business out of it. It took a lot of time and hard work to acquire the proper equipment and to go through all the proper channels, but they finally got it done. Burger Boys, LLP is now officially open for business, and they look forward to serving the community. You can reach the Burger Boys by phone at (406) 654-7097 or (406) 654-7087.