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Rangely, CO Mobile Commercial Kitchen Trailer Rentals
For Rangely, CO, we rent mobile commercial kitchens, backed by dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigeration for when a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down. The same team handles emergency food service after an equipment failure and planned rentals for renovation or construction work. Short-term, monthly and long-term rental terms are matched to the repair or the project. Customers include manufacturers, disaster-response teams and nursing homes. Delivery, placement and setup are planned with your site team, including power and water. Call or request a quote to check availability for your Rangely project, or one in Meeker.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535

The trailer- Population (2024 est.)
- 2,289
- County
- Rio Blanco County
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- FEMA declarations (county)
- 5
Kitchen trailers for rent in Rangely, CO
A mobile kitchen trailer rental in Rangely is one of the quickest temporary commercial kitchen solutions: a fully equipped mobile kitchen on a pad, ready to connect to power and water. If the work spills into Meeker, 47 miles from here, or into Parachute, a kitchen rented here can be planned around both sites.
Common choices include the 28ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A), the 24ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200A) and the 38ft Mobile Kitchen (220V, single phase, 200 to 220A). Each model page lists the equipment and the electrical service.
Dishwashing and emergency refrigeration in Rangely
Warewashing is easy to overlook until the dish room is the thing that is down. Dishwashing trailers like the 30ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer and the 22 to 26ft Low-Temp Dishwashing Trailer can be rented with a kitchen or on their own for Rangely sites. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Rifle, 66 miles from here, as it does here.
A failed walk-in freezer is a race against thawing. Call the 24-hour line for an emergency refrigerated trailer; the 20ft LT Refrigerated Trailer lists 220V, single phase, 40 to 60A and a standard receptacle. Grand Junction sits in Mesa County, which has 6 federal declarations on record; a walk-in that fails there starts the same clock on the stock inside.
A typical January night in Rio Blanco County drops to 13°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 83°F, and the county gets about 19 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). Hard freezes are routine, so the water hookup is planned with heat tape or an insulated hose, and wastewater lines are kept from freezing between uses.
Who rents kitchen trailers in Rangely
Kitchen requests in Rangely tend to fall into a few groups: manufacturers, disaster-response teams, nursing homes and municipal agencies. Our industry pages explain what each group usually needs and how a rental is planned around it. Silt (about 3,727 residents) and Craig (about 8,903 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services counts 2 hospitals in Rio Blanco County, all critical access: Eastern Rio Blanco County Health Service District and Rangely District Hospital. The county also has 1 nursing home certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 30 beds. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 5 public schools with about 1,222 students, in districts such as Meeker School District Re1 and Rangely School District Re4.
- Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: three-phase power at the plant matched to the equipment
- Disaster Response Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Food Service: feeding responders, crews and displaced staff after an incident
- Nursing Home and Assisted Living Kitchen Rentals: kitchen upgrades or code corrections that take the line out of service
- Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: emergency operations centers that need to feed responders
Local conditions and rental planning in Rangely
Past emergencies and recovery needs in Rangely
OpenFEMA lists 5 disaster declarations that include Rio Blanco County, going back to 1984. The most frequent incident types were wildfire (3 declarations) and coastal storm (1 declaration). Meeker has its own page with its county's federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.
The most recent is Lee Fire (fire management assistance declaration, FM-5603), declared August 6, 2025, with the incident beginning August 2, 2025. Wildfire response brings long shifts for responders and rebuilding crews, and smoke or utility loss can take permanent kitchens out of service. The latest major disaster declaration is Wildfires (DR-1421), declared June 19, 2002. By incident type, the count is wildfire 3, coastal storm 1 and flooding 1. By decade: 1980s 1, 2000s 2 and 2020s 2. The records also list Elk Fire (FM-5604, August 6, 2025), Hurricane Katrina Evacuation (EM-3224, September 5, 2005) and Severe Storms, Mudslides, Landslides & Flooding (DR-719, July 27, 1984).
Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 48 county-based event records for Rio Blanco County; flood events account for 27 of them, high-wind and thunderstorm events for 21. The costliest event with a reported dollar figure was a flash flood in July 2019, with about $200,000 in property damage. Flooding fouls kitchen equipment and drainage first, and a kitchen cannot reopen until it has been cleaned and inspected.
The National Interagency Fire Center maps 7 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more that started in Rio Blanco County since 2016, together covering about 163,333 acres. The largest was the Lee fire in 2025, at 137,758 acres. Smoke, evacuations and power shutoffs can close kitchens and spoil stock even when the flames never reach the building.
Declarations are federal designations for an area, not a record of damage at a particular site.
Infrastructure work around Rangely
USASpending.gov shows no federal construction contract of $500,000 or more with Rio Blanco County as the place of work since October 2021. The nearest is in Garfield County, about 30 miles away. The Department of Agriculture committed $995,000 to “East Beaver Yellow Jacket Road Work” in Garfield County, awarded April 2026 (award record). A contract of that size means a crew that eats on site: hot food for many people on odd shifts, with water and wastewater to plan for the kitchen. A project in Parachute, about 1,362 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.
Rebuilds and remodels around Rangely
A remodel of school kitchens, community halls and care facilities near Rangely is a typical reason to lease a kitchen trailer. The planning questions are the same each time: meals per day, available power, and when the permanent kitchen is due back. Whoever remodels in Fruita starts from the same two questions: when does the kitchen close, and what feeds people until it reopens?
This is a planning example, not a past customer.
Emergency access and staging near Rangely
In Colorado, the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) works with counties on emergency operations. Official staging areas and the roads that connect them to local emergency-management hubs are published by those agencies and should be checked there. Staging and access details differ again in Rifle, in Garfield County, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.
The nearest hospital in CMS's list is Rangely District Hospital, a critical access hospital, in Rangely itself.
What a kitchen rental costs in Rangely
There is no single price for every job in Rangely. Equipment, rental term, delivery and site conditions all change it. As a guide, prices start at the 40ft Mobile Kitchen from $9,995, the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995 and the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995, and they may vary. Grand Junction is quoted on the same factors, but at 70 miles away a different address can change delivery and setup terms.
Starting prices are guides, and prices may vary with location, rental length, delivery, setup and utilities. A written quote states the equipment, the rental period and what is included.
Sources: OpenFEMA (retrieved October 30, 2026); NOAA Storm Events, NIFC fire perimeters, NOAA nClimDiv normals, CMS provider data and NCES school data (retrieved October 31, 2026). Public records for an area or a project, not damage reports or work we did.
Rangely by the numbers
Rangely is the 114th most populous of the 194 Colorado places this site covers, with an estimated 2,289 residents in 2024. It covers about 4.4 square miles of Rio Blanco County. Rio Blanco County covers 3,221 square miles and has 2 places on this site, about 4,679 residents between them; the largest is Meeker. That works out to about 522 residents per square mile. In a straight line, Rangely sits about 208 miles from Denver, the capital of Colorado. The nearest larger place covered here is Meeker, about 47 miles away in a straight line.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.
Other places near Rangely we rent to
Crews and facilities working around Rangely also look at the nearby places below. Distances are straight-line estimates between the places, not driving routes.
- Meeker, CO: about 47 miles from Rangely, about 2,390 residents
- Parachute, CO: about 59 miles from Rangely, about 1,362 residents
- Fruita, CO: about 64 miles from Rangely, about 13,912 residents
- Rifle, CO: about 66 miles from Rangely, about 10,663 residents
- Grand Junction, CO: about 70 miles from Rangely, about 70,554 residents
- Silt, CO: about 71 miles from Rangely, about 3,727 residents
Before the trailer arrives in Rangely
Sites near Palisade and New Castle start from this same list, then adjust for their own pad, power and permits.
- Placement: pick a level spot with turning room, and keep fire lanes and entrances clear.
- Food deliveries: plan where suppliers will unload so they do not block the trailer door.
- Approvals: the local health authority for Rio Blanco County decides what review a temporary kitchen needs, so ask first.
See the site planning guides for power, water, wastewater and placement detail.
Neighboring counties near Rangely
The nearest Colorado counties to Rangely are Moffat County (47 miles), Garfield County (57 miles) and Mesa County (76 miles).
- Moffat County: about 47 miles from Rangely, 4 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Garfield County: about 57 miles from Rangely, 10 FEMA declarations since records began, 2 hospitals listed by CMS
- Mesa County: about 76 miles from Rangely, 6 FEMA declarations since records began, 4 hospitals listed by CMS
Add only the facilities the site needs
Plan the kitchen first; everything else is sized around mobile kitchens in Rangely. Crews on a long or remote job can add restroom trailer rentals, such as the Standalone Restroom Trailer, or remote workforce housing with multi-use crew support trailers, such as the Office, Sleeper, Shower and Restroom Trailer. Each model page lists its equipment and power, and we quote them on request.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I prepare before delivery in Rangely?
A level pad, a clear approach for the trailer, the right electrical service, potable water, a wastewater route and a contact to meet the delivery. Our site planning guides walk through each item.
How long can I keep a kitchen trailer in Rangely?
Rental periods start at one week and run by the month. A short outage may need one or two weeks; a renovation can lease a kitchen for many months. Ask about long-term leasing when you request a quote.
Does a temporary kitchen in Rangely need a health permit?
The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and requirements differ by jurisdiction. Rio Blanco County environmental health or the Colorado health department can tell you what applies. We can supply equipment lists to support the review.
Who rents mobile kitchens near Rangely?
Commercial, institutional and public customers: manufacturers, disaster-response teams, nursing homes and municipal agencies. We do not rent to households.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Facilities around Rangely rely on mobile commercial kitchen rentals when renovation, construction or equipment failure interrupts normal operations. Reliable equipment and clear coordination are what make that stop-gap work.
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Accelerated Deployment
Planning the pad, power and water before delivery helps mobile commercial kitchen rentals go into service soon after they reach the site.
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24/7 Emergency Service
The line is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for emergency rental requests and project questions.
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End-to-End Project Support
From the first quote to placement, utility hookup guidance and pickup, one team stays on your project.
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Flexible Rental Solutions
Weekly and monthly terms let you match the rental period to the repair, project or season.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Commercial-grade cooking, warewashing and cold storage equipment stands up to long service days.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Delivery routing, placement and pickup are coordinated with your facility contacts.
Why clients trust usWhat we can confirm
- Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergency and planned rental requests.
- Rentals are for commercial and industrial customers: hospitals, schools, institutions, hotels, contractors and public agencies.
- Equipment and electrical requirements are listed on each model page, so you can check them against your site.
- Delivery, setup and pickup are coordinated with your facility team, with guidance on power, water and wastewater.
Open 24/7 for emergencies
Start Your Rental Inquiry
Tell us the project location, the equipment you need, how long you need it and what is on site, and we will help match a trailer to the job. Emergencies and planned rentals both start here, or call the line any hour.
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