City in Idaho
Ketchum, ID Temporary Commercial Kitchen Rental and Lease Options
A closed kitchen in Ketchum does not have to close meal service: we rent mobile commercial kitchens, with commercial dishwashing and emergency refrigerated trailers to back them up. The same team handles emergency feeding after an equipment failure and planned rentals for renovation or construction work. Short-term and long-term rentals run from one week to monthly terms. We rent to commercial and institutional customers such as nursing homes, manufacturers and construction crews. Delivery, placement and setup are planned with your site team, including power and water. Request availability and a quote for your project in Ketchum, ID, or in Sun Valley.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535
The trailer- Population (2024 est.)
- 3,609
- County
- Blaine County
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- FEMA declarations (county)
- 8
Mobile commercial kitchen rental in Ketchum
A mobile kitchen trailer rental in Ketchum 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 Sun Valley, 2 miles from here, or into Hailey, a kitchen rented here can be planned around both sites.
Match the trailer to the menu: the 38ft Mobile Kitchen for a focused cooking line, the 28ft Mobile Kitchen for more production room, and the 24ft Mobile Kitchen where bulk cooking or a walk-in cooler matters. Power requirements are shown on every page.
Dishwashing and emergency refrigeration in Ketchum
Dishwashing trailers cover the other half of the line for Ketchum facilities: low-temperature and high-temperature machines, push-through and conveyor styles, in several lengths. Start with the 38ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Shoshone, 52 miles from here, as it does here.
Refrigeration is an emergency. When a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down in Ketchum, stock starts to warm immediately, so an emergency refrigerated trailer such as the 20ft LT Refrigerated Trailer gives product somewhere cold to go. Gooding sits in Gooding County, which has 5 federal declarations on record; a walk-in that fails there starts the same clock on the stock inside.
NOAA's 1991 to 2020 county normals put the average January low in Blaine County at 13°F and the average July high at 82°F, with about 18 inches of precipitation a year. January lows run about 5 degrees colder than the average Idaho county. With nights that cold, a kitchen trailer needs heated or insulated water lines, and a refrigerated trailer should not be asked to hold product warm against freezing air.
What shapes kitchen rentals in Ketchum, ID
What past disasters mean for kitchens in Ketchum
Federal records show Blaine County designated in 8 declarations since 1964, led by wildfire (4 declarations) and flooding (2 declarations). If you plan across towns, check the page for Sun Valley as well; its own declaration history is listed there.
The most recent is Ross Fork Fire (fire management assistance declaration, FM-5452), declared September 5, 2022. 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 Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4333), declared August 27, 2017. By incident type, the count is wildfire 4, flooding 2, hurricane 1 and drought 1. By decade: 1960s 1, 1970s 1, 2000s 3, 2010s 2 and 2020s 1. Earlier declarations include Beaver Creek Fire (FM-5045, August 15, 2013), Castle Rock Fire (FM-2724, August 28, 2007), Hurricane Katrina (EM-3244, September 13, 2005), Wildfires (DR-1341, September 1, 2000) and Drought (EM-3040, May 5, 1977).
Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 43 county-based event records for Blaine County; high-wind and thunderstorm events account for 26 of them, flood events for 17. The costliest event with a reported dollar figure was a flood in May 2017, with about $10 million in property damage. Storm winds mean outages measured in days in some places, so the generator question belongs in the plan from the start.
The National Interagency Fire Center maps 5 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more that started in Blaine County since 2016, together covering about 17,240 acres. The largest was the Glendale Fire fire in 2024, at 7,543 acres. After a fire, inspections, smoke cleanup and power restoration decide when a kitchen reopens, and the meals have to come from somewhere in between.
FEMA declarations apply to designated areas and do not say which individual buildings were affected.
Infrastructure work around Ketchum
USASpending.gov shows no federal construction contract of $500,000 or more with Blaine County as the place of work since October 2021. The nearest is in Lincoln County, about 30 miles away. In September 2025, the Department of the Interior awarded a $11 million contract for “Shoshone Wildland Fire Operations and Field Office” in Lincoln County, with work running to January 2028 (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 job in Hailey (about 9,976 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.
Renovation projects that close kitchens in Ketchum
When school cafeterias, senior centers and municipal buildings in Ketchum are remodeled, food service rarely stops for the project. A temporary kitchen on a long-term lease is the usual way to keep it running. Whoever remodels in Bellevue starts from the same two questions: when does the kitchen close, and what feeds people until it reopens?
Treat this as a planning example, not a record of past work.
Emergency access and staging near Ketchum
In Idaho, the Idaho Office of Emergency Management (IOEM) 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. For work in Shoshone, look to the agencies covering Lincoln County rather than assuming the same routes.
The nearest hospital in CMS's list is ST Luke'S Wood River Medical Center, a critical access hospital, in Ketchum itself.
Pricing a mobile kitchen for Ketchum
A quote for Ketchum is built from the trailer you choose, the length of the rental, delivery distance and the setup the site needs. Starting points: the 40ft Mobile Kitchen from $9,995, the 40ft Bulk Kitchen from $10,995 and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995. Prices may vary. A kitchen for Gooding, 55 miles from here, is built from the same quote, with delivery adjusted for the address.
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.
Customers we support in Ketchum, ID
Kitchen requests in Ketchum tend to fall into a few groups: nursing homes, manufacturers, construction crews and golf clubs. Our industry pages explain what each group usually needs and how a rental is planned around it. Care homes in Wendell and school kitchens in Jerome, places of about 3,032 residents and about 13,481 residents, lose their lines for different reasons, but the rental that answers them is the same.
CMS lists one hospital in Blaine County: ST Luke'S Wood River Medical Center, a critical access hospital. The county also has 1 nursing home certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 32 beds. Public schools here number 9, enrolling about 3,343 students, with Blaine County District and Syringa Mountain School Inc among the larger districts (NCES).
- Nursing Home and Assisted Living Kitchen Rentals: a need for emergency cold storage when a walk-in cooler fails
- Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: plant shutdowns and turnarounds that bring in extra contractors
- Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: shift work that needs meals at odd hours
- Golf Course and Country Club Kitchen Trailer Rentals: member dining and event service that continue during construction
Ketchum by the numbers
Census estimates put Ketchum at 3,609 people in 2024, 44th of 128 Idaho places covered here. The city spans roughly 3.2 square miles in Blaine County. Across Blaine County's 2,638 square miles, 5 places are covered here, together about 18,641 residents, with Hailey the largest. Spread over that area, the estimate gives about 1,125 residents per square mile. Boise City, the Idaho capital, is about 93 miles away in a straight line, which matters for state-level emergency coordination. Hailey is the closest larger covered place, roughly 13 straight-line miles from Ketchum.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.
Site checklist for Ketchum
Moving the job to Glenns Ferry or Mountain Home changes the pad and the paperwork; the list below stays the same.
- Potable water: kitchens and dishwashing trailers need a clean supply close to where they sit.
- Placement: pick a level spot with turning room, and keep fire lanes and entrances clear.
- Supplies: mark a drop point for food and paper goods that keeps carts away from utility lines.
The site planning guides cover each of these items in more depth.
Other places near Ketchum we rent to
Crews and facilities working around Ketchum also look at the nearby places below. Distances are straight-line estimates between the places, not driving routes.
- Sun Valley, ID: about 2 miles from Ketchum, about 1,771 residents
- Hailey, ID: about 13 miles from Ketchum, about 9,976 residents
- Bellevue, ID: about 16 miles from Ketchum, about 2,582 residents
- Shoshone, ID: about 52 miles from Ketchum, about 1,757 residents
- Gooding, ID: about 55 miles from Ketchum, about 3,825 residents
- Wendell, ID: about 65 miles from Ketchum, about 3,032 residents
Ketchum and the counties next door
The nearest Idaho counties to Ketchum are Camas County (24 miles), Custer County (41 miles) and Lincoln County (49 miles).
- Camas County: about 24 miles from Ketchum, 6 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
- Custer County: about 41 miles from Ketchum, 5 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
- Lincoln County: about 49 miles from Ketchum, 5 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
Add only the facilities the site needs
For a base camp the kitchen is the center of the day. Beside mobile kitchens in Ketchum, a job can add laundry trailer rentals or remote workforce housing with multi-use crew support trailers; the 24ft Laundry Trailer and the Office, Sleeper, Shower and Restroom Trailer are two examples. Rent only what the project needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What power does a kitchen trailer need in Ketchum?
Kitchen trailers on our list run on 220V single phase, from 200A on the 24ft and 28ft models to 200 to 220A on the larger ones. Dishwashing trailers range from 150A to 300A depending on the model, and the 30ft conveyor unit is listed on three-phase power. Check the model page before you confirm the site.
How do I get emergency refrigeration in Ketchum?
Call the 24-hour line and describe the failure, your address and the product you need to protect. Emergency refrigerated trailers are 20ft units listed at 32°F, 15°F and -5°F and need a 220V single-phase supply rated 40 to 60A. Availability depends on the unit and your location.
Can you rent dishwashing as well as a kitchen in Ketchum?
Yes. Dishwashing trailers range from a compact push-through low-temperature unit to 38ft conveyor trailers in low-temperature and high-temperature versions. They can be rented with a kitchen or on their own.
Can I rent a mobile kitchen in Ketchum for a renovation?
Yes. Mobile commercial kitchens are rented to facilities in Ketchum and Blaine County for renovations, repairs and emergencies. Rental terms run from one week to monthly, including long-term leasing. Tell us your start date, meals per day and the utilities on site, and we will help match a model.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
A temporary kitchen is only useful if it fits the site, the power and the menu. That is why mobile commercial kitchen rentals for Ketchum start with questions about your operation, not just a trailer size.
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Accelerated Deployment
Gathering utility and access details up front removes the common causes of setup delays.
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24/7 Emergency Service
Emergency calls are taken around the clock, so a failure at midnight is not left until morning.
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End-to-End Project Support
Questions about permits, water, power and wastewater are part of the conversation, not an afterthought.
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Flexible Rental Solutions
Kitchens, dishwashing and refrigeration can be rented together or separately as the project changes.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Trailer kitchens carry the same classes of equipment used in permanent commercial kitchens.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Trailer length, turning room and access are checked against your site before anything is scheduled.
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.
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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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