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Culbertson, MT Mobile Commercial Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Cold Storage
For Culbertson, MT, we rent mobile commercial kitchens, backed by dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigeration for when a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down. Emergency feeding for breakdowns, fires and floods is available alongside planned renovation and construction rentals. Terms run from a week to a season: short-term for outages, long-term leases for renovations. Disaster-response teams, construction crews and nursing homes are among the customers we rent to. Delivery, placement and setup are planned with your site team, including power and water. Request availability and a quote for your project in Culbertson, MT, or in Sidney.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535

- Population (2024 est.)
- 706
- County
- Roosevelt County
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- FEMA declarations (county)
- 6
Kitchen trailers for rent in Culbertson, MT
A mobile kitchen trailer rental in Culbertson 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 Sidney, 34 miles from here, or into Plentywood, a kitchen rented here can be planned around both sites.
Match the trailer to the menu: the 28ft Mobile Kitchen for a focused cooking line, the 38ft 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.
Culbertson by the numbers
Census estimates put Culbertson at 706 people in 2024, 71st of 81 Montana places covered here. It covers about 1.1 square miles of Roosevelt County. Roosevelt County covers 2,355 square miles and has 3 places on this site, about 3,950 residents between them; the largest is Wolf Point. That works out to about 633 residents per square mile. In a straight line, Culbertson sits about 367 miles from Helena, the capital of Montana. The nearest larger place covered here is Sidney, about 34 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.
Culbertson: emergencies, projects, access and costs
What past disasters mean for kitchens in Culbertson
Federal records show Roosevelt County designated in 6 declarations since 1997, led by severe storms (3 declarations) and flooding (1 declaration). Sidney has its own page, and its county, Richland County, lists 6 federal declarations, which helps when a project spans both.
The most recent is Flooding (major disaster declaration, DR-4726), declared August 12, 2023, with the incident beginning April 10, 2023. Flooding tends to knock out power and drainage first, leaving kitchens unable to cook or keep food cold even when the building is standing. By incident type, the count is severe storms 3, flooding 1, declared incident 1 and hurricane 1. By decade: 1990s 1, 2000s 2, 2010s 1 and 2020s 2. Earlier declarations include Straight-Line Winds (DR-4608, August 13, 2021), Severe Storms and Flooding (DR-1996, June 17, 2011), Hurricane Katrina Evacuation (EM-3253, September 13, 2005), Severe Winter Storms (DR-1350, December 6, 2000) and Severe Storms,Ice Jams, Snow Melt, Flooding (DR-1183, July 25, 1997).
Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 124 county-based event records for Roosevelt County; high-wind and thunderstorm events account for 109 of them, flood events for 15. The costliest event with a reported dollar figure was a thunderstorm wind in June 2016, with about $860,000 in property damage. Wind events bring down lines and trees, and a kitchen that loses power cannot keep stock cold for more than a few hours.
Roosevelt County is the origin of 2 mapped wildfires of 1,000 acres or more since 2016, adding up to roughly 6,153 acres, according to NIFC. The biggest, Blister, burned 3,500 acres in 2022. A fire that never touches a kitchen can still close it: evacuation orders, smoke and utility shutoffs come first.
FEMA declarations apply to designated areas and do not say which individual buildings were affected.
Major construction near Culbertson
USASpending.gov shows no federal construction contract of $500,000 or more with Roosevelt County as the place of work since October 2021. The nearest is in Richland County, about 40 miles away. The Department of Agriculture committed $1.2 million to “Roof Replacement, Building #18, Asset # 543600b018” in Richland County, awarded September 2022 (award record). Work like this puts crews on a site for months, often far from a restaurant, and the meals become a logistics question before the first shift starts. A project in Plentywood, about 1,626 residents, would face the same phasing questions about gates, haul roads and pad space.
Renovation projects that close kitchens in Culbertson
Building work on record nearby: In September 2022, the Department of Agriculture awarded a $1.2 million contract for “Roof Replacement, Building #18, Asset # 543600b018” in Richland County, with work running to October 2023 (award record). Renovations like this are the usual reason an institution leases a mobile kitchen, because the permanent one cannot run while the work is under way. Whoever remodels in Wolf Point starts from the same two questions: when does the kitchen close, and what feeds people until it reopens?
Emergency access and staging near Culbertson
Public emergency operations in Montana are coordinated by the Montana Disaster and Emergency Services (DES), with county emergency managers handling local response. Staging areas and access routes for disaster response are published by those agencies and can change, so this page does not draw a route. Staging and access details differ again in Glendive, in Dawson County, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.
By CMS's hospital list, the closest to Culbertson is Roosevelt Medical Center, a critical access hospital, in Culbertson itself.
What a kitchen rental costs in Culbertson
A quote for Culbertson is built from the trailer you choose, the length of the rental, delivery distance and the setup the site needs. Starting points: the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995, the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995 and the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen from $9,995. Prices may vary. Glasgow is quoted on the same factors, but at 98 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, NCES school data and USASpending.gov (retrieved October 31, 2026). Public records for an area or a project, not damage reports or work we did.
Dishwashing trailers and cold storage for Culbertson
If the dish room is closed too, add a warewashing trailer. The 38ft Low-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer needs 220V, single phase, 220A; plan a drain route sized for continuous washing. Glendive, 72 miles away, has the same problem when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.
Emergency refrigeration for Culbertson means cold storage that arrives as a trailer. The 20ft MT Refrigerated Trailer is one of three 20ft temperature configurations, subject to availability for your location. Glasgow sits in Valley County, which has 11 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 Roosevelt County at 2°F and the average July high at 84°F, with about 14 inches of precipitation a year. January lows run about 10 degrees colder than the average Montana county. 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.
Customers we support in Culbertson, MT
Expect requests in Culbertson from disaster-response teams, construction crews, nursing homes and municipal agencies. A emergency commercial kitchen rental is a typical first conversation, followed by questions about power, water and placement. Baker (about 1,767 residents) and Miles City (about 8,407 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 3 hospitals in Roosevelt County, all critical access: Poplar Community Hospital, Roosevelt Medical Center and Trinity Hospital. The county also has 1 nursing home certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 60 beds. Public schools here number 22, enrolling about 2,369 students, with Poplar Elem, Wolf Point Elem and Poplar H S among the larger districts (NCES).
- Disaster Response Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Food Service: dishwashing capacity where utilities are limited
- Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: remote sites with no restaurants within reasonable distance
- 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
Other places near Culbertson we rent to
A shared kitchen need can span several communities. The nearest places to Culbertson are listed with their straight-line distance; road distance and delivery time will differ.
- Sidney, MT: about 34 miles from Culbertson, about 6,031 residents
- Plentywood, MT: about 44 miles from Culbertson, about 1,626 residents
- Wolf Point, MT: about 52 miles from Culbertson, about 2,522 residents
- Glendive, MT: about 72 miles from Culbertson, about 4,760 residents
- Glasgow, MT: about 98 miles from Culbertson, about 3,169 residents
- Baker, MT: about 124 miles from Culbertson, about 1,767 residents
Before the trailer arrives in Culbertson
Sites near Malta and Forsyth start from this same list, then adjust for their own pad, power and permits.
- Health review: ask Roosevelt County environmental health or the local authority what a temporary kitchen needs to be approved.
- Supplies: mark a drop point for food and paper goods that keeps carts away from utility lines.
- Power: check the panel and service against the trailer's listed requirement before anything is scheduled.
Read the site planning section before you fix a delivery date.
Culbertson and the counties next door
The nearest Montana counties to Culbertson are Richland County (25 miles), Sheridan County (39 miles) and Dawson County (63 miles).
- Richland County: about 25 miles from Culbertson, 6 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Sheridan County: about 39 miles from Culbertson, 4 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Dawson County: about 63 miles from Culbertson, 8 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
When the project needs more than a kitchen
Plan the kitchen first; everything else is sized around mobile kitchens in Culbertson. Crews on a long or remote job can add bunk bed sleeper trailer rentals, such as the 20ft Contractor Accommodation Unit, or laundry trailer rentals, such as the 24ft Laundry Trailer. Each model page lists its equipment and power, and we quote them on request.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long can I keep a kitchen trailer in Culbertson?
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.
How do I get emergency refrigeration in Culbertson?
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.
Does a temporary kitchen in Culbertson need a health permit?
The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and requirements differ by jurisdiction. Roosevelt County environmental health or the Montana health department can tell you what applies. We can supply equipment lists to support the review.
Can I rent a mobile kitchen in Culbertson for a renovation?
Yes. Mobile commercial kitchens are rented to facilities in Culbertson and Roosevelt 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
Facilities around Culbertson 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
A clear site checklist means mobile commercial kitchen rentals are ready to cook, wash or chill sooner once they are placed.
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24/7 Emergency Service
Emergency and planned requests can both be started at any time of day or night.
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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
Weekly and monthly terms let you match the rental period to the repair, project or season.
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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
Coordination covers who needs to be on site, what needs to be ready and when the unit is collected.
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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