Tatum, NM Temporary Commercial Kitchen Rental and Lease Options

Temporary modular kitchens are how Tatum facilities keep serving through a closure. A modular commercial kitchen rental brings the cooking line to the site, with kitchen setup for renovations planned around your schedule. If the work spills into Lovington, 22 miles from here, or into Hobbs, a kitchen rented here can be planned around both sites.

Sizing starts with how many meals you serve. The 38ft Mobile Kitchen and 24ft Mobile Kitchen suit different kitchen volumes, and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen adds capacity for larger operations; compare their equipment lists and power needs before you choose.

A kitchen is only half of food service. A dishwashing trailer such as the 38ft Low-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer (220V, single phase, 220A) handles trays, plates and pans so Tatum kitchens do not fall back on disposables. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Dexter, 61 miles from here, as it does here.

Refrigeration is an emergency. When a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down in Tatum, stock starts to warm immediately, so an emergency refrigerated trailer such as the 20ft MT Refrigerated Trailer gives product somewhere cold to go. In Portales, where Roosevelt County has 5 federal declarations on record, the call for emergency refrigeration begins the same way.

A typical January night in Lea County drops to 27°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 94°F, and the county gets about 15 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). January lows run about 5 degrees warmer than the average New Mexico county. Four distinct seasons mean the plan covers both ends: cold-weather water lines in winter and condenser airflow in summer.

Expect requests in Tatum from disaster-response teams, school districts, manufacturers and construction crews. A emergency commercial kitchen rental is a typical first conversation, followed by questions about power, water and placement. Artesia (about 12,550 residents) and Roswell (about 47,176 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 Lea County, 1 of them critical access: Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital and Nor-Lea Hospital District. Certified nursing care adds 3 homes and roughly 260 beds. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 38 public schools with about 15,143 students, in districts such as Hobbs, Lovington and Eunice.

• Disaster Response Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Food Service: feeding responders, crews and displaced staff after an incident
• School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: summer cafeteria renovations that run late
• Manufacturing Plant Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals: plant shutdowns and turnarounds that bring in extra contractors
• Construction Site Mobile Kitchen Rentals for Crews: remote sites with no restaurants within reasonable distance

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.

With about 712 residents (2024 estimate), Tatum ranks 73rd among 77 covered places in New Mexico. It covers about 1.6 square miles of Lea County. Lea County covers 4,392 square miles and has 5 places on this site, about 58,726 residents between them; the largest is Hobbs. Spread over that area, the estimate gives about 449 residents per square mile. Santa Fe, the New Mexico capital, is about 225 miles away in a straight line, which matters for state-level emergency coordination. The nearest larger place covered here is Lovington, about 22 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.

Facilities near Tatum often compare notes with neighbors. These places are close enough to plan together, measured in straight-line miles from Tatum, not driving distance.

• Lovington, NM: about 22 miles from Tatum, about 11,693 residents
• Hobbs, NM: about 37 miles from Tatum, about 41,061 residents
• Eunice, NM: about 57 miles from Tatum, about 3,068 residents
• Dexter, NM: about 61 miles from Tatum, about 1,055 residents
• Portales, NM: about 64 miles from Tatum, about 11,789 residents
• Artesia, NM: about 70 miles from Tatum, about 12,550 residents

Moving the job to Jal or Carlsbad changes the pad and the paperwork; the list below stays the same.

• Placement: pick a level spot with turning room, and keep fire lanes and entrances clear.
• Contacts: name the person who will meet the delivery and the person who will approve the setup.
• Approvals: the local health authority for Lea County decides what review a temporary kitchen needs, so ask first.

The site planning guides cover each of these items in more depth.

The nearest New Mexico counties to Tatum are Roosevelt County (54 miles), Chaves County (67 miles) and Eddy County (80 miles).

• Roosevelt County: about 54 miles from Tatum, 5 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
• Chaves County: about 67 miles from Tatum, 7 FEMA declarations since records began, 2 hospitals listed by CMS
• Eddy County: about 80 miles from Tatum, 9 FEMA declarations since records began, 2 hospitals listed by CMS

For a base camp the kitchen is the center of the day. Beside mobile kitchens in Tatum, a job can add laundry trailer rentals or shower and restroom combination trailer rentals; the 24ft Laundry Trailer and the 22ft Six-Stall Shower and Restroom Trailer are two examples. Rent only what the project needs.