City in Utah
Draper, UT Mobile Commercial Kitchen Rentals and Emergency Cold Storage
For Draper, UT, we rent mobile commercial kitchens, backed by dishwashing trailers and emergency refrigeration for when a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down. Use us for temporary food service during sudden outages as well as planned kitchen renovations and construction projects. Rentals start at one week and continue by the month, with long-term leasing for longer rebuilds. Customers include government agencies, hotels and municipal agencies. We work out the delivery route, the pad and the connections with your facility contacts. Call or request a quote to check availability for your Draper project, or one in Bluffdale.
24/7 emergency line: (877) 416-7535

- Population (2024 est.)
- 50,166
- Counties
- Salt Lake County, Utah County
- Land area
- 28.3 sq mi
- FEMA declarations (county)
- 17
Mobile commercial kitchen rental in Draper
Temporary commercial kitchen rental in Draper covers a wide range of jobs, from a cafeteria rebuild to a crew that needs hot meals every shift. A project that crosses into Bluffdale (about 19,393 residents) usually keeps one menu, one crew and one power plan, which is why the kitchen is chosen first.
Sizing starts with how many meals you serve. The 38ft Mobile Kitchen and 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen suit different kitchen volumes, and the 40ft Mobile Kitchen adds capacity for larger operations; compare their equipment lists and power needs before you choose.
Dishwashing and emergency refrigeration in Draper
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 Draper sites. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Riverton, 5 miles from here, as it does here.
When a compressor quits, product loss follows within hours. Emergency refrigerated trailers, such as the 20ft Cooler Trailer, 32°F, are rented to restaurants, hotels, hospitals and institutions around Draper. In Alpine, where Utah County has 11 federal declarations on record, the call for emergency refrigeration begins the same way.
NOAA's 1991 to 2020 county normals put the average January low in Salt Lake County at 21°F and the average July high at 87°F, with about 22 inches of precipitation a year. January lows run about 4 degrees warmer than the average Utah county. A mixed climate means a kitchen trailer sees freezing mornings and hot afternoons in the same year, and the setup allows for both.
Customers we support in Draper, UT
Rental customers in Draper are commercial, institutional and public: government agencies, hotels, municipal agencies and prisons. Each has its own pressure points, from a government facility kitchen rental during a remodel to keeping staff fed through a long project. Lehi (about 93,446 residents) and Highland (about 21,146 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 13 hospitals in Salt Lake County, among them Holy Cross Hospital - Salt Lake, Holy Cross Hospital-Jordan Valley, Intermountain Health Alta View Hospital and Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital. The county also has 35 nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 2,998 beds. The National Center for Education Statistics counts 314 public schools with about 209,170 students, in districts such as Granite District, Jordan District and Canyons District.
- Government Facility Kitchen Rentals and Leasing: cafeteria renovations at government buildings and campuses
- Hotel and Resort Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: equipment failure before a large banquet or event
- Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: public buildings under renovation
- Prison and Correctional Facility Kitchen Rentals: security requirements that affect delivery, staffing and placement
Local conditions and rental planning in Draper
What past disasters mean for kitchens in Draper
Federal records show Salt Lake County and Utah County designated in 17 declarations since 1983, led by wildfire (9 declarations) and flooding (4 declarations). If you plan across towns, check the page for Bluffdale as well; its own declaration history is listed there.
The most recent is Iron Fire (fire management assistance declaration, FM-5639), declared June 21, 2026, with the incident beginning June 19, 2026. Evacuations, smoke damage and power shutoffs can close commercial kitchens and spoil refrigerated stock, while crews and displaced staff still need hot meals. The latest major disaster declaration is Flooding (DR-4752), declared December 23, 2023. By incident type, the count is wildfire 9, flooding 4, severe storms 1, earthquake 1 and coastal storm 1. By decade: 1980s 2, 1990s 1, 2000s 2, 2010s 5 and 2020s 7. Before that came Parleys Canyon Fire (FM-5408, August 14, 2021), Straight-Line Winds (DR-4578, January 12, 2021), Ether Hollow Fire (FM-5353, September 7, 2020), Earthquake and Aftershocks (DR-4548, July 9, 2020) and Knolls Fire (FM-5318, June 28, 2020).
Ten years of NOAA storm records, 2016 through 2025, show 170 county-based event records for Salt Lake County; high-wind and thunderstorm events account for 153 of them, flood events for 17. NOAA's largest reported property loss there is $16 million, from a flash flood in August 2023. Storm winds mean outages measured in days in some places, so the generator question belongs in the plan from the start.
NIFC lists no wildfire of 1,000 acres or more starting in Salt Lake County since 2016. Smoke and power shutoffs travel farther than fires do, though: the nearest large fire on record began in Davis County, about 29 miles away, where the Legacy fire burned 1,467 acres in 2021.
A declaration designates an area for federal assistance; it does not describe damage at any one address.
Infrastructure work around Draper
Since October 2021, 80 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more have named Salt Lake County as the place of work. The Department of Veterans Affairs committed $16 million to “Emergency Department and Support Expansion” in Salt Lake County, awarded February 2022 (award record). Another public record is “Repair Water Mains&roads: Mustang Lane, Patriot Way, and Sabre Street,” a $7.2 million Department of Defense contract from September 2020 in Salt Lake County (award record). Crews on projects like this rarely have a restaurant nearby, which is the case for cooking on site with a rented kitchen and a dishwashing trailer. A job in White City metro township (about 5,918 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.
Renovation projects that close kitchens in Draper
Another public record is “Design Build Project to Modernize the SLC Atct, Tracon Building and Base Building,” a $11 million Department of Transportation contract from September 2024 in Salt Lake County (award record). A remodel in Sandy would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.
Getting emergency equipment into Draper
The Utah Division of Emergency Management (DEM) and local emergency managers decide where public disaster staging happens in Utah. Those details are theirs to publish and update, so this page points to them instead of guessing at a route. For work in Riverton, look to the agencies covering that area rather than assuming the same routes.
The nearest hospital in CMS's list is Lone Peak Hospital, in Draper itself.
What a kitchen rental costs in Draper
A quote for Draper 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 Combo Kitchen from $9,995, the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995 and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995. Prices may vary. A kitchen for Alpine, 5 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, 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.
About Draper, UT
Census estimates put Draper at 50,166 people in 2024, 19th of 194 Utah places covered here. The city spans roughly 28.3 square miles, across Salt Lake County and Utah County. Salt Lake County covers 753 square miles and has 21 places on this site, about 1,208,018 residents between them; the largest is Salt Lake City. Spread over that area, the estimate gives about 1,770 residents per square mile. In a straight line, Draper sits about 20 miles from Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah. Sandy is the closest larger covered place, roughly 5 straight-line miles from Draper.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.
Nearby cities and communities
Facilities near Draper often compare notes with neighbors. These places are close enough to plan together, measured in straight-line miles from Draper, not driving distance.
- Bluffdale, UT: about 4 miles from Draper, about 19,393 residents
- White City metro township, UT: about 5 miles from Draper, about 5,918 residents
- Sandy, UT: about 5 miles from Draper, about 92,840 residents
- Riverton, UT: about 5 miles from Draper, about 46,680 residents
- Alpine, UT: about 5 miles from Draper, about 10,548 residents
Before the trailer arrives in Draper
The checklist does not change for South Jordan or Herriman, but the pad, the power and the permit usually do.
- Supplies: mark a drop point for food and paper goods that keeps carts away from utility lines.
- Pad and access: a level area, a clear approach for the trailer length and room for food deliveries.
- Electrical: confirm the service matches the model, for example 220V single phase at 200 to 220A for the 40ft kitchens.
The site planning guides cover each of these items in more depth.
Draper and the counties next door
The nearest Utah counties to Draper are Wasatch County (39 miles), Davis County (41 miles) and Morgan County (44 miles).
- Wasatch County: about 39 miles from Draper, 9 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Davis County: about 41 miles from Draper, 9 FEMA declarations since records began, 4 hospitals listed by CMS
- Morgan County: about 44 miles from Draper, 8 FEMA declarations since records began, 0 hospitals listed by CMS
Beyond the kitchen: facilities for longer jobs
Mobile kitchens in Draper come first, and the rest follows from the site. Where crews live and work on site, shower and restroom combination trailer rentals (for example the 22ft Six-Stall Shower and Restroom Trailer) and restroom trailer rentals (the Standalone Restroom Trailer) can sit beside the kitchen. We confirm the exact unit and price in a written quote.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get emergency refrigeration in Draper?
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.
Who rents mobile kitchens near Draper?
Commercial, institutional and public customers: government agencies, hotels, municipal agencies and prisons. We do not rent to households.
What power does a kitchen trailer need in Draper?
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.
Does a temporary kitchen in Draper need a health permit?
The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and requirements differ by jurisdiction. Salt Lake County and Utah County environmental health or the Utah health department can tell you what applies. We can supply equipment lists to support the review.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Kitchen outages in Draper do not wait for a convenient schedule. Mobile commercial kitchen rentals work best when the equipment, the site plan and the people who set it up are lined up before the first meal is due.
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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 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
Kitchens, dishwashing and refrigeration can be rented together or separately as the project changes.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Stainless work surfaces and commercial appliances are chosen for repeated service, not occasional use.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Planning the path in, the pad and the connections together avoids surprises on delivery day.
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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