24-hour emergency refrigeration service
Refrigeration fails at inconvenient hours. Friday at 11pm with a full walk-in, or Sunday morning before a catering pickup. We answer the phone at those hours.
Call (801) 555-0142What to do in the first ten minutes
Before anyone arrives, these steps protect product and reduce what the repair ends up costing.
- Stop opening the door. Every opening dumps the remaining cold. A closed walk-in holds far longer than people expect.
- Move the highest-value product first into any working cooler, freezer or refrigerated truck you can reach. Proteins and dairy before produce.
- Start a temperature log. Note the time and reading now, and every 30 minutes after. If you carry equipment breakdown coverage, that log is your claim.
- Check the obvious. Breaker tripped, unit unplugged, door left ajar, thermostat bumped. A meaningful share of after-hours emergencies are one of those four.
- Do not keep resetting a tripping breaker. That is a real fire risk.
Response times
Same-day dispatch valley-wide, with a two-hour target on emergencies where product is at risk. Park City, Ogden and Utah County are longer runs, and we will give you the real window when you call.
If we cannot reach you fast enough to save the product, we will say so on the phone and tell you what to do instead.
Product loss thresholds
Utah's food code requires cold holding at 41°F or below. Temperature-controlled-for-safety food held above that for four hours or more should generally be discarded, whatever it looks or smells like. Frozen product that partially thawed and was refrozen is a quality loss even where it stays safe to serve.
Document what you discard. It matters for both your insurance claim and your next inspection.
Questions we get asked
Do you actually answer at 2am?
Yes. Most of what we do outside business hours is emergency refrigeration, and a line that went to voicemail overnight would not be much use to anyone.
How much does after-hours service cost?
Emergency rates run higher than scheduled service, at every shop in the valley. We quote the after-hours rate on the phone before dispatch so it is not a surprise on the invoice.
My walk-in is at 50°F. Is the food still good?
It depends entirely on how long it has been there. Under two hours, move it to working refrigeration and it is generally fine. Past four hours above 41°F, temperature-controlled-for-safety food should be discarded. When you do not know how long it has been, assume the worst. Discarding product costs less than a foodborne illness complaint.
Service area
We cover Salt Lake, Davis, Utah, Summit and Weber counties. Same-day dispatch valley-wide, 2-hour target on refrigeration emergencies.
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If equipment is down right now, call (801) 555-0142 instead. We answer 24 hours a day, and a phone call gets a technician moving faster than anything you can type.
For quotes, maintenance agreements and anything that can wait until morning, this reaches us just as reliably.
Need 24-hour emergency refrigeration?
Same-day dispatch valley-wide, 24 hours a day.