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Zion Foodtrucks provides durable, customizable food trucks for sale in Wyoming, helping entrepreneurs bring unique dining experiences to cities and communities statewide.

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Why Food Trucks Are Growing in Wyoming

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From custom builds to reliable repairs, we provide comprehensive solutions to keep your mobile culinary business thriving.

Why Wyoming Is an Overlooked Food Truck Market

Wyoming has the lowest population of any US state but some of the most lucrative food truck opportunities in the mountain west, the trick is knowing where to park. Cheyenne Frontier Days alone is one of the largest outdoor rodeos in the world and a genuine top-tier food truck payday. Jackson Hole’s summer tourism economy, Grand Teton and Yellowstone gateway towns, the University of Wyoming in Laramie, the Casper energy-sector lunch circuit, and the Sheridan WYO Rodeo all drive consistent demand for well-run trucks. And because Wyoming’s operator pool is small, the best-built trucks in the state get locked into recurring contracts fast.

Beyond the headline events, Wyoming operators make steady money at brewery lots (Wyoming’s brewery scene has grown fast), oilfield and mining crew meal service, wedding catering at destination ranches in Jackson and the Big Horns, high school and college game days, and the tourism corridor between Cody and the East Entrance of Yellowstone. The cost of entry is lower than in Colorado or Montana, and the margin on a well-run Wyoming truck can be remarkable.

Wyoming Licensing, Why It Varies By County

Wyoming food truck licensing is unusual because of how the state delegates food safety inspection. The Wyoming Department of Agriculture’s Consumer Health Services division handles food safety statewide except in six jurisdictions that run their own local inspection programs: the City of Laramie, Laramie County (Cheyenne), Natrona County (Casper), Sweetwater County, Sublette County, and Teton County (Jackson). If your truck is based in or primarily operates in any of those six, you deal with the local health department. Otherwise, you deal with Wyoming DOA.

This matters because licensing fees and requirements vary, local inspection counties generally charge higher fees (ranging from $100 to over $1,000) but also tend to move faster on plan review than the state. We help every Wyoming customer figure out which pathway applies to their operating base before they start the application process.

Getting Your Wyoming Food Truck License (Step-by-Step)

Here’s the realistic Wyoming licensing workflow:

  • Determine jurisdiction, are you based in one of the six local-inspection counties (Laramie, Natrona, Sweetwater, Sublette, Teton, or City of Laramie) or under state inspection via Wyoming Department of Agriculture Consumer Health Services?
  • Plan review, submit your mobile food unit plan review application with floor plans, equipment specs, water and wastewater capacities, and menu. We provide every Wyoming customer a complete plan-review packet.
  • Commissary agreement, Wyoming requires mobile food units to operate from an approved commissary kitchen.
  • Physical inspection, once the truck is delivered, the appropriate health authority (state or local) inspects it.
  • Sales tax license, every Wyoming food business needs a sales tax license through the Wyoming Department of Revenue.
  • Food handler certification, every employee who prepares or serves food must get their Wyoming Food Handler certification within 30 days of hire.
  • Fire inspection, local fire department inspects suppression, propane, and electrical.
  • Local business license, Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie, Jackson, and Sheridan all have separate business license processes.

Realistic timeline: 4 to 10 weeks from initial application to approval, depending on jurisdiction.

Wyoming-Ready Builds, Wind, Cold, and Long Distances

Wyoming is the windiest state in the lower 48. That single fact changes how we build trucks, awning hardware, serving window rigging, exterior signage, and roof-mounted equipment all need to be rated heavier than the Colorado or Montana spec. We use oversized awning hardware, reinforced serving window supports, and heavy-duty vent cap designs because Wyoming wind events that would be “noteworthy” in Denver are a normal Tuesday in Casper.

Cold is the other story. Cheyenne winter lows regularly dip below -10F, and Jackson and the Bighorns are colder. We build every Wyoming truck with insulated freshwater and wastewater systems, heated lines, insulated flooring, and sealed electrical pass-throughs. Then there’s the distance factor: Wyoming operators routinely drive 200+ miles to reach events, and the combination of high wind, cold, and long-haul road vibration destroys equipment mounted with basic brackets. We reinforce equipment mounts and use vibration-isolated plumbing for every Wyoming build.

Popular Wyoming Food Truck Markets and Events

Where Wyoming food trucks make money: Cheyenne Frontier Days (10 days every July, historically one of the biggest food truck paydays in the region), Jackson Hole summer tourism and winter ski crowd, Grand Teton and Yellowstone gateway towns (Cody, Dubois, Moran), the Sheridan WYO Rodeo, University of Wyoming game days and campus events in Laramie, Casper’s Downtown Casper events and the Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo, Gillette’s county fair and energy-sector lunch circuit, Rock Springs and Green River events, the Cheyenne Brewfest and growing Wyoming brewery circuit, and destination wedding catering at ranches in Jackson Hole and the Big Horns. Summer season (May-September) is the peak, with shoulder-season revenue coming from university events, brewery partnerships, and indoor winter catering.

Wyoming Cities We Serve

We build and service food trucks for operators across Wyoming:

  • Cheyenne
  • Casper
  • Laramie
  • Jackson
  • Sheridan
  • Gillette
  • Rock Springs
  • Green River
  • Cody
  • Riverton
  • Evanston

We deliver finished trucks anywhere in Wyoming and coordinate plan review directly with the appropriate state or local health authority for your operating base.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take to build a food truck for Wyoming?
Typical ground-up custom builds run 12 to 20 weeks. Start your plan review in parallel with the appropriate state or local health department so your license clears near delivery.

Do I apply through the state or a local health department?
Depends on your operating base. Cheyenne (Laramie County), Casper (Natrona County), Sweetwater, Sublette, Teton (Jackson), and City of Laramie run their own local inspection programs. Everywhere else, you go through Wyoming Department of Agriculture Consumer Health Services.

Can you build a truck that handles Wyoming wind and winter?
Yes. Every Wyoming build gets oversized awning and serving window hardware rated for high wind, insulated freshwater and wastewater systems with heated lines, reinforced equipment mounts for long-haul road miles, and sealed electrical that holds up to real cold.

What does a custom food truck cost?
Wyoming-ready custom builds typically run $60,000 to $200,000+ depending on equipment, truck size, and finish. Request a quote for a real number.

Do you deliver to Wyoming?
Yes. We deliver finished trucks anywhere in Wyoming and coordinate plan review, fire inspection, and business licensing directly with the appropriate authority for your operating base.

Requirements vary by county and city but usually include health permits, fire inspections, and local business licenses. Zion Foodtrucks builds to meet regulations.

Absolutely! From grills to refrigeration, we design trucks around your food service needs, whether it’s BBQ, coffee, desserts, or gourmet meals.

Yes, we provide delivery options throughout Wyoming, ensuring your truck arrives ready to operate.

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Zion Foodtrucks is proud to serve Wyoming with high-quality food trucks for sale. From Cheyenne and Casper to Jackson and smaller communities, our customizable trucks help local entrepreneurs deliver fresh food experiences anywhere in the state.

Recent Wyoming deliveries

16ft hospital food truck, Cheyenne
16ft hospital food truck, Cheyenne

Built for Cheyenne Regional Medical Center around a combi oven and a bowl menu.

20ft sourdough donut trailer, Casper
20ft sourdough donut trailer, Casper

A proofing cabinet, a flat donut fryer and a twenty gallon water heater, because a donut shop washes more than it fries.

18ft tempura trailer, Lander
18ft tempura trailer, Lander

Three fryers, none of them the same, under one eight foot hood.

20ft jerk chicken truck with a charcoal porch, Laramie
20ft jerk chicken truck with a charcoal porch, Laramie

The back six feet left open so the charcoal smoker never had to come inside the kitchen.

Every one of these started with a phone call and a menu. Call or text 719-722-2537.

On video: trucks we built for Wyoming

Read the video transcript: Sodexo Cheyenne
Hello and welcome to Mile High Custom Food Trucks. Today we have a beautiful 16 ft truck that we built for Soro uh that we're just about to ship. Let me show you its uh main features. Come on in. Uh so right in front here is the hand wash and the three compartment. This one's going to Cheyenne County, Wyoming. And they require this uh drain boats on the side for drying the dishes. Of course, uh it comes with the napkin and soap dispenser and the on demand water heater over there, propane water heater. And right at the bottom is the fire extinguisher, ABC fire extinguisher and uh the various plumbing um the water pump and uh little ball valve for draining the water um in case of hard freezes. The hoses that we use are all UL listed so it doesn't chafe or break um due to sunlight or due to washing. All the gas burning in this and all the trucks and trailers that we built are under the floors of the truck. So in case there is a leak at the TE's and unions the gas it spills outside the truck and there is no explosion or or fire inside the truck. Um as the gray water tank it's 42 gallons. This is a three pan steam table and this is a refrigerator. This truck is going to do uh rice bowls, soups, ramen bowls and uh that kind of stuff which is why they need um steam tables. This is a combi oven. Um you can actually cook steak in it if you want to. Uh of course we have done the this requires water and the water plumbing for that is under the under the oven itself. uh it requires LP as well. Again, you can see the LP hoses over there. All pieces of equipment inside this truck and everything else that we build are of course bolted to the floor as well as to the walls. When we bolted to the floor, we use washes so it doesn't shake loose during transport. This is a hot holding cabinet to store burritos and that kind of stuff, breakfast burritos and kind of stuff. This is a self-closing window. This is required by code uh both in this county and elsewhere. Uh the idea is that the awning door that opens and then it's got this plexiglass windows which prop up and then when you're actually taking money or passing the product out, you just lift pass the product and it self closes. Little table over here for the PO station to receive orders. um wiring of course uh all the wiring that we do is inside conduits. This is done so that what happens is that walls of the of a food truck or a trailer, they're not waterproof. They're water resistant so to speak because it's not like wrapped in ty like a house. So water can get in and it can damage wiring. So we put them in these conduits so there is easy access to wiring and they are well protected. Tons of outlets everywhere uh to connect microwaves or P stations or any other piece of equipment that you need. Little sandwich prep over here. This is a 36 in sandwich. This over here is a junction box transfer box actually. So this truck has both generator power as well as shore power. So to switch from utility supply to generator supply, all you needed is to pull this to the side. Um this is the the junction box. Every piece of equipment inside this truck has its own outlets and they're all individually marked. This is done so that in case let's say this tube fails or the the or any other piece of equipment fails, it does not take any other uh any other equipment. Um, this is the generator box with a little remote for the Cumins generator. This has a Cumins 7,000 W uh gasoline generator. Although this is a diesel diesel truck, this is a freezer. Um, you can see it's already at -1 Fahrenheit. 36 in griddle and the two burner stuff. Um, and a chef base. Chef base is a kind of an under counter refrigerator. Um so to to enable really fast cooking. You can store your meats here, pick it up, cross it will cook it up and pass out. That's a 8ft hood with an fire suppression. And uh it has its own speed control. So in the summer you can turn it all the way high and in the winter you can keep it low. So this way you can ventilate this truck quite well. Talking about ventilation, this also has AC with heat. Uh so in case of a hard freeze, you don't have to completely drain all the water in the truck. Um you can just set this to 60 and then the truck will stay warm and that means it will freeze. Uh moving forward uh the Ansel fire suppression of course uh we really like using Anel especially because food trucks sometimes what happens is that they hit a hump and uh the fire suppression automatically deploys. Um never had that problem with Anel. I think that oh uh one last thing this is a TV box. Uh inside this is a TV menu display. It has its own awning and uh that is a HDMI cable over here so you can connect to a laptop and display your menu outside. We'll show you outside when we when we head out. Um, LED lights inside and out. Um, and uh, all stainless construction. The cooking wall is required to be all stainless. Uh, the rest can be a non-porous material. But this particular truck, it's stainless all all around and uh, diamond plate, aluminum diamond plate on the floor. That's about it on the inside and we'll show you on the outside. Uh outside on this uh 16 foot truck that we're shipping out to Cheyenne. On the outside here is the on for the 5T self-closing window. And this is how you fill water. You open this, put in the garden hose, and that fills the fan up. And to drain the water, you just pull a spudger and the water will come down. You can, of course, add a a 3-in hose to take it down to the dump. And this right here is the on for the TV box. The TV display. All the keys in this are matched. Every single key for this and for the generator are the outside here is just the LED outside lights and of course the beautiful wrap that's around it. This truck was built on a a Freight Liner chassis. This is how you fill propane. So, this this truck has a belly tank. So, what you do is you open this thing and it drops here once and then uh you put in your propane line over here. After you're done, it closes back up and uh that's it. On top right there is the 1500 CFM exhaust fan and it also has a little drain pan. So, these run down the side of the truck. This is the generator box housing the 7,000 W commence gasoline generator. inside. This is the the the fuel tank for the the gasoline engine on the generator. That's why because this truck is also the tail pipe. And last, this is the show. There's a man door in the back as well. get in and out of get in and out of this truck. That brings that brings us to the end of of the 16T truck that we live for. So, and thank you.
Walkthrough of the 16ft hospital food truck, Cheyenne.
Walkthrough of the 20ft jerk chicken truck with a charcoal porch, Laramie.
Walkthrough of the 14ft food trailer for the ski slopes, Jackson Hole.
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