K-12 SCHOOLS
Equipment service for public school districts, private and charter schools, vocational culinary classrooms and school concession stands across southeastern Wisconsin.
The A-1 difference
Technicians based around the Milwaukee area arrive with common parts on the truck, and A-1 guarantees the work for 90 days.
Schedule Repair
Technicians repair school kitchen systems on site with common parts carried on the service truck.
We coordinate equipment changes during school breaks and complete the required electrical connections.
Regular checks fit the district calendar and reduce unplanned downtime during meal service.
Pre-opening visits test equipment that has been idle through summer before the first breakfast.
The same team can trace problems in the ventilation and power that support the kitchen.
Milwaukee area technicians arrive with common parts, and A-1 guarantees their work for 90 days. Each visit is documented for your facilities records.
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
A-1 can schedule kitchen, refrigeration and building-system inspections around school breaks and the start of term. Planned visits help staff identify needed repairs before cafeterias return to full service.
A fall visit before heating season, covering rooftop heat, make up air and outdoor refrigeration controls
A spring visit before summer, cleaning condenser coils and checking cooling and ice production
Fryer, oven and refrigeration checks timed before Lent and the Friday fish fry rush
Get in touch with us for a customized preventative maintenance plan.
Call for Preventative Maintenance
INDUSTRIES
A-1 Services Group services school kitchens throughout southeastern Wisconsin: Oak Creek, Milwaukee, West Allis, Brookfield, New Berlin and Waukesha, south to Racine, Kenosha and Lake Geneva, and out to Janesville, Sheboygan and Fond du Lac.
PROVEN TRACK RECORD
Excellent company, excellent prices, knowledgeable and impressive technicians. Would recommend to everyone!!
Ned
Owner was very knowledgeable on the best solution for my unique HVAC situation. Prices were inline with other contractors but service was above and beyond what I expected. I would recommend them for both commercial and residential work. Available 24/7 for any emergency needs or concerns.
Ram
These guys are awesome. Great company to do business with.
Greg H.
A-1 Services Group runs out of Oak Creek, keeping school kitchen equipment working across southeastern Wisconsin: ovens and steamers, kettles and serving lines, milk coolers, walk ins, ice machines, and the exhaust, make up air and electrical behind them.
Districts, private and charter schools, culinary classrooms and athletic concession stands all use us.
Book it in spring. State law generally keeps Wisconsin public schools from starting before September 1, which hands districts a longer summer window than most states for maintenance, repairs and replacements, though service calendars still fill early.
Reserving in spring holds your summer dates and leaves room to order parts or equipment. Add a short visit in mid or late August so everything is proven before kitchen staff come back.
Equipment that sat untouched all summer often quits the day it’s switched on. Water standing in ice machines grows slime, gaskets dry and crack, fan motors seize, dust cakes condenser coils, and mice occasionally nest inside warm equipment compartments.
An August startup visit handles it: sanitize the ice machines, fire every oven, steamer and kettle, and prove milk coolers and walk ins hold at or under 41°F.
Yes. A-1 provides written quotes, bills against district purchase orders and supplies whatever vendor paperwork your business office requires, and works with the food service director and facilities staff together so approval and scheduling line up.
Every visit closes with a written report, useful at budget time and when weighing repair against replacement on an aging unit.
Yes. Culinary classrooms run several ranges, ovens and mixers used by students daily, which wears burners, controls and gaskets faster than a standard kitchen. Safety checks on gas connections and ventilation matter as much as the repairs.
Athletic concession stands are the other half. They sit idle most of the year and then run hard on Friday nights, so a check before the fall season keeps fryers, warmers and coolers from failing during the first home game.
Yes, which most equipment companies can’t. Along with cooking and refrigeration, A-1 services kitchen exhaust and make up air and provides commercial electrical work for circuits, panels and equipment connections.
That matters when a kitchen runs hot and smoky, when a dish machine booster keeps tripping a breaker, or when new equipment needs a dedicated circuit before it can be installed.
EQUIPMENT DOWN
Steamer out before lunch, milk cooler warming on day one, a kitchen exhaust fan that quits during breakfast: A-1 technicians work nearby. Call 414-404-9739 or send a request online.
