Keep your kitchen temperatures and response records together.
Monitor coolers, freezers, and hot-hold equipment without relying on occasional spot checks. Configure alarms for your operating limits, contact the responsible team, and keep temperature records alongside the response.
Illustrative generated scene, not a customer installation.
In this world
24/7
Connected coolers and freezers monitored between staff checks
- Kill the paper cooler chart — logs are continuous and always current.
- Get warned about a failing walk-in before the morning spoilage.
- See all your locations' cooler status from one district dashboard.
The problem
What goes wrong when no one’s watching.
A warm walk-in on a Sunday closes you Monday
Coolers fail when nobody's looking. The first sign is often spoiled inventory and a health-department problem — not a warning you could have acted on the night before.
Manual temp logs are a chore no one loves
Handwritten cooler charts get filled in from memory at the end of a shift, if at all. That gap is the first thing an inspector notices and the last thing you want to explain.
Multi-unit means multi-blind-spot
Running twenty kitchens from a district office, you can't be in every walk-in. Problems at the quietest location are the ones you hear about far too late.
How FreshControls handles it
Continuous eyes on the numbers that matter.
Every cooler, freezer, and hot line on one screen
Live readings from prep coolers to reach-ins to hot-hold wells, with worst-status rollups across every unit in the group — so the one warm walk-in surfaces before anyone opens it.
Route alarms to the manager on duty
Threshold and door-ajar alarms by email, SMS, and automated voice call, escalating to the next manager if the first doesn't respond. Catch a propped door at close, not at open.
Temperature records for your food-safety program
Continuous, timestamped temperature records in each location's local time, ready as a compliance PDF on demand. Each PDF includes a report ID, data digest and file-verification instructions. The SHA-256 checksum of the exact PDF file is available in Reports for comparison. Review the record alongside your food-safety procedures. PDF reports are available on the Professional and Enterprise plans.
The kit
The hardware that fits restaurants.
A starter mix for this vertical. Hardware is bought inside the app — see the full catalog for complete specs.
Temperature & Humidity Sensor
Wi-Fi temperature & humidity for walk-in coolers, freezers, and reach-ins.
View in the store4-Input Monitoring Board
Four probe inputs and two door contacts for a single walk-in or prep line.
View in the store8-Input Monitoring Board
Eight probe inputs across hot-hold lines and prep tables on one board.
View in the storeEthernet Gateway
Planned gateway backhaul; current firmware uses Wi-Fi. Confirm production availability and site coverage.
Confirm availabilityPlanning your monitoring setup
Common questions from restaurants teams.
Can I monitor one restaurant or a whole restaurant chain?
Both. Start with a connected cooler or freezer at one site, then add locations with their own monitoring points, alarm limits and response teams. Regional and site views help a facilities director find the location that needs attention.
Does a temperature log replace our food-safety procedure?
FreshControls records readings and alarm responses and can export HACCP-style reports. Your team still sets the appropriate limits, checks product when needed and follows its food-safety plan. A monitoring report does not guarantee an inspection result.
How does an after-hours refrigerator alarm reach the team?
Configure threshold limits, delays and escalation recipients before an incident. Email and SMS are available on every plan; automated voice calls require Professional. Delivery depends on connectivity and the channel provider. The alarm record tracks recorded delivery outcomes and acknowledgements.
Stop guessing whether the walk-in held overnight.
We’re bringing the first sites online one at a time. Leave your details and we’ll set you up for restaurants as soon as we reach you. Your first order is covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee when its hardware comes to $500 or less — any mix of devices.