We report on the magnetocaloric properties of HoCr1-xFexO3 (x = 0.25 and 0.75) compounds studied by magnetic and specific heat measurements. The magnetic entropy change (–ΔSM) reaches a maximum value of 10.32 J/kg-K and 10.94 J/kg-K around 11 K with a maximum magnetic field of 9 T in HoCr0.75Fe0.25O3 and HoCr0.25Fe0.75O3 compounds respectively. The corresponding adiabatic temperature change (ΔTad) values are found to be 13.7 K and 18.5 K with a maximum magnetic field of 7 T from the specific heat studies. The origin for the obtained large values of –ΔSM and ΔTad are attributed to the evidenced metamagnetic transition and Ho3+ ordering. The evidenced Schottky anomaly below 15 K in the specific heat data is ascribed to crystal field splitting of 5I8 levels of Ho3+ paramagnetic ions. The Debye temperatures and splitting energy of Ho3+ ground state levels have been evaluated by fitting the specific heat data. The present results suggest that HoCr1-xFexO3 (x = 0.25 and 0.75) compounds could be promising candidates for the refrigeration applications below 30 K. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.