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Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen calorie calculator: build a plate under your cap

Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build a Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen plate from 45 dishes, each counted with the choices it comes with (34 come with 2 sides, 6 come with a choice of side, 3 are served as listed and 2 come with an optional dressing), using Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen's own published figures, rounded to whole calories and grams. The lightest plate is the 6 oz. Top Sirloin Steak at 345 calories with its lightest choices. The most protein in a complete meal under 800 is 73 g.

Source: Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen nutrition guide (official), August 2026 edition · Data refreshed

As of October 2026, 45 Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen dishes can go into a built plate, and the most protein in a complete Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen meal under 800 calories is 73 g (Grilled Pork Chops with buttered off-the-cob corn and sweet baby carrots, and a Coffee).

Build your Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen plate

Pick a cap, choose what matters, then add, swap or remove a dish, a side or a sauce; a plate keeps the choices it comes with, and the total, the macros and the words to tell your server update as you go.

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen meals under 800 calories

Starting points for the builder: one plate with a pick for each of its choices and at most one drink, the best under the cap for each goal, as the MinMax app builds it.

Most protein

  • Grilled Pork Chops650 cal · 69g
  • Buttered Off-The-Cob Corn Included side110 cal · 4g
  • Sweet Baby Carrots Included side35 cal · 0g
  • Coffee0 cal · 0g

795 of 800 cal · 73 g protein

What to tell your server: “Grilled Pork Chops with buttered off-the-cob corn and sweet baby carrots, and a Coffee.”

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Most filling

  • Grilled Pork Chops650 cal · 69g
  • Buttered Off-The-Cob Corn Included side110 cal · 4g
  • Sweet Baby Carrots Included side35 cal · 0g
  • Coffee0 cal · 0g

795 of 800 cal · 73 g protein

What to tell your server: “Grilled Pork Chops with buttered off-the-cob corn and sweet baby carrots, and a Coffee.”

Get it at the nearest Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen →

Lightest

  • 6 oz. Top Sirloin Steak250 cal · 22g
  • Southern Green Beans Included side60 cal · 0g
  • Sweet Baby Carrots Included side35 cal · 0g
  • Coffee0 cal · 0g

345 of 800 cal · 22 g protein

What to tell your server: “A 6 oz Top Sirloin Steak with southern green beans and sweet baby carrots, and a Coffee.”

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The 20 lightest Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen plates

Each dish alone and with its lightest choices, the plates the builder starts from at a tight cap. Every Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen row is on the Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen calories page and in /data/cheddars-scratch-kitchen.json.

Lightest plates at Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
DishComes withDish aloneWith its lightest choices
6 oz. Top Sirloin Steak2 sides250345
8 oz. Top Sirloin Steak2 sides330425
5 oz. Grilled Salmon (over seasoned rice)2 sides440535
5 oz. Grilled Salmon, Blackened (over seasoned rice)2 sides450545
Grilled Whitefish, Lemon Pepper (over seasoned rice)2 sides490585
Grilled Whitefish, Blackened (over seasoned rice)2 sides510605
Grilled Chicken Pecan Saladan optional dressing640640
5 oz. Grilled Salmon, Bourbon Glazed (over seasoned rice)2 sides560655
6 oz. Top Sirloin Steak & Grilled Shrimp2 sides560655
Key West Chicken & Shrimp (over seasoned rice)2 sides570665
8 oz. Grilled Salmon (over seasoned rice)2 sides590685
5 oz. Bourbon-Glazed Salmon & Shrimp (over seasoned rice)2 sides600695
8 oz. Grilled Salmon, Blackened (over seasoned rice)2 sides600695
Chicken Caesar Pasta Saladnothing to choose700700
Country Fried Chicken (single)2 sides610705
Homestyle Meatloaf2 sides620715
Grilled Pork Chops2 sides650745
Crispy Chicken Tender Saladan optional dressing750750
6 oz. Top Sirloin Steak & Beer-Battered Fried Shrimp2 sides670765
Salmon Caesar Pasta Saladnothing to choose770770

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