Cracker Barrel calorie calculator: build a plate under your cap
Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build a Cracker Barrel plate from 31 dishes, each counted with the choices it comes with (25 come with 2 sides and an optional bread, 4 come with a choice of side and 2 come with an optional dressing), using Cracker Barrel's own published figures, rounded to whole calories and grams. The lightest plate is The Best Classic Meatloaf (weekday lunch) at 335 calories with its lightest choices. The most protein in a complete meal under 800 is 107 g.
Source: Cracker Barrel nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed
- 31 plates
- 335 cal lightest plate
- 107g protein in a meal under 800
- 200–1,500 cal cap range
As of October 2026, 31 Cracker Barrel dishes can go into a built plate, and the most protein in a complete Cracker Barrel meal under 800 calories is 107 g (A Steak & Chicken Combo (smokehouse grilled chicken) with turnip greens and steamed broccoli, no bread, and a Coca-Cola Zero).
Build your Cracker Barrel 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.
Cracker Barrel 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
- Steak & Chicken Combo (smokehouse grilled chicken)660 cal · 98g
- Turnip Greens Included side80 cal · 7g
- Steamed Broccoli Included side35 cal · 2g
- Coca-Cola Zero0 cal · 0g
775 of 800 cal · 107 g protein
What to tell your server: “A Steak & Chicken Combo (smokehouse grilled chicken) with turnip greens and steamed broccoli, no bread, and a Coca-Cola Zero.”
Get it at the nearest Cracker Barrel →Most filling
- Steak & Chicken Combo (smokehouse grilled chicken)660 cal · 98g
- Turnip Greens Included side80 cal · 7g
- Steamed Broccoli Included side35 cal · 2g
- Coca-Cola Zero0 cal · 0g
775 of 800 cal · 107 g protein
What to tell your server: “A Steak & Chicken Combo (smokehouse grilled chicken) with turnip greens and steamed broccoli, no bread, and a Coca-Cola Zero.”
Get it at the nearest Cracker Barrel →Lightest
- The Best Classic Meatloaf (weekday lunch)220 cal · 16g
- Country Green Beans Included side80 cal · 2g
- Steamed Broccoli Included side35 cal · 2g
- Coca-Cola Zero0 cal · 0g
335 of 800 cal · 20 g protein
What to tell your server: “The Best Classic Meatloaf (weekday lunch) with country green beans and steamed broccoli, no bread, and a Coca-Cola Zero.”
Get it at the nearest Cracker Barrel →The 20 lightest Cracker Barrel plates
Each dish alone and with its lightest choices, the plates the builder starts from at a tight cap. Every Cracker Barrel row is on the Cracker Barrel calories page and in /data/cracker-barrel.json.
| Dish | Comes with | Dish alone | With its lightest choices |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Best Classic Meatloaf (weekday lunch) | 2 sides and an optional bread | 220 | 335 |
| Grilled Catfish | 2 sides and an optional bread | 260 | 375 |
| Grilled Chicken Tenders | 2 sides and an optional bread | 320 | 435 |
| Homestyle Grilled Chicken Salad | an optional dressing | 440 | 440 |
| Chicken n' Dumplins (weekday lunch) | 2 sides and an optional bread | 360 | 475 |
| Chicken n' Dumplins | 2 sides and an optional bread | 360 | 475 |
| Country Ham (8 oz) | 2 sides and an optional bread | 370 | 485 |
| Smokehouse Grilled Chicken | 2 sides and an optional bread | 380 | 495 |
| Grilled Homestyle Chicken Sandwich | a choice of side | 490 | 525 |
| Lemon Pepper Grilled Rainbow Trout | 2 sides and an optional bread | 410 | 525 |
| Sugar Cured Ham (8 oz) | 2 sides and an optional bread | 410 | 525 |
| The Best Classic Meatloaf | 2 sides and an optional bread | 450 | 565 |
| New York Strip Steak | 2 sides and an optional bread | 470 | 585 |
| Hamburger Steak | 2 sides and an optional bread | 480 | 595 |
| Smothered Hamburger Steak | 2 sides and an optional bread | 500 | 615 |
| Slow-Braised Pot Roast | 2 sides and an optional bread | 520 | 635 |
| Homestyle Fried Chicken Salad | an optional dressing | 700 | 700 |
| Country Fried Steak | 2 sides and an optional bread | 600 | 715 |
| Crispy Tender Dippers | 2 sides and an optional bread | 600 | 715 |
| Big Easy Steak & Shrimp | 2 sides and an optional bread | 660 | 775 |
Eat at Cracker Barrel without blowing your cap
MinMax finds the best Cracker Barrel meal under your calorie goal — at the location nearest you — and lets you swap items to hit your protein. Free on iPhone.
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