Wood Ranch BBQ Sauce is Now Gluten-Free
Over the years, we've noticed that more and more of our guests would ask about gluten-free options. If you suffer from sensitivity to gluten, you know what gluten is. If you don't know, gluten is a protein composite that appears in foods processed from wheat and related species, including barley and rye. It gives dough its elasticity, helping it to rise and to keep its shape, usually giving the final product a chewy texture. We have always had dishes on our menu that contained no added gluten, but we were also always concerned that some transference of gluten might occur. In reality, our experience has been that we have had no known cases of transference or of anyone in our restaurants suffering any ill-effects from unknowingly eating something with gluten.
To create a gluten-free section of our kitchen is very difficult and prohibitively expensive given our menu and volume. That said, we have come up with ways to offer more gluten-free options. So, Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill has increased the number of gluten-free options on its menu.
“The biggest change we made is to our barbecue sauce,” explained Wood Ranch co-founder Eric Anders. “We spent a lot of time looking at how to keep the same flavor, but eliminating gluten. I’m happy to say we’ve been able to do it.”
“That was the key,” added co-founder Ofer Shemtov. “So many of our most popular dishes include our barbecue sauce that we could not offer many gluten-free options before now. We’re very conscious of gluten now and will look for more opportunities to offer dishes without it.”
Our gluten-free options can be found below and are available on an information card in all Wood Ranch restaurants. In addition to the items below, Wood Ranch also now offers Redbridge, a gluten-free beer, by the bottle.
Gluten-Free Options at Wood Ranch
While there are items on our menu to which we do not add ingredients that contain gluten, many menu items do contain gluten. Gluten is also found on our grills. As a result, it is impossible for us to guarantee that there will not be any transfer of the gluten to recipes and food that are otherwise free of gluten.
Our BBQ sauce is now gluten-free!
The health of our guests is always among our primary concerns. While we can let you know about items to which we do not add any gluten, only you really know what is safe to eat. Below are some tips on how you can avoid added gluten while at Wood Ranch.
HOW TO AVOID GLUTEN AT WOOD RANCH
• The following salads contain no added gluten when ordered without dressing and croutons: Natalie’s, Tri Tip, House, Caesar.
• Order sandwiches without buns: Classic Burger; Buckeye Burger; Santa Fe Chicken. If you like, we’ll “lettuce-wrap” these for you!
• Order our fish simply hardwood-grilled. Do not order marinated or blackened as the fish marinade and blackening spice do contain gluten.
• Our steaks are seasoned with gluten-free granulated garlic.
• Our steamed broccoli, steamed green beans, black beans, asparagus & plain baked also have no added gluten.
• Our BBQ chicken is “slow-roasted” and finished with our BBQ sauce on the grill, where transference of gluten could occur. The same goes for the tri tip, BBQ chicken breasts and baby back ribs.
