Shane's Rib Shack is a chain of barbecue restaurants based in the Southern U.S. Founded by Shane Thompson in McDonough, Georgia, in 2002, the chain has since expanded to include over 60 locations in 14 states. While their menu is primarily based on home cooking and barbecued meat, Shane's offers a variety of fresh vegetables and gluten-free offerings.
Food Preparation and Nutrition
The variety in Shane's Rib Shack's menu arose to suit the needs of families. In addition to salads, vegetables and a full kids' menu, gluten-free options were added in response to customer requests. The chain was founded on barbecued pork dishes, which remain the menu's signature items. Their pork is trimmed of all visible fat before grilling, with any remaining fat cooked off in the process of grilling. This results in meat with a high protein-to-fat ratio.
Pork Plate
Shane's offers a variety of meal plates, including chicken, ribs and pulled pork. Served with two side dishes and Texas toast, the nutritional information of these plates can vary considerably. A pulled pork plate with okra and macaroni and cheese as the two sides, for example, contains 1,099 calories, 395 of which are from fat. With 43.6 g of fat in total and 13 g of saturated fat, the pork plate contains two-thirds of your recommended daily intake, or RDA, of both total and saturated fat.
Further health concerns may arise from the pork plate's 293 mg of cholesterol, 2,270 mg of sodium and 343 g of carbohydrates. This meat-heavy dish also 114 percent of your RDA, and 33 percent of your daily fiber. It also contains significant vitamin and mineral content, with 27 percent of your daily vitamin A, 28 percent of your daily vitamin C, 46 percent of your daily calcium, 40 percent of your daily iron, 23 percent of your daily magnesium intake.
Smothered Pork Sandwich
Shane's also offers a variety of chicken, pork and beef sandwiches. The healthier of the menu's two pork offerings is the Smothered Pork sandwich, which is a combination of pork and cole slaw served on a bun. This sandwich contains 660 calories, 162 of which are from its 18 g, or 27 percent of your RDA, of fat. Its 65 mg of cholesterol and 732 mg of sodium represent 21 and 30 percent of your recommended daily intakes, respectively. Of the pork sandwich's 34 g, or 11 percent, of carbohydrates, 1 g is sugar and 2 g are fiber. Similar to the pork plate, this sandwich is very high in protein, containing 57 percent of your RDA. The Smothered Pork Sandwich contains negligible vitamin content.
Health Concerns
While the meat used in Shane's Rib Shack's dishes may have a low fat-to-protein ratio after grilling, Shane's sauce is generously added to all pork dishes. This sauce contributes a great deal to the high sodium, carbohydrate and cholesterol content of Shane's pork dishes. To help reduce the unhealthy nutritional content of these dishes, request a reduced portion of sauce, no sauce at all or the sauce as a side rather than cooked into the meat.
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