Chick-fil-A Smokehouse BBQ Bacon Chicken Sandwich

A Chick-fil-A smokehouse BBQ Bacon chicken sandwich is made with your choice of a classic fried chicken filet, grilled chicken, or spicy crispy chicken. The sandwich is served with brown sugar peppered bacon, lettuce, Colby-Jack cheese, and a zesty barbecue sauce.

One chicken sandwich has 520 or more calories, depending on the selected type of chicken filet.

Read this guide for a comprehensive overview of the nutrition facts, calories, and ingredients in a Chick-fil-A Smokehouse BBQ Bacon sandwich.

BBQ Chicken Sandwich Nutritional Information

Nutritional information is based on a single serving measured as one chicken sandwich. Here is a summary of the daily value for select nutrients in one serving.

Daily Value

Daily value (%DV) illustrates how much a specific nutrient in the sandwich contributes to a 2,000 calorie diet. Use %DV to compare menu items and choose a balanced diet plan.

As shown in the chart below, the BBQ Chicken Sandwich is high in saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium.

% Daily Value

Use the %DV to determine if the food contains a low (5% or less) or high (20% or more) level of specific nutrients.

Red indicates %DV is high

	Classic	Grilled	Spicy
Saturated Fat	55%	45%	55%
Cholesterol	37%	37%	35%
Sodium	84%	52%	96%

%DV based on 2,000 calories

Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich with bacon and BBQ sauce.

Calories

Calories vary depending on which type of chicken filet is selected. Likewise, the composition of calories from fat, carbs, and protein differs.

Dietary fats and carbohydrates contribute between 34% to 42% of total calories. Protein makes up under 30% of total calories per serving.

Here is a summary of the total calories and the percentage by macronutrient per serving.

Calories by Macronutrient

	Classic	Grilled	Spicy
Calories from Fat	280 (42%)	190 (37%)	290 (42%)
Calories from Carbohydrates	230 (34%)	180 (35%)	240 (35%)
Calories from Protein	160 (24%)	150 (28%)	160 (23%)
Total Calories	670	520	690

The summary of calories by nutrient is a rounded estimate based on the nutrition facts provided by Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant. Calories may vary by location or as a result of how the sandwich is prepared on-site.

FITNESS TIME TO BURN 690 CALORIES

Run 1 hour
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Estimate based on moderate level of activity by an adult with average BMI.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 Sandwich (%DV)

Red indicates %DV is high.

	Classic	Grilled	Spicy
Calories	670	520	690
Total Fat	31g (40%)	21g (27%)	33g (42%)
Saturated Fat	11g (55%)	9g (45%)	11g (55%)
Trans Fat	0g	0g	0g
Cholesterol	110mg (37%)	110mg (37%)	105mg (35%)
Sodium	1930mg (84%)	1190mg (52%)	2200mg (96%)
Carbohydrates	57g (21%)	46g (17%)	61g (22%)
Dietary Fiber	3g (11%)	3g (11%)	3g (11%)
Total Sugars	12g	12g	13g
Protein	41g	38g	40g

%DV based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Calorie needs vary and your %DV may be higher or lower. Provided for informational purposes only. Consult with your physician for dietary or healthcare advice.

Amount of total fat and saturated fat is high
Amount of sodium per serving is high
Amount of dietary cholesterol is high

Three types of chicken filet from Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant. — Chick-fil-A Chicken filet options

Total Fats

A single serving of the chicken, bacon, and cheese sandwich has a high amount of total fats, including saturated fat.

Here is a summary of dietary fats in each sandwich option: classic Chick-fil-A, grilled chicken, and spicy filet. There are zero trans fatty acids per serving.

Total Fat in Sandwich (by type of chicken filet)

	Classic	Grilled	Spicy
Total Fat (%DV)	31g (40%)	21g (27%)	33g (42%)
Saturated fat (%DV)	11g (55%)	9g (45%)	11g (55%)

Sodium

One sandwich contains over 1,000 milligrams of sodium. That is high.

Here is a summary of the nutrition facts for a Chick-fil-A Smokehouse BBQ Bacon Sandwich.

Chick-fil-A Chicken sandwich with bacon and special barbecue sauce.

Compare nutritional value of Chick-fil-A’s brown sugar bacon and chicken sandwich to the fried chicken shack sandwich from Shake Shack or Wendy’s asiago chicken sandwich to learn more about what’s in fast food and find the best options for your dietary needs.

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Sandwich Ingredients and Allergens

Dimethylpolysiloxane is a silicone based polymer used as an anti-foaming agent when cooking the crispy fried chicken breast

Ingredients

The sandwich is served with lettuce. Here are the lists of ingredients for the chicken, bacon, sauce, cheese, and bun used in Chick-fil-A’s Smokehouse BBQ Bacon sandwich.

Ingredients in Chicken

Chick-fil-A Filet

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Water, Enriched Bleached Flour, Fully Refined Peanut Oil with dimethylpolysiloxane (an anti-foam agent), Sugar, Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Pasteurized Nonfat Dry Milk, Leavening, Spices, Soybean Oil, Paprika, and Pasteurized Egg.

Grilled Filet

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast, Water, Seasoning, Chicken Stock, Salt, Maltodextrin, Modified Corn Starch, Dried Vinegar, Apple Cider Vinegar, Soybean Oil, Sugar, Cane Molasses, Spices, Chicken Fat, Dehydrated Onion, Yeast Extract, Lemon Peel, Dehydrated Garlic, Red Bell Pepper, Paprika, Parsley, Xanthan Gum, Natural Flavor (including smoke), Calcium Disodium EDTA (protect quality), and High Oleic Canola Oil with Dimethylpolysiloxane (anti-foam agent).

Seasoning includes yeast extract, onion powder, sea salt, garlic powder, sugar, salt, corn maltodextrin, gum arabic, natural flavor, lemon juice concentrate, vinegar solids

Spicy Filet

Chicken Breast Filets with Rib Meat, Water, Corn Maltodextrin, Spices, Rice Starch, Tapioca Maltodextrin, Salt, Cottonseed Oil, Color (including paprika, yellow #6), Garlic Powder, Natural Flavoring (includes milk, soy), Modified Food Starch, Monosodium Glutamate, Sugar, Paprika, Enriched Bleached Flour, Sugar, Leavening, Nonfat Milk, Soybean Oil, Whey, Fully Refined Peanut Oil with Dimethylpolysiloxane, Pasteurized Nonfat Milk, Pasteurized Egg.

Excludes duplicative ingredients used in same type of filet. Not listed in order of dominance.

Enriched Bleached Flour includes malted barley flour, niacin, iron thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid.
A blend of sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate are used for Leavening.

Other Sandwich Ingredients

Brown Sugar Bacon

Pork, Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphate, Natural Flavor, Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite, Smoke, Brown Sugar, Molasses Solids, Maltodextrin, Spice, Tricalcium Phosphate and Silicon Dioxide (anti-caking agents)

Smokehouse BBQ Sauce

Water, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Distilled Vinegar, Brown Sugar, Seasoning, Honey, Molasses, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Spice, Garlic, Dehydrated Onion, Natural Flavor (including smoke flavor), Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate (preservatives), Tamarind

Seasoning is made with sugar, natural smoke flavor, spices including mustard, dehydrated onion, chili peppers, dehydrated garlic.

Buttery Sweet Yeast Bun

Enriched Wheat Flour, Water, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Egg, Yeast, Butter, Salt, Nonfat Milk, Potato Flour, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Calcium Propionate, Dough Conditioner (wheat flour, enzymes, salt), Maltodextrin, Sucralose, Ground Sesame, Ascorbic Acid, Shine Agent, Butter Flavored Vegetable Oil

Enriched Wheat Flour includes wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid.
Potato Flour is made with potatoes, mono-and diglycerides, sodium acid pyrophosphate, and citric acid.
Shine Agent is made with modified starch, sodium alginate, mono-and diglycerides, and soy lecithin.
Butter Flavored Oil is made with soybean oil, palm kernel oil, soy lecithin, natural flavor and beta carotene.

Colby Jack Cheese

Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, and Enzymes. The Colby cheese also contains Annatto (used for color).

Allergens

The chicken sandwich is made with ingredients that contain Egg, Milk, Sesame, Soy, and Wheat.

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