Does Buffalo Wild Wings offer a gluten free menu? After a quick review of their official website, I was unable to find anything other than a brief mention of Allergen Information on their FAQ page which requests you contact them directly with allergen inquiries. Before contacting Buffalo Wild Wings, I decided to do a quick Google search and was able to locate this post which was published recently by Zach of Gluten Free Raleigh.
In his post, Zach mentions recently contacting Buffalo Wild Wings and was given the following information:
So, I fired off an email to BW3 asking for the PDF allergen menu information. Turns out it would be easier if they would just update the above statement saying if you are Gluten Free to STAY AWAY. They promptly responded with an Allergen List and information about the ingredients in their burger seasonings and wing sauces. Below is a summary and my word of caution.
- BW3 traditional chicken wings, fries, buffalo chips, boneless (breaded) chicken wings and tortilla chips are all cooked in a deep fryer which is shared by everything else fried. NOT GLUTEN FREE.
- All grilled items including naked chicken tenders (themselves GF) are cooked on the same grill. NOT GLUTEN FREE.
- BW3 burgers contain Gluten, burger seasoning does not. NOT GLUTEN FREE.
- BW3 sweet BBQ Wing Sauce, Teriyaki Sauce and Asian Zing Wing Sauce do contain Gluten. Other sauces do not but as mentioned before the risk of cross-contact exists with all products that could be sauced.
You can probably have some celery and Ranch dressing, coleslaw or salsa without tortilla chips but that’s about it. Hope you are not too hungry.
Thanks for doing the leg work Zach! Looks like as of today, Buffalo Wild Wings is pretty much out of the question for anyone with Celiac Disease.
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I went to Buffalo Wild Wings in Springfield IL last weekend for the Superbowl and they had a list of all allergens (including gluten) in each item on the menu. The list was available at the carry-out desk and was very helpful! The manager said they had just received it a few days earlier.
This is nothing like what BW3 told me when I contacted them. Outside of two sauces which both contained soy sauce all the sauces were gluten free. I was also told the wings and the fries were cooked in dedicated fryers. I would talk to your local BW3 before taking somebody else’s word for it.
We went to the BW# in Highlands Ranch, Co. I was tols ALL BW# resturaunts have 3 fryers. the oil is moved from one fryer to the next, and on down the line during the day. The first frier has the freshest oil and is used for the vegetables and other fresh items (like potatoes. The second fryer is for their shrimp, breaded checken, etc. Lastly, the oil is moved to the third fryer for the wings. Thus, by the time you have wings dropped in the oil, that oil has cooked everything else on the menu.
We had a manager that was happy to start an order of wings for us in the oven. They turned out great, and we appreciated the effort.
Just spoke with a manager at the BWW in Superior, CO he was not that knowledgeable. All the wing sauce is gluten free except the asian zing sauces that have soy sauce in it. The oil is moved down the line after it has been filtered. So the french fry oil might start as fresh oil but as the person above stated by the time it gets to the fryer that frys the wings it has friend many breaded items. The manager stated that if i was very concerned with the oil and gluten contamination to ask for the wings to be baked in the oven. I might try and call back to another manager a different days. Hope this helps! i love BWW.
I just went to BWW in Oklahoma Ctiy this week and looked all the way through their 5-page allergen listing. The only foods that did not have wheat or soy or gluten (remember, soy is not gluten-free) were coleslaw and ice cream. ALL of their meat products had at least one of those 3 contaminants. And, since there was no meat, I didn’t bother checking any of the sauces.