# Is the McRib really worth eating? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 17, 2024, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749 "2024-12-17T07:26:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/181 "2025-03-19T18:52:09Z")
I just don’t like McD’s “food.” Never liked any of their burgers (except maybe the McDLT), and the nuggets were adequate. Shakes? Horrible! There are at least five fast food places I’d eat at first, and a potential 30 second time savings is not an incentive. Guess I’m lucky I didn’t get addicted as a kid. I’m also eating much healthier now, and the last thing I’d waste my cheat calories on is McD’s. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/182 "2025-03-19T19:10:15Z")
Culver’s is a whole nother tier for me. Way better than the others and the walleye sandwich they have during lent is killer. Ill take Wendy’s and McD’s tied for the next tier (Wendy’s spicy chicken is the only thing I really like on their menu, but good enough reason to go there), and I won’t say anything about BK, other than when they had their short-lived Ch’King sandwich, that gave me a reason to go there. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/183 "2025-03-19T22:08:55Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > the walleye sandwich they have during lent is killer Heartily agree. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/184 "2025-03-20T15:53:49Z")
I didn’t think it was horrible, but I agree the issue was with the “Big Mac Sauce” - it just doesn’t work with chicken patties. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/185 "2025-07-25T23:16:48Z")
McRib is more worthy of eating than that BBQ beef brisket “Whopper by You” at BK. Hell, the BBQ beef brisket at Arby’s is better than the mush BK is putting on burgers. If I wanted mushy BBQ, I’d go to the nearest Harris Teeter and get a sub from their deli counter. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/186 "2025-07-26T01:43:39Z")
Every time I’ve tried a McRib I found it impossible to taste the meat through the ocean of barbecue sauce it was drowned in. And the barbecue sauce was way too sweet for my tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/187 "2026-01-06T21:49:47Z")
Bumping because there’s now a class action suit regarding exactly what cut(s) of meat is in a McRib. > **[What is the McRib really made of? A federal class action lawsuit alleges...](https://fortune.com/2026/01/06/what-is-the-mcrib-really-made-of-federal-class-action-lawsuit-mcdonalds-misled-customers/)** > > McDonald’s consumers’ outcry over the McRib allegedly not containing any rib meat all comes back to Americans’ affordability concerns. > **[McDonald’s responds to lawsuit claiming that McRib has no real rib meat](https://www.masslive.com/news/2026/01/mcdonalds-responds-to-lawsuit-claiming-that-mcrib-has-no-real-rib-meat.html)** > > The lawsuit claims that the McRib patty is a “reconstructed” product made from ground-up portions of pork shoulder, heart, trip and scaled stomach. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/188 "2026-01-06T23:08:03Z")
I thought they’d been sued for that before, but I’m not finding anything. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/189 "2026-01-06T23:31:52Z")
I hear tell you can make a Mock Mcrib using the patty from a Banquet Backyard BBQ tv dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/190 "2026-01-06T23:51:04Z")
First you take the contents out of the box. Then you mash and pulp up the box until you have vaguely rib-like shape and, Voila, MockRib! ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/191 "2026-01-07T01:23:34Z")
Don’t forget the BBQ sauce. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/192 "2026-01-07T01:56:53Z")
Are you telling my that the McRib I ate was not pure pork ribs? I can’t believe anyone ever thought that since the McRib came about. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/193 "2026-01-07T02:50:03Z")
McRib is certainly false advertising. I sorta suspect that McFood would also be false advertising for most of their products. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/194 "2026-01-07T03:10:29Z")
I’m pretty sure they list it as pork shoulder on the ingredients list and this has been public knowledge for decades now. If some idjits decide they want to sue based on their own self-correctable ignorance, well, that’s on them. Next you’ll tell me the Big ‘n Tasty was objectively neither! It’s not fine dining and they certainly aren’t using the highest quality ingredients but McDonald’s has a strong interest in making sure their products contain exactly what they list. Also, using what they claim is usually cheaper - since they order such high volumes, it’s usually cheaper for them to use exactly what’s listed, e.g. 100% beef (albeit not prime Grade A stuff) than implying otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/195 "2026-01-07T04:16:37Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Wendy’s They have a decent breakfast sandwich, as long as you can accept a square-shaped “croissant.” > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Also, using what they claim is usually cheaper Wasn’t there some weird rumor awhile ago that they were using ground earthworms, and some folks - mostly fishermen - were like, “That would be SO much more expensive!” ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/196 "2026-01-07T04:32:19Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > McRib is certainly false advertising. > > I sorta suspect that McFood would also be false advertising for most of their products But it’s advertised as a “McRib,” not a ribmeat sandwich, so it could be technically made from anything they want. It’s like Soy Milk or Chik’n tenders. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/197 "2026-01-07T05:10:49Z")
The On-Cor version is larger, tastier and much cheaper. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/198 "2026-01-07T05:28:44Z")
Ok, I’ll admit it. The last McRib I had was the suckiest McRib I’ve ever had. I can’t even point out a particular part of it that was the disappointing part. It was all somehow disappointing from the bun to the patty in some nondescript way. I’ll try to resist its allure the next time it comes around. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/199 "2026-01-07T05:43:40Z")
Steve Martin addressed this more than 40 years ago. > **[McDonald's / Men's Underwear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4u9dv-YPzA%2F)** > > Provided to YouTube by Warner RecordsMcDonald's / Men's Underwear · Steve MartinComedy Is Not Pretty℗ 1979 Warner Records Inc.Performed By: Steve MartinProdu... ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/200 "2026-01-07T06:16:45Z")
I had two McRibs during this year’s season and I found them to be about the same as they’ve always been. They may have been a little lighter on the BBQ sauce this year, which might be an improvement since they kind of go heavy on it usually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749.md?page=11)