# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 11
**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, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/201 "2026-01-07T06:24:03Z")
Dang, you’re trying to pull me back in! ---
**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, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/202 "2026-01-07T06:25:26Z")
Don’t worry, I think McRib season is over until November. It’s still on the app, but it’s showing as “currently unavailable” at all the locations near me. As I mentioned last year, though, the AM/PM version is still available. ---
**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, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/203 "2026-01-07T11:51:04Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > 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. Quite right. See also the folks who class action sued because Froot loops don’t contain fruit. > **[Yet Another Lawsuit About the Lack of Fruit in “Froot Loops”](https://www.loweringthebar.net/2010/04/yet-another-lawsuit-claims-no-fruit-in-froot-loops.html)** > > Roy Werbel and his counsel are back with yet another attempt to call out Kellogg USA for its dastardly marketing of "Froot Loops" cereal.  As you may recall, Werbel sued Kellogg… And because Subway “footlong” sandwiches weren’t exactly 12 inches in length. > **[Short-Subway-Sandwich Settlement Stupid, Says Seventh Circuit](https://www.loweringthebar.net/2017/08/short-sub-sandwich-settlement-stupid.html)** > > It also called the settlement “utterly worthless,” but those words don’t begin with an S. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/204 "2026-01-07T12:02:36Z")
I’ve only had the McRib once, when I tried one a few years ago to see what all the hype was about. It was disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/205 "2026-01-07T12:34:35Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > See also the folks who class action sued because Froot loops don’t contain fruit. I bet they don’t contain real froot either. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/206 "2026-01-07T12:47:28Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I had one once a couple decades ago. Thought it was OK. DItto! LOL I thought it was “fatty”. The nutritional breakdown seems to indicate I was right. - **Calories:** 520 - **Total Fat:** 28g (35% DV) - **Protein:** 24g (48% DV) - **Carbohydrates:** 46g (17% DV) - **Sodium:** 890mg (39% DV 28 grams is pretty much the equivalent of 2 Snicker bars. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/207 "2026-01-07T15:37:44Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > as long as you can accept a square-shaped “croissant.” I’ve seen twice and bought once croissant hamburger buns. Aldi excels at abruptly ending these limited time favorites with enhanced heartbreak, seemingly in tagteam with Trader Joe. BOLO: they’re the same in appearance to the brioche, yellow tan and glossy. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > 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!” Subway has been similarly accused of padding their tuna. Same thing, like what’s cheaper than institutional salad tuna in trucks/week quantities? Anyhow, it’s probably the only protein they have that is recognizable from nature. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/208 "2026-01-07T18:21:16Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > McRib is certainly false advertising. No worse then boneless wings. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749/209 "2026-01-07T18:26:16Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Wasn’t there some weird rumor awhile ago that they were using ground earthworms That was in the 1980s and the ingredient in question was sodium erythorbate and some idiot thought erythorbate came from the root word “earthworm.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-mcrib-really-worth-eating/1011749.md?page=10)