# McRib back at all locations thru Nov 14 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629 "2011-10-24T15:12:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/61 "2011-10-26T17:19:23Z")
I’d rather have a McRib than Spam or Vienna sausages – eurgh! Nummy, nummy McRib! With extra pickles! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/62 "2011-10-26T17:23:10Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > I > Nummy, nummy McRib! With extra pickles! 😃 Seek help before it is too late! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/63 "2011-10-26T17:28:07Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > I had never had a McRib until a year or two ago. It is now my guilty pleasure. I don’t know what’s in that soft patty of meat and I don’t want to know. As long as it’s smothered in barbecue sauce, it’s all good. > > Also, now I understand that Simpson’s episode where Homer follows the “Ribwich” around the country. It’s definitely worth a road trip. > > There may or may not be two McRibs currently sitting in my belly. > [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > The point of this episode will be lost on future generations if McDonald’s keeps bringing it back everywhere at once. Homer said, “I have eaten the ribs of God!” ---
**Author:** ![joemama24\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/64 "2011-10-27T15:25:42Z")
What ticks me off is that I asked for a double McRib and they would not make me one. So close to perfect, but so far. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/65 "2011-10-27T18:34:56Z")
> [@joemama24\_98](#): > > What ticks me off is that I asked for a double McRib and they would not make me one. So close to perfect, but so far. That’s because there’s no button on the cash register that has a photo of a double McRib for the cashier to press. Don’t you know that McD’s cashier’s can’t actually think? Buy 2 and make your own. Problem solved. That being said, I’m not a big fan. But sometimes they \*just \*hit the spot. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/66 "2011-10-27T18:52:17Z")
Had one a couple days ago, and it did not live up to my memories. The barbeque sauce was pretty bland and the meat patty was basically flavorless. Maybe I’ve just become too much of a foodie after living in the SF Bay Area for 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/67 "2011-10-27T19:26:51Z")
For some added deliciousness, add a scoop of coleslaw to your McRib. Nom, nom, nom… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/68 "2011-10-27T19:50:34Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > If you want the disappointment without going to McD’s, check the grocery store for frozen BBQ rib patties. The ones in my area are made by OnCor, and they’re pretty McD-like. Get some dinner rolls, some chopped onions if you really want, and they’re pretty darn good for what they are and not artificially scarce like McRibs. > > Course, that all said, I kinda want a McRib… Before I pontificate further than my own remark up-thread, I got inspired to go out and actually try a McRib. Now I can say (echoing someone else up-thread): Meh. The sauce was bland. The meat was tasteless and rather mushy. Not at all like ripping solid meat off a real bone with your bare incisors! Didn’t at all satisfy my inner carnivore. I was hoping at least the sauce would be stronger and tangy. Went grocery shopping after that, and spotted frozen BBQ faux rib patties. (Yes, OnCor brand in fact.) Just had to buy a pack to give them a try. Haven’t tried them yet. I’m hoping at least the sauce will bite back some. Above quote NOT encouraging. ETA: For fast food with a semblance of real BBQ tang, however, the occasional re-appearance of BBQ KFC is not bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/69 "2011-11-05T02:07:18Z")
This being America and all, of course there’s now a McRib McLawsuit: [McRib Lawsuit Pits Humane Society Against Smithfield Farms, McDonald's Over Animal Welfare | HuffPost Food](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/04/mcrib-lawsuit-humane-society-smithfield-farms_n_1075992.html?1320416650&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl14%7Csec1_lnk1%7C109903) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/70 "2011-11-05T04:02:34Z")
McRibs are not available at my local McDonald’s should I complain? ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/71 "2011-11-05T04:50:02Z")
Just had my yearly McRib pilgramage after work tonight. I am always amazed at how small they have become. The flavor was decent but GOD how messy! BBQ sauce running all over, onions falling off. I enjoy the sandwich itself but the clean-up takes the pleasure out for me. So… I’m done till next year… ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/72 "2011-11-15T02:37:21Z")
It’s the end of the McRib! At least until next year. I thought about getting one. I did not eat a McRib yet nor do I want to. [This](http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/food_quality/see_what_we_are_made_of/your_questions_answered/meats.html) is what turned me off: From the McDonald’s website, under the FAQ, What animal is the McRib made of? Talk about giving an evasive answer, McDonald’s! ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/73 "2011-11-15T02:55:26Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > It’s the end of the McRib! At least until next year. I thought about getting one. I did not eat a McRib yet nor do I want to. [This](http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/food_quality/see_what_we_are_made_of/your_questions_answered/meats.html) is what turned me off: From the McDonald’s website, under the FAQ, What animal is the McRib made of? > > Talk about giving an evasive answer, McDonald’s! The answer was listed above… “Think smaller, more legs”… ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/74 "2011-11-15T03:27:34Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > Talk about giving an evasive answer, McDonald’s! Am I somehow being whooshed here? > [@](#): > > The McRib is made from pork! That’s not evasive at all. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/75 "2011-11-15T03:40:02Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > That’s not evasive at all. Pork is not an animal. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/76 "2011-11-15T03:41:04Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > Pork is not an animal. Neither is beef. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/77 "2011-11-15T03:56:34Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > Pork is not an animal. I cut out of my post a couple of iterations mentioning that, as I didn’t find my snark witty. I figured I would just let the answer speak for itself, especially if I was being whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/78 "2011-11-16T01:20:50Z")
I had two McRibs today, November 15th, so it’s not completely gone. Maybe each store is allowed to sell out their remaining stock of meat logs? I’m definitely getting sick of them, though. Good thing it’s a limited time only. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/79 "2011-11-16T01:42:11Z")
McInnards! Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/80 "2011-11-17T05:09:11Z")
The McDonald’s across from my apartment still had them today (Nov 16.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629.md?page=5)