# McRib Mania!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-mania/559991>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 9, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-mania/559991 "2010-11-09T02:45:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-mania/559991/101 "2013-11-15T22:14:40Z")

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I love the McRib. When they first re-appear, I typically eat 2 for lunch and 2 for dinner and that’s all I eat that day. After the first day, I only eat 1 per week or so until they disappear again.

I love them even more after reading this article:

> **[The McRib: Enjoy Your Symptom](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/the-mcrib-enjoy-your-symptom/281413/)**
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> How McDonald’s strange, seasonal sandwich explains the rest of its menu

“…apart from context, cost, and class markers, there’s really not much difference between McDonald’s “super-processed” food and molecular gastronomy, the application of food science to haute cuisine.”

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**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:** [November 16, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-mania/559991/102 "2013-11-16T00:46:57Z")

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Hopefully this works. [Here is my creation](https://www.facebook.com/pawinski/media_set?set=a.10152119104973777.1073741830.503153776&type=3).

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**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:** [November 16, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-mania/559991/103 "2013-11-16T03:30:13Z")

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Sorry. It seems like even though it’s Facebook public, you have to login or something. Anyhow, [here’s a regular version.](http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=464279#p464279)

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-mania/559991/104 "2013-11-16T04:21:11Z")

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> [@Duke](#):
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> I think the bigger question then is–why does demand for the McRib benefit from limited availability, and the same is not true for, say, the McDouble or the Filet-o-Fish? Is there some metric which says that people will eat a Big Mac every week, but quickly grow tired of the McRib?

From what I understand, the McRib is treated like this specifically because it wasn’t popular enough to keep it year-round. Those other items are popular enough.

Of course, the McDouble doesn’t really require any extra equipment, so there’s no advantage to it not being around, anyways. The Filet-o-Fish must just be popular enough to stick around–although I have been in McDonald’s stores that didn’t have it.

BTW, the Angus left to give them more room for other specialty items. As the economy got better, they started doing worse. So they keep experimenting with other options. Right now, they are actually trying to capitalize on the foodie craze.

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