# McRibs are back at McDonald's **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419 "2014-11-03T03:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/41 "2014-11-03T16:07:18Z")
“$1 with any value meal” seems to me like an odd way to sell them. The way I see it, a fast food meal is a sandwich of some sort, fries, and a drink. If I’m getting a Big Mac value meal or whatever, then I already have a sandwich. What’s the McRib for there? I’d expect instead for the McRib to have its own value meal, consisting of a McRib, fries, and a drink. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/42 "2014-11-03T16:11:56Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Wait a second there, bub. Are you saying there is a Hot Pockets version of the McRib? > > 😛 ♩ Hot Pockets! ♪♪ ---
**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 3, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/43 "2014-11-03T16:18:28Z")
Love 'em!, but the love dies fast. So I’ll have 2 for lunch and then another 2 for dinner today. I may get the urge for another before this McRib season is over. That’ll keep me satisfied until next year. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/44 "2014-11-03T16:19:34Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I’m sincerely sorry if my opinion struck you as thread shitting, I thought you wanted discussion, not just confirmation of your view! My bad, I stand corrected, and I leave you to it! Don’t go away! 🙂 It wasn’t the OP who brought up the somewhat threadshittiness of those bashing the McRib, it was me. Just one McRibbers opinion, so moving on now. The OP seemed to just be alerting everyone that McDonalds had snuck this back onto the menu. And I hope he is enjoying a delicious compressed simulated rib shaped patty of stuff mopped up from the floor after the hot dogs are made right now. With fries and a Diet Coke. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/45 "2014-11-03T16:21:14Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > “$1 with any value meal” seems to me like an odd way to sell them. The way I see it, a fast food meal is a sandwich of some sort, fries, and a drink. If I’m getting a Big Mac value meal or whatever, then I already have a sandwich. What’s the McRib for there? I’d expect instead for the McRib to have its own value meal, consisting of a McRib, fries, and a drink. And of course, you can order a McRib Value meal. But who says you can’t have a McRib as a dessert? This is 'Murica, and we can do that here!!! ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/46 "2014-11-03T16:28:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > “$1 with any value meal” seems to me like an odd way to sell them. The way I see it, a fast food meal is a sandwich of some sort, fries, and a drink. If I’m getting a Big Mac value meal or whatever, then I already have a sandwich. What’s the McRib for there? I’d expect instead for the McRib to have its own value meal, consisting of a McRib, fries, and a drink. I think it’s an add on item because it doesn’t require chewing to consume. You can just break it up with your tongue like ice cream or pudding. ETA: My cousin claims they give him “black farts”. After he eats them his farts leave black (not brown) puff marks in his underwear. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/47 "2014-11-03T17:05:56Z")
I showed up to be disgusted by the McRib, but then got the bonus description of **Cubsfan** ’s cousins skidmarks. Thanks, SDMB, I won’t have an appetite for a week! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/48 "2014-11-03T17:09:19Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Maybe, if you didn’t want the opinion of others you ought to have composed an OP that reflected that. There was no question, or debate, just a flat out observation. > > Sort of invites the observations of others, otherwise what’s the thread for? > > And if you only wanted to hear from those who share your view, just say so, up front! > > You acknowledge people have widely varied opinions on the topic, after all, right in the OP! Doesn’t exactly telegraph that you don’t want that opinion expressed. > > I’m sincerely sorry if my opinion struck you as thread shitting, I thought you wanted discussion, not just confirmation of your view! My bad, I stand corrected, and I leave you to it! You’re not the one I was complaining about. I was complaining about the predictable tendency of some Dopers to come into a thread and say, “Oh, I make my own at home. Look at my mad cooking skillz.” Completely irrelevant to the thread. Who cares what you make in your kitchen? But it’s so predictable. Such people come across trying to make themselves look superior to those who see cooking as a bother and don’t mind going to a drive-thru. It’s like “Why do hew-mons prefer food which is rapidly prepared by someone else when you can make your own at home in ten times the amount of time?” I don’t mind people giving their own opinions of McRibs, even if you don’t like them. I’m not looking for validation. I’m just tired of reading irrelevant cliches such as you’re too pedestrian to appreciate food if you don’t make it yourself. Any other opinions are appreciated. Again, sorry for the rant. I apologize if I caused anyone offense. I don’t mean to hijack the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/49 "2014-11-03T17:10:18Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > I showed up to be disgusted by the McRib, but then got the bonus description of **Cubsfan** ’s cousins skidmarks. > > Thanks, SDMB, I won’t have an appetite for a week! Skids come from not wiping your butt. These are puff marks. Like you’d expect if smoking a cigar through a pair of whitey tighties. But black. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/50 "2014-11-03T17:12:31Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > You’re not the one I was complaining about. I was complaining about the predictable tendency of some Dopers to come into a thread and say, “Oh, I make my own at home. Look at my mad cooking skillz.” > > Completely irrelevant to the thread. Who cares what you make in your kitchen? But it’s so predictable. Such people come across trying to make themselves look superior to those who see cooking as a bother and don’t mind going to a drive-thru. It’s like “Why do hew-mons prefer food which is rapidly prepared by someone else when you can make your own at home in ten times the amount of time?” > > I don’t mind people giving their own opinions of McRibs, even if you don’t like them. I’m not looking for validation. I’m just tired of reading irrelevant cliches such as you’re too pedestrian to appreciate food if you don’t make it yourself. Any other opinions are appreciated. Again, sorry for the rant. I apologize if I caused anyone offense. I don’t mean to hijack the thread. For the 4th time, nobody did that. Go back and read it again. The guy was defending you, FFS. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/51 "2014-11-03T17:19:31Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I don’t see what the big “hate” deal is. They’re ground pork sandwiches, seasoned and topped with barbecue sauce, onions, and pickles, and served on a bun. BFD! I make the same thing in my kitchen at home all the time, and they’re delicious. The only difference is, I don’t use a press to shape mine. I am with you. Though I prefer properly made pulled pork if given my druthers. I have had a couple McRibs over the past few years, they are nothing special IMHO, other than the whole limited availability thing. Again, give me a flat of ribs, or a batch of pulled pork. ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/52 "2014-11-03T17:22:19Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > For the 4th time, nobody did that. Go back and read it again. The guy was defending you, FFS. Well, technically, I did post a “homemade McRib” to the thread. But I was being silly with that. It was just a fun experiment that I thought McRib lovers would enjoy seeing what would happen if some idiot like me try to make a McRib out of actual ribs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/53 "2014-11-03T17:25:16Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Hey, _all those who might want to stop by and pick one up_, the McRib is back at McDonalds.!!! So are you saying this thread is spam? Mmm, Spam. I agree with the OP. Not exactly cheap at $1. Should be a nickel. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/54 "2014-11-03T17:25:33Z")
It’s also worth noting that McD’s seems to be able to sell them only by using Disney’s old artificial scarcity tactic - instead of being on the menu year-round, they’re a Special! Treat! only available at random times, creating, well, the sort of hype and squee represented by this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/55 "2014-11-03T17:28:25Z")
“Act now before the McRibs are locked back up in the vault!” ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/56 "2014-11-03T17:31:10Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Well, technically, I did post a “homemade McRib” to the thread. But I was being silly with that. It was just a fun experiment that I thought McRib lovers would enjoy seeing what would happen if some idiot like me try to make a McRib out of actual ribs. 🙂 I know, but he’s all torqued about another poster above; one who was trying to come to the defense of the McRib. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/57 "2014-11-03T17:35:01Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > There’s one in every thread. > > “Oh, I don’t see what the big deal is. I make mine at home all the time and they’re so much more delicious.” > > I’m happy for you. Not all of us care to go to the time and effort. Some of us like the convenience of stopping at the drive-thru and having someone else make it for us. To each his own. Uh, hon, I think you misunderstood. **terentii** is saying “I don’t know what the big deal is” is about people who hate the sandwich, not people who like it. He’s saying, “why all the hate? It’s not so different from something I make at home.” He’s arguing _against_ people who think it’s some gross-out franken-food forced upon by fast food places by comparing it to similar stuff he makes at home. > [@terentii](#): > > I don’t see what the big “hate” deal is. They’re ground pork sandwiches, seasoned and topped with barbecue sauce, onions, and pickles, and served on a bun. BFD! I make the same thing in my kitchen at home all the time, and they’re delicious. The only difference is, I don’t use a press to shape mine. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/58 "2014-11-03T17:40:38Z")
What’s hilarious to me is that there are several restaurants in Chicago that sell this style of bbq pork patty sandwich (Robinson’s is the most famous) and they’ve been offering these things forever. McD’s may have even gotten the idea from these places. Anyway, the point is that McD’s isn’t just creating some weird abomination. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/59 "2014-11-03T17:42:30Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > My cousin claims they give him “black farts”. After he eats them his farts leave black (not brown) puff marks in his underwear. Please advise your cousin that the best way to control anal leakage is (a) taking a good dump first thing in the morning, followed by (b) a thorough flushing out of his colon (you’d be amazed at how much stuff is left behind in that last little bend) and (c) a nice paper-towel tuck (Bounty is a good brand for this). 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419/60 "2014-11-03T17:45:45Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Sorry I confess I totally fail to see the appeal. I never have. When they were first out, and I first heard of them, I thought, “How’s that gonna work?” I knew it would be something gross, and I was not disappointed. I spent a good deal of time peppering my friends with questions like, “You’ve had real ribs, right?”, “You know what a pulled pork sandwich is, right?” > > I was baffled then, and I am baffled now that this manages to pass as edible food, to be honest. But, hey, it takes all kinds to make a world! However I, for one, am left scratching my head at this news! You left out the part where you finally tried one. You polled all your friends- what did \*you \*think? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcribs-are-back-at-mcdonalds/703419.md?page=4)