# The McRib is back! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 10, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mcrib-is-back/927708 "2020-12-10T01:48:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![cardinal\_fang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal_fang/32/15316_2.png) [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mcrib-is-back/927708/25 "2020-12-11T07:36:21Z")
It seems like there’s a McRib thread every time it’s released. [This one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629) (from 2011) discussed the topic briefly. I [posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcrib-back-at-all-locations-thru-nov-14/600629/48) a [link](https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/article_bd4c13ee-e85c-11df-b271-001cc4c002e0.html) that seemed to at least suggest that this is the case. I’ve since heard, apocryphally, that prices for pork trimmings are at their lowest this time of year. I suspect [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mcrib-is-back/927708/22)’s logic is a larger factor. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mcrib-is-back/927708)._