The McRib makes a McComeback

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By CHRISTINA REXRODE AP Business Writer


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NEW YORK (AP) - The McRib, the elusive sandwich that has inspired a cult-like following, is back.

McDonald's Corp. announced Monday that the boneless barbecue pork sandwich, usually available in only a few stores at a time, will be sold at all U.S. locations through Nov. 14.

Most of the time, it's up to local franchises to determine when and if they want to sell the McRib - except in Germany, the only place where it's available perennially. But McDonald's said the response was so great last November when it made the McRib available nationally for about three weeks that it decided to bring it back this year. The company, which previously hadn't sold the McRib nationally since 1994, declined to give specific sales numbers.

The sandwich, which is dressed with onions, pickle slices and barbecue sauce, was introduced nationally in 1982. With 500 calories and 26 grams of fat, it's slightly trimmer than the Big Mac, which has 540 calories and 29 grams of fat. And just like the Big Mac, the McRib has become a popular McDonald's offering.

There are Facebook groups like "Bring Back the McRib!!!" There are Twitter tags, where posts range from "Lucky me, the McRib is back" to "If you eat McRibs, you need to re-evaluate what it is you actually want in life." Last year, the guy who won McDonald's $1 million Monopoly grand prize was ordering - you guessed it - a McRib. Earlier this month, former Playmate Jenny McCarthy contacted the McRib Locator website for help finding a McRib in southern California: She got one in Fountain Valley.

The website's creator, Alan Klein, said he suspected something was up when traffic exploded from about 150 hits a day to about 4,000 in the past week or so, as more fans reported sightings. People are sending him photos of their McRib variations: the McRib with lettuce and tomato, the McRib with bacon, three McRibs stacked on top of each other.

Klein, a meteorologist in the Minneapolis area, runs the website in his spare time with help from his wife, Kimberly. He created the Locator in 2008 because he wanted to learn how to use the Google Maps program for work, and because he had fond memories of eating the pork sandwich while growing up on a hog farm.

"We've been spoiled this year and last year with it being around nationwide," he said. "But I hope it stays elusive because otherwise nobody will come to our website."

If the McRib is so popular, why not just offer it all the time? McDonald's likes to stoke the enthusiasm with an aura of transience.

"Bringing it back every so often adds to the excitement," said Marta Fearon, McDonald's U.S. marketing director, who added that she's not sure if the McRib will reappear in stores every fall.

And how can it be called a McRib if it doesn't have any bones? Said Fearon: "That gives it this quirky sense of humor."

[Muddy]

I used to love this fukkin thing back in the day....

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's awesome....I hope it shows up in Denver. I haven't had one in f-o-r-e-v-e-r

[Muddy]

I know it sounds ghetto.. But when I was a kid, my grandmother (Cadillac driving high brow) and myself would always make a weekly pilgrimage to Mickey D's for the coveted McRib sandwich.. :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

That doesn't sound ghetto, it sounds very cool :thumbsup:


The only thing I never understood (and still don't) about the McRib is why they put pickles on it :wtf:

[Muddy]

Yeah I dunno.. I used to eat it all.. :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Not me, I hate pickles :yuck:

[Muddy]

I love Dill pickles.. Sweet ones, not so much..

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/39x0g.jpg

[Muddy]

I like to wrap my McRib in a nice towel as well... :lol:

[Hal-9000]

I can't recall having one...I know that they look like a little rack of ribs without bones and I also know some heavy engineering went into it to make it look like smeat :lol:

[Muddy]

It's total smeat... Thats what makes it good... :dance:

[Hal-9000]

preformed smeat is ambrosia


they're talking about 3 of them stacked high with bacon! :)

[Muddy]

Dont go too far... :lol:

[Hal-9000]

Okay....3 of them on a bun topped with bacon.Dipped in that warm nacho cheese crap from 7/11....and a side of chicken smeat with BBQ sauce to wash it all down with :thumbsup:


:face: I just came in the back of my pants a little..

[Muddy]

When it comes to trash eating, remember minimalism is always best..

[Hal-9000]

Are you kidding dude? I usually bring my lunch every day.

Today...right now... I'm chomping on a 12 inch meatball sub with double cheese and dipping it into a semblance of mushroom soup.

Nirvana.................

[Muddy]

I love dipping sandwiches in soup as well... :thumbsup:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

You guys are disgusting, this thing is disgusting, and they do sell it down the street from my office. One lady here, buys a whole bunch and freezes them so she can keep eating them after they stopped selling them :puke:

[Muddy]

Don't be a little bitch, Porky...

[PorkChopSandwiches]

http://www.gunslot.com/files/gunslot/images/61436.jpg

[Acid Trip]

You guys are disgusting, this thing is disgusting, and they do sell it down the street from my office. One lady here, buys a whole bunch and freezes them so she can keep eating them after they stopped selling them :puke:

I thought the news people were joking when they said people bought them in volume only to freeze them. The fact you know one of those people is very disturbing.

Do you hear a beeping noise whenever she backs up?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You guys are disgusting, this thing is disgusting, and they do sell it down the street from my office. One lady here, buys a whole bunch and freezes them so she can keep eating them after they stopped selling them :puke:


Don't be a little bitch, Porky...

No kidding...

Hey Porky... :stfu:


:dance:

[Hal-9000]

You guys are disgusting, this thing is disgusting, and they do sell it down the street from my office. One lady here, buys a whole bunch and freezes them so she can keep eating them after they stopped selling them :puke:

I heard about that practice with White Castle burgers or sliders...buy a whole whack of them and freeze.

:sad2: I still haven't had a McRib or a White Castle burger...

[Acid Trip]

I heard about that practice with White Castle burgers or sliders...buy a whole whack of them and freeze.

:sad2: I still haven't had a McRib or a White Castle burger...

You aren't missing anything on either of those. Now the XXL Chalupa at Taco Bell is worth a few tears.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You aren't missing anything on either of those. Now the XXL Chalupa at Taco Bell is worth a few tears.

You're putting Taco Hell above the McRib and White Castle? :-s

You sir have just lost all credibility in this discussion :hand:

[Acid Trip]

You're putting Taco Hell above the McRib and White Castle? :-s

You sir have just lost all credibility in this discussion :hand:

The Toca Bowl I go to is pristine inside and the food comes out perfect (I also happen to be friends with the owner).

The McRib is shit formed to look like ribs and don't get me started on STEAMED burgers! :puke:

[Muddy]

Ban him, Lance. Enough is enough.

[Leefro]

Have not had a maccy's for around 23 years and I'm not about to start now

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/BgMlK.jpg

:homer:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/0hsvF.jpg

:bow:

[Muddy]

:lol:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Saw this pic of Lance in the Colorado Gazette

http://www.wideawakeinwonderland.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mcrib1.jpg

[Acid Trip]

http://i.imgur.com/0hsvF.jpg

:bow:

Does the epic story explain how it went from being random pieces of pig to a ground up and form pressed patty?

[Leefro]

Does the epic story explain how it went from being random pieces of pig to a ground up and form pressed patty?

You could say that about ALL burgers

[Acid Trip]

You could say that about ALL burgers

Except burgers are beef, this is pork.

[Leefro]

So you trust what parts of the cow goes into fast food burgers ?

Whether they be beef or not

[Acid Trip]

So you trust what parts of the cow goes into fast food burgers ?

Whether they be beef or not

Whoa! Where did I say I ate fast food burgers?

[Muddy]

So you trust what parts of the cow goes into fast food burgers ?

Whether they be beef or not


:lol: for real..

[Leefro]

I have been to a abattoir before and I would not trust anything it says on the side of a pkt

[Acid Trip]

I have been to a abattoir before and I would not trust anything it says on the side of a pkt

Slaughterhouse = nasty. Local butcher = good.

[Leefro]

Yeah maccy's and all other burger outlets use local butchers

Called the food chain

only way to be precise is buy a plot of land have animals and kill them yourself :tup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So you trust what parts of the cow goes into fast food burgers ?

Whether they be beef or not

McDonald's has been thru that argument before in the US. It's beef...if it wasn't, the government would have them closed down so fast it wouldn't even be funny. Granted, it's lower grade beef that the hamburger you buy at the store, but it's still beef ;)

[Leefro]

Yeah we all follow rules and laws :tup:

[Acid Trip]

Yeah maccy's and all other burger outlets use local butchers

Called the food chain

only way to be precise is buy a plot of land have animals and kill them yourself :tup:

Didn't Mark Zuckerburg make that his New Year's resolution? To only eat animals he killed himself?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

only way to be precise is buy a plot of land have animals and kill them yourself :tup:

:tinfoil:

[Leefro]

It is the only way to be sure of what you are eating

I eat most things except tinned meat made by MRM

[Hal-9000]

I had my monthly McDonalds meal last weekend and it was quite edible...

Large Caesar salad with hunk of chicken smeat on top
Double cheeseburger
Medium chocolate shake

It was filling and tasty (and stayed down)

:thumbsup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I haven't hit McD's in awhile....it actually sounds pretty good :-k

[Hal-9000]

up here that's the 14 buck survival meal


got all of your main food groups:

chicken
burger
shake
bacon (in the salad)

:thumbsup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

They're selling the 20 piece McNuggets for $4.99 here right now....that's what I'm thinking about right now :yumyum:

[Hal-9000]

I may go hit a drive thru in the next few days and inquire about the elusive McRib

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Doesn't hit the States for another 3 weeks or so, not sure if or when it will be up in Canadaland

[Hal-9000]

I'll compose a letter to the Prime Minister right now

[Leefro]

Do they do a Black Pudding burger ?

[PorkChopSandwiches]

they are eating mcribs here now :(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

they are eating mcribs here now :(

How do you guys have them already? :-s

[PorkChopSandwiches]

I told you before they have been here for a while. Probably all this month.

Here's a locator for you fiends

http://kleincast.com/maps/mcrib.php

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It says they're in Denver :dance:

[Hal-9000]

Do they do a Black Pudding burger ?

:hurlchunks:

[Hal-9000]

I told you before they have been here for a while. Probably all this month.

Here's a locator for you fiends

http://kleincast.com/maps/mcrib.php

that's fuggin hilarious :lol:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

:lol:

[redred]

i don't think i've ever had one

[PorkChopSandwiches]

i don't think i've ever had one

You are better off ;)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:hater:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Deconstructed


Right out of the bag, still in the wrapper.
http://foodfacts.info/mcrib/001-mcrib-wrapper.jpg

Just unwrapped.
http://foodfacts.info/mcrib/002-mcrib-served.jpg

A look under the bun.
http://foodfacts.info/mcrib/003-mcrib-open.jpg

With the pickles and onions removed.
http://foodfacts.info/mcrib/004-mcrib-sans.jpg

With the sauce washed off.
http://foodfacts.info/mcrib/005-mcrib-cleantop.jpg

This is the 'bottom,' apparently the 'ribs' are only pressed on the top.
http://foodfacts.info/mcrib/006-mcrib-cleanbot.jpg

McRib sliced in half... this is the 'meat' inside.
http://foodfacts.info/mcrib/007-mcrib-filet.jpg

a close up of the fileted McRib.
http://foodfacts.info/mcrib/008-mcrib-filetcu.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:homer:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

:puke:

[redred]

yeap that looks shit sorry

[Teh One Who Knocks]

yeap that looks shit sorry

I've seen the stuff you English eat, your opinion on what looks good means nothing :hand:

[redred]

:lol:

are you not thinking of the scots and there haggis?

[Hal-9000]

blood pudding and boiled bangers??????


Red, we use that shit as threats to torture people into telling the truth

[redred]

nothing wrong with black or hogs pudding[-(

[Hal-9000]

want some chips wit that luv?

:lol:

It's amazing you Brits all don't drop dead of heart attacks at 18

[Acid Trip]

*looks at pics Porky posted*

:puke:

[redred]

it's hard to do anything after a full english fry up first thing in the morning :lol: even a heart attack is to much effort

[Hal-9000]

:lol:


call 911......a bit later hun, ok?

[Acid Trip]

it's hard to do anything after a full english fry up first thing in the morning :lol: even a heart attack is to much effort

:lmao:

[Muddy]

OK LANKY... I had one at lunch... :dance:

[Hal-9000]

OK LANKY... I had one at lunch... :dance:

we want pics!!!! :x

[PorkChopSandwiches]

OK LANKY... I had one at lunch... :dance:

was it everything you hoped for?

[Muddy]

was it everything you hoped for?


It wasn't near as good as I remembered...

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Thats how they get you, bring it back every once in a while and prey on your nostalgia

[Muddy]

They got me... Id take a Big Mac over that thing any day now...

[PorkChopSandwiches]

double cheese burger :tup:

[Muddy]

Man I love the special sauce and lettuce and cheese and onion on the big Mac... (no special sauce jokes please) :fu:

[Leefro]

I would check your bowels after eating that pic porkster showed

[Hal-9000]

double cheese burger :tup:

My appetizer of choice :thumbsup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

OK LANKY... I had one at lunch... :dance:

Guess what I'm eating right now?

:dance:

[Hal-9000]

Guess what I'm eating right now?

:dance:

chicken fried rice with dumplings? :-s

[Hal-9000]

Guess what I'm eating right now?

:dance:

your fingernails? :-s

[Hal-9000]

Guess what I'm eating right now?

:dance:

A beautiful, yet slightly slutty coworker? :-s

[Hal-9000]

Guess what I'm eating right now?

:dance:

Scraps out of the neighbors trash? :-s

[Hal-9000]

Guess what I'm eating right now?

:dance:

A large wiener? (heh heh heh) :-s

[Leefro]

Guess what I'm eating right now?

:dance:

Botulism in a bap ?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/uTwCzl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QG0F7l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/c83Ifl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/KogqDl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zDNHPl.jpg

:burp:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/1EaBP.png

And I reported it to that site Porky posted :banana:

[Hal-9000]

:lol: action shots and everything


that thing looks pretty big!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

They aren't too big, but not too small :)

I ordered the McRib meal at the drive-thru and the chick said "would you like to add another McRib for a dollar?" Why not I said :cheers:

[Hal-9000]

:sad2:


I could get Fedex there tomorrow for a pick up....help a brother out?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:sad2:


I could get Fedex there tomorrow for a pick up....help a brother out?

:empathy:

[Hal-9000]

That's not an answer!!!! :x


Dammit man hit the drive-thu again, get 5 of those drippers and then get 5 more for a dollar each.Wrap up the 10 sammiches and the courier will stop by your shop for the pick up.



Please :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I'd eat them before FedEx picked up :shifty:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The McRib is back, and it’s McWonderful
Lucky for us, the McRib has turned out to be the Cher of sandwiches
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO


http://i.imgur.com/8orwM.jpg

When it comes to crap food, everyone has a guilty pleasure. For some, it's a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos downed in a stoned haze; for others, it's a pint of Ben and Jerry's mindlessly emptied during the latest episode of The Bachelor. Regardless of what poison you pick, it's likely to come with a hefty side of self-loathing.

For the cult of McRib, to which I belong, things are different. For us, McRibs are lusted after and devoured openly, with pride. We embrace our inner fatty-fatty-bo-batty and track the availability of the limited-time-only "barbeque pork" sandwich using an online McRib locator. It is that good.

Feeding the frenzy is the fact that the McRib has never enjoyed full-time status on the McDonald's menu. This makes us want it even more, and executives at the Golden Arches know this, teasing fans with back-to-back "Farewell Tours" in 2005 and 2006.

Luckily, the McRib has turned out to be the Cher of sandwiches. Earlier this month, McDonald's announced that, on November 2, the mythical pork-product sandwich will come out of retirement and return to the Golden Arches for a six-week run at 14,000 slop-food outlets.

Then a delicious rumor hit the Phoenix office — some Massachusetts locations had McRibs early. I dropped everything. Knowing that the McRib is often elusive, I headed to Saugus, where a McDonald's sign had changed its McRib status from COMING to HERE overnight. Oh, McJoy!

First, I hit up the Route 1 Northbound drive-thru for an order of five McRibs. A slow, dramatic un-boxing revealed a sandwich that was much larger than I remembered, and quite a bit messier. It's probably not safe to drive and eat a McRib, but I did anyway.

I steered with my knees as I took my first bite in about a decade. It was damn tasty — a pleasantly spongy ground-pork-and-preservatives patty, slathered in barbeque sauce and slipping and sliding out of a fluffy bun. It's topped with sour pickles and raw onions, which, in addition to providing a foil to the sauce's tangy sweetness, ensure that you will taste your McRib throughout the remainder of the day.

After shoving the rest down the gullet, I reversed direction to get more McRibs at the Route 1 Southbound McDonald's. I buried the remaining sandwiches in the backseat, wiped the sauce from my face, and ordered two more with a big smile.

Maybe this re-emergence will lead to a double-decker McRib, or McDonald's will take a cue from Internet hoaxsters and develop McRibbles, a McNugget-like variation on the sandwich. But for now, I'm happy to scarf down this blissful package of mystery meat, sauce, and pickles — while it lasts.

[Hal-9000]

*weeps hungrily in the corner*

[Hal-9000]

"Luckily, the McRib has turned out to be the Cher of sandwiches"


:rofl:

[Pony]

Honestly it wasn't as good as I remembered. I would rather buy the boneless rib patties and slow cook 'em on the grill slathered in some good BBQ sauce.....


:drool:

[Hal-9000]

I'm actually feening for something I've never had before....that's new :-k

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Honestly it wasn't as good as I remembered. I would rather buy the boneless rib patties and slow cook 'em on the grill slathered in some good BBQ sauce.....


:drool:

You must have had a bad one then :hand:

The ones I had were better than I remembered :homer:

[DemonGeminiX]

:hand:

I have a few real barbecue pits close by. I'll just go to one of those.

I haven't touched Mickey D's in ages.

[Pony]

I'm actually feening for something I've never had before....that's new :-k

The local grocery has the packages of pre-cooked rib patties, doesn't take long to warm em up on the grille with some BBQ sauce and a hoagie roll.

[Pony]

http://i.imgur.com/NR1YK.jpg

[Hal-9000]

The local grocery has the packages of pre-cooked rib patties, doesn't take long to warm em up on the grille with some BBQ sauce and a hoagie roll.

Yeah but you know it won't taste the same

[Pony]

Yeah but you know it won't taste the same

Better!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/NR1YK.jpg


Better!

Wrong :hand:

I've tried the On-Cor stuff....I wasn't that impressed :wha:

[Muddy]

Guess what I'm eating right now?

:dance:

Hahahaha... Excellent... :lol:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

http://i.imgur.com/1EaBP.png

And I reported it to that site Porky posted :banana:

:lol:

[Hal-9000]

:lol: that was great

Lance's 15 minutes

[Leefro]

So who is in the minority again ??

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Lance with his manufactured bucket of wrong

[Muddy]

Lance with his manufactured bucket of wrong

You're out of team PORKCHOP mother fucker... Of all people... you should embrace this little slice of heaven.. :razz:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

You're out of team PORKCHOP mother fucker... Of all people... you should embrace this little slice of heaven.. :razz:

Its cannibalism :mad:

[Muddy]

http://www.joewrite.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/bacon-hitler.jpg

[PorkChopSandwiches]

http://madewithbacon.com/images/uploads/store/girl-bacon.jpg

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://i.imgur.com/eJ2mM.jpg

The McRib Double Down sandwich :banana:

:homer:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

http://findmcrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/McSlap-300x300.jpg

[Muddy]

:lol:

[deebakes]

mc:puke: