McDonald's McRib is coming back. And this time, it's going nationwide.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the fast food chain is making the fan-favorite sandwich available at all of its 14,400 US restaurants when it hits menus on December 2. In previous years, the  McRib was only sold at some locations, which sparked excitement and subsequent long lines — a no-no in this time of social distancing.

Described as "saucy, tangy, tender and shamelessly delicious," the McRib first appeared on menus nearly 40 years ago. The sandwich is a boneless pork patty, shaped like a rack of ribs and smothered in barbecue sauce. 

 

So I, for one, cannot wait.  One of my few guilty pleasures.

I actually don't mind the McRib.  I'd go for it, hold the pickles.

I can't  wait myself. I always enjoyed  them.

I think they plagiarized that description from some on-line dating site.

4 minutes ago, siderman said:

I think they plagiarized that description from some on-line dating site.

Swipe right!

the way the fastfood places are pushing things....i'll bet it's plant based. not real meat.

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Prepared in a crock pot?

Does it have pineapple on it

31 minutes ago, CMJeepster said:

Prepared in a crock pot?

Remember the Zeeker.

2 hours ago, 1LtCAP said:

the way the fastfood places are pushing things....i'll bet it's plant based. not real meat.

I don’t think it was real meat to begin with! 

3 hours ago, 1LtCAP said:

i'll bet it's plant based. not real meat.

 

1 hour ago, Displaced Texan said:

I don’t think it was real meat to begin with! 

Ha... I was going to say that last night, but didn't want to get blackballed. Did it ever have meat in it originally? 

Asking for a friend... 

4 minutes ago, Sniper said:

 

Ha... I was going to say that last night, but didn't want to get blackballed. Did it ever have meat in it originally? 

Asking for a friend... 

yea......from last weeks loser, lol

Due to the nature of some fast food workers, I’m sure it had SOMEBODIES meat in it at one time or another. 

3 hours ago, Displaced Texan said:

I don’t think it was real meat to begin with! 

I think it contains the snouts and tails considered too low-grade to make the quality control cut for Spam.

You'd be surprised of the meat misadventures people can get into. I recall one case where a local small town butcher was doing a terrible job of removing all the thyroid tissue from their cuts and everyone in the town was going hyperthyroid from eating ground beef. 

It's actually worse than that - it's what didn't make the cut for scrapple. 

Here's the order:

Pork you would recognize

Sausage

Spam

Pork Roll

Hot dogs

Scrapple

McRib

 

11 hours ago, 1LtCAP said:

the way the fastfood places are pushing things....i'll bet it's plant based. not real meat.

So you're saying you believe the McRib was once real meat........???????

McRib is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

15 hours ago, JT Custom Guns said:

So you're saying you believe the McRib was once real meat........???????

Fake news!

Never had the mcrib but I'll definitely try it. I did have a lobster roll from them when i was in maine, pretty gross imo

I have some boneless country pork ‘ribs’....I may make my own version of the ‘McRib’......

 

I’ll call it, ‘the McTex’!

14 minutes ago, Displaced Texan said:

I have some boneless country pork ‘ribs’....I may make my own version of the ‘McRib’......

 

I’ll call it, ‘the McTex’!

It won't be the same. You're using real meat...........

22 minutes ago, JT Custom Guns said:

It won't be the same. You're using real meat...........

The ‘ McTex’ (tm) begins...

Rubbed down with ‘Dillo Dust’. I may sous vide it, and then finish it on the grill (for those lovely grill marks). Sauce it, let the sauce caramelize a bit, then serve it. 
 

Hmmmm....

Whether you are a fan of the McRib or not, here is an interesting video on the history of who developed it, why and how McDonalds chose to market it the way they do, why they seem to randomly make it available in different places at different times, and probably an answer to one of the more controversial questions, what is it made of.  I personally don't like the sandwich but as a business decision, it is a nice move.

 

  

3 hours ago, Displaced Texan said:

I may sous vide it

That there is one of those fancy French names for a crock pot. 

19 minutes ago, Grapeshot said:

That there is one of those fancy French names for a crock pot. 

Ha!!!!

Funny story...but almost NOT a funny story. 
 

I had set up my sous vide cooker and had just dropped the pouch in the water bath. The temperature of the cooker started rapidly rising. I was looking through the manual for the damn thing, figuring I did something wrong, when I saw the heating element inside glow BRIGHT red and then burst into flames!!!

Thankfully I was standing right next to it, and unplugged it. I tossed it into the sink and hosed it down with water. 
 

Scared the crap out of me!! For the record, it was one of these. 

That's rather frightening since I've used mine while away from home before. What brand? I've got an Anova.

Just now, kc17 said:

That's rather frightening since I've used mine while away from home before. What brand? I've got an Anova.

Mine was a Gourmia model 138. 
 

It’s in the trash now. 

That video was way more interesting than expected. Thanks!

I present to you, the McTex. 
 

Now where did I put those Kings Hawaiian rolls??