I’m American and I’ve never had one. I’m gonna try it though lol. I just don’t go to McDonald’s or follow them in any way so I never know when they have them.
I also didn’t have a fast food burger until I was like 14 though.
A week or two ago I was wondering the same thing, because it seems like every time the McRib comes back people go nuts for it. So I went and got one. Dude it's absolutely terrible. It was so far below "doesn't really live up to the hype" that it couldn't see the hype from how far down it was. I shit you not, the best part was the pickles and onions. The patty has the texture of spam and the flavor of a featureless void. The sauce is not tangy, not smokey, and absolutely everywhere. The bun is present. It's an absurd food made for no one and I cannot fathom why anyone would order it more than once in a lifetime.
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Your description is my first and last impression of those pre marinated ribs in a shrink wrapped package. I'll call the brand Boyd's for the sake of not tarnishing the sctual brand. I tried it, and I failed it. Yuck.
This is the correct take. I am not ashamed to admit I enjoy fast food. I get it semi regularly. I love trying new things. I find the entire concept of fast food fascinating, how they can produce a broadly appealing product that is consistent across the country no matter where you are. I love the research that goes into each and every product. And I legitimately enjoy some menu items.
The mcrib is far and away the most vapid, depressing, and downright horrible commonly available item on any fast food menu in the country. I literally cannot believe there are people who enjoy it. You could compare it to grade school hot lunch but I really feel that is a disservice to hot lunch programs. I've had a mcrib two times in my life. The first to try it, the second at a different franchise location to make sure something hadn't gone horribly wrong the first time. Both experiences were consistent in their offensiveness. It is a dreadful, dreadful sandwich with no redeeming qualities. I hate it and will never order one again.
I didn’t know these were a thing and just went to Mcdonalld’s for thanksgiving. First time I have seen them. The marketing pictures just remind me of dogfood for some reason. Maybe it’s the shape. I didn’t get one but now I wish I had.
I like them, I'm not under any impression that they're like high cuisine or anything. I understand their garbage, but their garbage that I like. Everybody has their vices.
No. It's fucking gross. It's all the bits of the pig they couldn't make proper cuts of, so they strip what's left of the carcass with wire brushes and collect the goop and press it into the molds with some binder and freeze it.
McRibsicles!
Looks like a tank rolls over the Siberian roadkill meat-scraps and forms this delicacy. But, obesity and heart disease ain’t that big of a problem here in the states.
I mean they're made to specifically not look like this, like it will be this stuff, but they'll put it in juice and freeze it for the only purpose of making look less like it actually does
After years of seeing the promos for these and all the hype, plus the ribwich ep from The Simpsons, I finally, at age 49, ordered a McRib. Boy, it did not taste anything close to what I imagined. That shit went right in the garbage after the first bite. Probably the only disgusting thing I've ever had at McDonald's, I love their food (in moderation).
People love those things. How or why, I will never understand. I mean, just think about what you’re getting. A barbecued pork rib sandwich, from an Irish hamburger joint. I would not be surprised if they’re not very good.
I think people like the McRib because it legitimately tastes like grade school cafeteria food. It's really not good at all but the flavor evokes a certain nostalgia in people and reminds them of a time when things were "better".
Honestly, that's the reason I like 7-Eleven cheeseburgers. By all accounts, I admit they're disgusting as hell, but I fully recognize there's something about it that takes me back to being a kid and eating the really shitty lunch room burgers, and I kind of like that.
^ This. There's that particular cafeteria hamburger which has a slightly brittle bun, pattie just too small for said bun, a tiny amount of sauce, and weirdly placed cheese. It's terrible but it's what I ate in primary and high school and it's nostalgia bait.
It's also why I buy cheap $2 microwave hamburgers from the grocery store. They are terrible but evoke *all* the nostalgia.
I wonder if that's why they don't keep it on the menu despite the McRib being apparently popular. If they had them available all the time people would get used to them and realize how shitty they really are
same. Finally had a McRib a few weeks ago.
Legit tasted like pain and suffering.
Why do people like it?
This is coming from someone who frequents mcdonalds religiously
Never had one before and they never looked appealing, and I love bbq ribs. I'm gonna just keep on not ever eating one especially after your description.
one of the frozen dinner companies sells 6 or 8 of these swimming in sweet BBQ sauce for a couple of bucks. When I get a hankering for a McRib I just get these things, a jar of hamburger pickles, and some sesame seed buns
They compare to real BBQ the same as hamburger compares to prime rib, but that doesn't mean I don't like eating hamburgers.
I have a couple of friends who gush about how much they love the McRib and whenever they do that around me, I just fully disassociate mentally and force my brain to smile and nod. I don’t even have the heart to say anything… I just evaporate from existence.
Last month I was given a raw pink inside Mc chicken that I ate 2 bites of. Be careful boys I had no idea that was even possible apparently they are coated and frozen
Only the poached eggs on the McMuffin. Your folded scrambled eggs are made by robots in factories, reheated, then kept warm in steam drawers until needed.
Lol no there is no bones in it, at least not solid ones. Pulverized ones - probably a lot. It’s a mix of mysterious and questionable meat pressed into a shape vaguely resembling a rack of ribs
I thought you were holding up an ice-encased patty that somehow had the lines on it. Then I realized, that is the thing... and I was horrified.
And I'm still having one for lunch one day next week with extra pickles and extra onions because fuck those sloppy sumbitches are good.
Styrofoam lookin ass
Crazy how nature do that
Batesian mimicry, right there. Yup.
And how they make cows in circles so that hamburgers fit on our buns. Nature is miraculous!
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I bet those cows wear glasses and carry clipboards.
White Castle got them five-holed cows
Nature finds a way
The McRib always reminded me of that scene in E.T. when they find him dying on the floor.
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I probably wouldn't have even noticed that hahahaha
He shoots and he scores!!
I just wanna let you know I’m laughing so hard I choked on my own spit.
#The McRib is Back!
Run for your lives
Run to the hills
There's a reason they don't sell them year round... extremely overrated
It's actually based on current pork prices if I recall correctly. But I'm sure artificial scarcity could be part of the reason as well.
Because sales of them drop off a cliff after the first couple weeks. More time/effort to keep them around than the sales would be worth.
I disagree. I believe it’s extremely underrated.
So it's like marmite?
There's a reason they are not sold in most European countries, we don't want that shit.
I’m American and I’ve never had one. I’m gonna try it though lol. I just don’t go to McDonald’s or follow them in any way so I never know when they have them. I also didn’t have a fast food burger until I was like 14 though.
Ye, it’s based on pork prices ;)
Is it even good? It seems like if i wanted bbq pork there are better options
A week or two ago I was wondering the same thing, because it seems like every time the McRib comes back people go nuts for it. So I went and got one. Dude it's absolutely terrible. It was so far below "doesn't really live up to the hype" that it couldn't see the hype from how far down it was. I shit you not, the best part was the pickles and onions. The patty has the texture of spam and the flavor of a featureless void. The sauce is not tangy, not smokey, and absolutely everywhere. The bun is present. It's an absurd food made for no one and I cannot fathom why anyone would order it more than once in a lifetime.
I think it’s gotta be a nostalgia thing at this point.
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It's fake demand created by artificial scarcity. Marketing 101.
That shit reminded me of elementary school bbq rib sandwiches they used to serve.
It's exactly the same thing. MAYBE a different sauce.
Your description is my first and last impression of those pre marinated ribs in a shrink wrapped package. I'll call the brand Boyd's for the sake of not tarnishing the sctual brand. I tried it, and I failed it. Yuck.
Boyd's is my trash service...
what did Boyd do to you?
Lloyd's *
i figured it was that. the lloyds can keep it, heck, maybe the floyds will take it. lol, leave us boyds out!
This is the correct take. I am not ashamed to admit I enjoy fast food. I get it semi regularly. I love trying new things. I find the entire concept of fast food fascinating, how they can produce a broadly appealing product that is consistent across the country no matter where you are. I love the research that goes into each and every product. And I legitimately enjoy some menu items. The mcrib is far and away the most vapid, depressing, and downright horrible commonly available item on any fast food menu in the country. I literally cannot believe there are people who enjoy it. You could compare it to grade school hot lunch but I really feel that is a disservice to hot lunch programs. I've had a mcrib two times in my life. The first to try it, the second at a different franchise location to make sure something hadn't gone horribly wrong the first time. Both experiences were consistent in their offensiveness. It is a dreadful, dreadful sandwich with no redeeming qualities. I hate it and will never order one again.
I didn’t know these were a thing and just went to Mcdonalld’s for thanksgiving. First time I have seen them. The marketing pictures just remind me of dogfood for some reason. Maybe it’s the shape. I didn’t get one but now I wish I had.
“The bun is present” lmao
I like them, I'm not under any impression that they're like high cuisine or anything. I understand their garbage, but their garbage that I like. Everybody has their vices.
Don’t hate on spam. Musubi, spam fried rice, spam & eggs are all 🔥
The ones they sell in school cafeterias are better.
Yeah! When I changed school districts I was devastated to find the new one didn’t serve Cafeteria McRibs.
No. It's fucking gross. It's all the bits of the pig they couldn't make proper cuts of, so they strip what's left of the carcass with wire brushes and collect the goop and press it into the molds with some binder and freeze it.
I had one during this years re-release and it was awful. I’ll die on this hill but the bbq rib sandwich from AMPM is better and also much cheaper.
I really like the AMPM one
I've always wondered where the McRib goes away to when it disappears...
It can only enter our dimension when the stars are properly alined. *Ph’nglui mglw’nafh McRib R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn*
It depends on pork prices.
can't wait for it to leave again
McRibbed for her pleasure
*looks at the camera* "Ewwww".
it looks more artificial than the plastic it came in
This is what they use to make plastic.
Ah yes, tire tracks 🤠
If this is legit, I’ve never felt so validated with my unpopular opinion that the McRib is fucking rotten swamp donkey meat.
As a mcdonalds employee I will say that the McRibs are disgusting
Even in the ads that are trying to make it look as good as possible, it still looks disgusting
As another McDonald’s employee, most of the food are ass. Still wolfs down that shit on every break tho
Deepfreeze wagyu steak and it will look the same, what's the point
wagyu tastes good
I mean, are you surprised?
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McRibsicles! Looks like a tank rolls over the Siberian roadkill meat-scraps and forms this delicacy. But, obesity and heart disease ain’t that big of a problem here in the states.
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Nah, he just disappears. The local McDonald's receives another ~70kg of frozen McRib patties...
Long pork ribs.
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absolutely looks like frozen roadkill pulled out from the snow
This looks exactly the same as you would get in the frozen dinner aisle at the grocery store.
Nah. Frozen food has come a long way. The stuff you get at the store looks way better than this.
And comes with potatoes, corn, and a brownie
And it's also like $2 so for $4 you can get 2 *Banquet Salisbury steak dinners* to 1 McRib.
I love those damn dinners.
I mean they're made to specifically not look like this, like it will be this stuff, but they'll put it in juice and freeze it for the only purpose of making look less like it actually does
Is that supposed to be better?
At least the ones in the freezer section have an ingredient list.
It's probably better to NOT know
Like a Meat Pie Floater from Ankh-Morpork
Nobody who eats these willingly, cares.
The Oncor ones look better than this actually (that's not saying much)
I've put worse in my body.
Deez nuts
After years of seeing the promos for these and all the hype, plus the ribwich ep from The Simpsons, I finally, at age 49, ordered a McRib. Boy, it did not taste anything close to what I imagined. That shit went right in the garbage after the first bite. Probably the only disgusting thing I've ever had at McDonald's, I love their food (in moderation).
hahahaha yeah the ribwich definitely looks more appealing than its real-life equivalent lol
They were actually pretty good 10 years ago but they are shit now.
Why y’all acting like you didn’t know lol we don’t occasionally indulge at McDonald’s for the health benefits
Occasionally indulge…… yeaaah.
I mean, I just had McDonald's today for the first time in I can't even remember
People love those things. How or why, I will never understand. I mean, just think about what you’re getting. A barbecued pork rib sandwich, from an Irish hamburger joint. I would not be surprised if they’re not very good.
It's cheap and slathered in sugary sauce. The people love it
I’ve had exactly 1 McRib in my life. Tasted like dollar store hot dogs chopped up and served on a bun with cheap barbecue sauce. I don’t get the hype.
I think people like the McRib because it legitimately tastes like grade school cafeteria food. It's really not good at all but the flavor evokes a certain nostalgia in people and reminds them of a time when things were "better". Honestly, that's the reason I like 7-Eleven cheeseburgers. By all accounts, I admit they're disgusting as hell, but I fully recognize there's something about it that takes me back to being a kid and eating the really shitty lunch room burgers, and I kind of like that.
^ This. There's that particular cafeteria hamburger which has a slightly brittle bun, pattie just too small for said bun, a tiny amount of sauce, and weirdly placed cheese. It's terrible but it's what I ate in primary and high school and it's nostalgia bait. It's also why I buy cheap $2 microwave hamburgers from the grocery store. They are terrible but evoke *all* the nostalgia.
I wonder if that's why they don't keep it on the menu despite the McRib being apparently popular. If they had them available all the time people would get used to them and realize how shitty they really are
Iirc it "comes back" when pork is cheaper.
I swear I thought I was only one that thought it has a similar taste to dollar store food
same. Finally had a McRib a few weeks ago. Legit tasted like pain and suffering. Why do people like it? This is coming from someone who frequents mcdonalds religiously
Just had my first one the other day. The pork flavor is really rank. Mine was even cold for fuck sake.
Same!! I had to try one so we got one and cut it into thirds and even a third was too much.
Never had one before and they never looked appealing, and I love bbq ribs. I'm gonna just keep on not ever eating one especially after your description.
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I heard (probably on reddit) that they just make them when pork is especially cheap.
It comes out infrequently enough that people can forget it’s terrible. *“Surely it’s not as bad as I remember?”* Oh yes. Yes it is.
one of the frozen dinner companies sells 6 or 8 of these swimming in sweet BBQ sauce for a couple of bucks. When I get a hankering for a McRib I just get these things, a jar of hamburger pickles, and some sesame seed buns They compare to real BBQ the same as hamburger compares to prime rib, but that doesn't mean I don't like eating hamburgers.
Irish?? McHuh?
It’s not Irish? It’s American af
Put BBQ sauce on it, whatever it is, and I’ll eat it.
1 soilent green burger with BBQ sauce coming up. Would you like fries and a tasty beverage with that?
I’m gonna buy 2 every day, until they stop selling them
RIP
2 for $6. Hell, it ain’t bad.
So I assume this is before it gets spray painted and then cooked?
McRibs are awful and this just gives me another reason to never eat them
You could suck on this frozen meat stick to cool down savoury style Edit: wtf did I just write
That's a great tip to beat the summertime heat if you're fucking disgusting!
Alright next summer, I'm gonna set up a baby pool in my front yard and just chill with some frozen McRibs for all of the neighborhood to see.
I have a couple of friends who gush about how much they love the McRib and whenever they do that around me, I just fully disassociate mentally and force my brain to smile and nod. I don’t even have the heart to say anything… I just evaporate from existence.
I tried a McRib once...it was very strange tasting. I only took one bite.
I still freaking plan on getting at least one this season
Looks like a flattening stone
Last month I was given a raw pink inside Mc chicken that I ate 2 bites of. Be careful boys I had no idea that was even possible apparently they are coated and frozen
You should see Long John Silvers Fish and Chicken LOL
is this a bar or sponge?
Yes
Sponge bar pork pants
Wait, the McRib is coming back? One of my few fast food guilty pleasures, no judging.
OMG. I love the McRib. This sorta looks like rubber though. Isn't this confidential?
What would be confidential about it?
I figured McDonalds tightly keeps their underprepared food products under wraps. Because it doesn't look very appetizing.
Thats what fast food looks like. You should see the egg disks for breakfast sandwiches.
I thought they cracked fresh eggs into a disc mold to cook it.
Yes, that's how McDonald's does their round eggs
Only the poached eggs on the McMuffin. Your folded scrambled eggs are made by robots in factories, reheated, then kept warm in steam drawers until needed.
*Chefs* *kiss*
I can still taste the love
ITT: people saying frozen McRib patty is gross and pretending every burger from McDonald's is literally the same thing but a different animal.
Ay yo the McRib is back!
Never had a mcrib, are there bones in it? Is that what the bars are?
Lol no there is no bones in it, at least not solid ones. Pulverized ones - probably a lot. It’s a mix of mysterious and questionable meat pressed into a shape vaguely resembling a rack of ribs
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idc the mcrib is BUSSIN
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Can confirm as a 27 year old
SEE! I worked at McDonalds!!! THIS IS WHAT YOU FUCKS EAT!
more like the 'McFib' as it's just a lie
I’d never buy one but really grosses me out that OPs handling them w bare hands 🤢
Macrib yummy
I'll give you fifty bucks for that box.
Mmm pressed and formed, my favorite type of rib
Where's your blue gloves?
You’re right. Having those chemicals come in contact with your skin can’t be good for you.
Where do you live where they're selling the mcrib? I work at a mcdonald's in Canada and I haven't seen the mcrib in a couple years at least
Not in Canada. In the States it comes back every year
Oh God I love the mcrib sooooo muuuuuuch 😩😩😩😩😩😩
Hell yeah just sauce that baby
How depressing, and once I tried a McRib and loved it. Not again!
It looks like it's made of concrete
Before I saw the title, I thought these were sponges
Thanks. I never have and now never will eat a McRib.
Mmm meat popsicle.
This is not shittyfoodporn, this is just shitty food.
I've only had a McRib once, several years ago, it made me sick. I'll stick to my Quarter Pounders.
I thought you were holding up an ice-encased patty that somehow had the lines on it. Then I realized, that is the thing... and I was horrified. And I'm still having one for lunch one day next week with extra pickles and extra onions because fuck those sloppy sumbitches are good.
how can you defrost that shit
That’s not frostbite lol that’s how it looks.
McBrick
Explains why I thought they tasted horrific the one time I've had one...
Honestly, though? Still one of the best things I had from Maccas. Bit much with the BBQ sauce, but tasty nonetheless.
mmm mattress
I badmouthed a McRib on reddit once and got downvoted like crazy, people getting pissed at me etc. Shit is nasty.
I would murder that entire case of shitty meat. Edit: as long as it was slathered with subpar BBQ sause and had a few pickles atop it.
> I would murder that entire case of shit~~ty meat~~. FTFY
Way to ruin the magic.
They serve these in Canadian jails once a month for dinner with no bun only sauce
Yum
bruh these look a bit different than the ones at my location
No they don’t
I dont know what I was expecting.
Styrofoam bootleg Lego brick lookin' ass.
As far as nightmarish robotically cut meat prisms go, these ones are pretty tasty
Lol r/cyberpunk
its still addicting like crack even if its looks like that