Talk:McRib

message: Why is azodicarbonamide even mentioned here? It is present in LESS THAN 45 ppm. Mention of this ingredient does very little to describe the product. Seems like discussion of these very minor components would be best included in a controversy section rather than the product description.--216.66.104.5 (talk) 19:13, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: In the product description

message: I was only a small child, but I vaguely remember in the 80s that they offered a choice of two styles of bbq sauce.  Does anyone remember enough about this odd bit of trivia to add it to the article? Youngamerican 13:43, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: sauces?

message: It's not at every other McDonald's. It's at none of the ones in Northern VA or Maryland here, but it is in Southern VA. It's also not in Central NJ; this can be verified on the "tour locator" page on the mcrib.com site. Seems that it's only available in more, um, "rustic" locations right now. Very odd.
If you are traveling and you are in the Midway airport in Chicago, the McDonald has the McRib. I must say I was very happy to see it and ordered two right away. I live in the Philly area and there is no sign of a McRib anywhere.
:I've never seen it at any mcdonalds ever, and I've gone there consistently for the last 21 years. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 04:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Actually... It's not.

message: Anything to be said about the smaller version? MrZaiustalk 17:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: McRib Jr.

message: The article references them... what conspiracy theories exist about the McRib? 71.131.201.171  —Preceding comment was added at 07:16, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conspiracy theories? 

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message: In Tennessee (Nashville at least), the McRib is a seasonal item.  It generally comes back around once a year, I believe it is during the beginning of fall, but it may be the beginning of summer (or perhaps both).  I know that not a year goes by that I don't have a McRib when they announce it is back.  We have never had any promotion for a "McRib Farewell Tour".  Perhaps that is for less "barbecue-centric" areas of the country.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.193.185.242 (talk) 15:11, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Here in Indiana it is also seasonal. I always thought it was taken off the menu every year to increase desire for the sandwich ("absence makes the heart grow fonder"), as it does sell a ton whenever it comes back. If it was on the menu all the time, I probably would not get them very often. But, as it is, I am craving them by the time they are re-released. Each McDonald's seems to release it separately, as it was released on October 25th at a local McDonald's, but not until the 26th for a McDonald's I went to in the city. My friends and I all got two of them on the 26th and they were delicious! haha. Isaac thegamer (talk) 00:21, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

text: Theory that the McRib is introduced after pork prices fall from BBQ highs of the summer: http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/a-conspiracy-of-hogs-the-mcrib-as-arbitrage Not sure if the author is notable enough to cite however. Hcobb (talk) 23:52, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seasonal 

message: Wasn't the McRib spoofed in the episode of the simpsons where homer goes around the country following it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.229.79.17 (talk) 18:55, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular Culture 

message: "Officials at McDonald's, in a 1985 stockholder meeting,[citation needed] mentioned that The McRib was pulled because the McRib could not sustain international sales, as there were many countries in which pork is not regularly eaten. Germany was cited as an example"
Err, I don't know about that, as far as I know, the McRib is still a regular on any german McDonalds menu. It actually surprised me to read that it had been discarded in the U.S. And pork is regularily eaten in Germany, more so than beef or any other kind of meat for that matter. (Lol, that all sounds a bigt disgusting, urgh...)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.74.27.7 (talk) 18:48, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  McRib, Pork, Germany 

message: I had my first McRib back in the late 80's and I remember liking it a lot. I had one a year or so ago and didn't care much for it. Did it change, or did my tastes change? 74.100.48.167 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 03:35, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did the recipe change? 

message: This was vandalism, right? Tduk (talk) 05:13, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  vandal? 

message: Does this really need a citation? It's on the official german McDonalds homepage, listed as a regular product:
http://www.mcdonalds.de/produkte/produktfinder.html#/mcrib  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.135.146.101 (talk) 20:07, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  McRib Germany citation needed 

message: "....roughly 70 ingredients. The bun alone contains 34... In addition to chemicals like ammonium sulfate and polysorbate 80, the most egregious may be azodicarbonamide — "a flour-bleaching agent most commonly used in the manufactur[ing] of foamed plastics like gym mats the and soles of shoes." According to McDonald's own ingredient list, the bun also includes calcium sulfate and ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, among other chemicals...Pig innards and plenty of salt. Typically, "restructured meat product" includes pig bits like tripe, heart, and scalded stomach" What's the McRib made of, anyway?-The popular McDonald's sandwich is back. Find out what's inside — if you dare.84.152.61.223 (talk) 22:17, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Roughly 70 ingredients

message: *Ortega, Francisca. "McRib sandwiches contain same ingredient as yoga mats, shoe soles." Houston Chronicle. November 1, 2011.
WhisperToMe (talk) 05:44, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: More sources

message: Is ammonia used in the manufacturing process?108.23.147.17 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 03:24, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the McRib made out of pink slime? 

message: The article says that Rene Arend "fathered" chicken nuggets. Obvious jokes aside, the use of the term here is confusing. Did he physically put the ingredients together himself, or did he just come up with the idea? Fathered could mean both. Or is the article allowed this poetry since "Chicken McNuggets" are not the subject of the page.
Honestly, I like the imagery. But is it too vague?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.212.69 (talk) 04:11, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fathered 

message: We the Dutch have the meat product Mexicano which is sold by a lot of snackbars and just about all supermarkets sell it for self-preparation. (throughout the entire year, too) From what I can see the Mexicano is almost if not 100% identical to the patty used in the McRib. Is this worth mentioning?--Quatroking (talk) 00:10, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mexicano 

message: In Germany, the McRib is available the whole year.--2.245.131.99 (talk) 18:17, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Availability 

message: This article starts: "The McRib is a barbecue-flavored piece of pork periodically sold by the international fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's." Really? "piece of pork"? It really isn't a piece of pork but assembled from bits of pork unless they've found some really strange textured pigs somewhere. In any case, don't you think some mention of it being a sandwich should be made?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.168.152.76 (talk) 23:30, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Piece of Pork? 

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message: "Der Couchburger" is a sandwich featured at Mc Donald's Germany official website (2019) description and photos of pork portion seem to match McRib. http://www.mcdonalds.de/produkte/alle-produkte Tjlynnjr (talk) 00:53, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: hello. i‘m a german living in germany that has worked for McD. The mcrib is nonstop available over here since it got invented. The couchburger was something different; both were available at the same time.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:E2:BF02:3403:68F8:34D:E029:C1EF (talk) 00:51, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Der Couchburger", possible variation of McRib in Germany 

message: Add mention of McRib returning nationwide in 2020.  Source: https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/mcrib-is-back-this-week-mcdonalds-fan-fave-makes-nationwide-return-for-1st-time-in-8-years/ 68.168.167.72 (talk) 23:31, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: . ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 14:59, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 2 December 2020 

message: i think you should put into the article that the mcrib is alltime available in germany since the 1980‘s  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:E2:BF02:3403:68F8:34D:E029:C1EF (talk) 00:50, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Germany 

message: In 2021, Taiwan is offering beef and chicken variants.  They can be ordered with a hash brown as one of the sandwich layers.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/tw/zh-tw/whats-hot/2021CNYProsperity.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 36.228.160.234 (talk) 01:52, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  International Variants 

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message: "restaurants in the US and Canada from 1995 until 2004"
should be until 2005, I worked for McDonalds in Alberta Canada from 2005 to 2009 and that was the last year we sold it. Dios404 (talk) 12:51, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update year 

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message: If you eat the McRib you die of colon cancer. Confirmed by the one and only Technoblade. He died after eating it. 2600:1700:1CA0:6800:DF68:28EC:6805:644B (talk) 06:21, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  McRib Gives Colon Cancer 

message: The McRib has been re-released again for 2023. This page should be updated to reflect that. Penny 04 (talk) 23:16, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 23:54, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 5 October 2023 

message: In Hong Kong I saw ads for something called Prosperity Burger at McDonald’s, looking just like McRibs but claiming to be beef. 24.6.0.156 (talk) 04:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beef version