The famous (or infamous) barbeque-slathered pork sandwich will return from its brief retirement for the 2023 fall season, McDonald's confirmed Wednesday.
But fans might have to put in some work if they want to lay their hands on the evasive sandwich.
The McRib left menus on Nov. 20 last year on the premise of never returning, though many long-time fans of the sandwich never believed it would be gone forever.
Consumers who paid attention in McRib history class know that last year's stunt was not the first such farewell tour. First debuted in 1981, the McRib has since repeatedly appeared and disappeared from the fast-food ether.
After leaving the menu in 1985, it never again became a permanent offering, instead resurfacing for limited and seasonal runs.
McDonald's has initiated multiple McRib farewell tours since the early 2000s, including 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2020, it came back to the menu for the first time in eight years following an online campaign run by netizens.
What is the McRib?
In case you've been living on another planet, the sandwich comes on a toasted bun and consists of a boneless pork patty (which, while shaped to resemble a rack of ribs reportedly includes little rib meat), barbeque sauce, dill pickles and onions.
While McDonald's has yet to announce the McRib's official return date, how long it will be available or which locations will participate, those truly invested can use the online unofficial McRib Locator tool.
Fear not, McRib loyalists. It seems McDonald's 2022 McRib "farewell tour" was nothing but a ruse. The famous (or infamous) barbeque-slathered pork sandwich will return from its brief retirement for the 2023 fall season, McDonald's confirmed Wednesday.
After a long wait, and the pleading of McRib fans for years, McDonalds Canada has announced that the McRib will be coming back nationwide starting January 30th, 2024!
Here's how to locate it near you. It's the most wonderful time of the year — for a certain brand of fast-food fan, at least. It's the time for tangy barbeque poured over a boneless pork patty, topped with dill pickle chips and slivered onions, all between a toasted bun.
McDonald's brought back the McRib for a national farewell tour in the fall of 2022. The McRib has had at least three other farewell tours. It's been on and off menus since 1981. In November 2023, the iconic barbecue slathered pork sandwich is returning to select restaurants.
Yes. Here's when and where you can get it. If you missed the 2022 McRib “farewell tour,” we have some good news: McDonald's cult classic sandwich is coming back. "It turns out not everyone was ready to say goodbye to the McRib,” McDonald's said in a news release this week.
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Sales were mediocre, however, and it was removed in 1985 as McDonald's executives determined that pork is not eaten frequently enough in the United States to stay on the menu. After several years, it returned for a promotion. It is more popular in Germany and Luxembourg, where it remains a permanent item.
The McRib starts with seasoned boneless pork dipped in a tangy BBQ sauce, topped with slivered onions and tangy pickles, all served on a toasted homestyle bun. When everything combines you have BBQ pork sandwich perfection.
The notorious 520-calorie sandwich contains just five simple ingredients: seasoned boneless pork dipped in BBQ sauce, sliced onions, and dill pickles in a toasted homestyle bun. "When everything combines you have BBQ pork sandwich perfection," McDonald's said.
McPizza was discontinued in almost all restaurants by 2000 because the eleven to sixteen-minute cook was out of sync with the restaurant's reputation for fast service." Pizza has remained a challenge for not just McDonald's but rivals like Wendy's and Burger King.
We knew McDonald's 'McRib Farewell Tour' of 2022 was a lie.
Now, to virtually no one's surprise, McDonald's has confirmed that the McRib is indeed making its way back to some locations, despite last year's insinuations about its permanent retirement.
The McRib can be attributed largely to two men: a meat scientist from Nebraska and a Luxembourg-born, French-trained chef from the Drake Hotel. The former is Roger Mandigo, a longtime prof at UNL, a recent inductee into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame and an innovator in restructured meat products.
Eight years later, in Dec.2020, the chain brought the sandwich back, kicking off the McRib's multi-year journey to bid customers adieu. The sandwich came back to stores to celebrate its 40th anniversary in Nov. 2021, and went on its most recent “Farewell Tour” in November 2022.
The patty was unseasoned, and the overwhelming taste was just of BBQ sauce. Even the onions and pickles couldn't compete with that amount of BBQ sauce. While it certainly wasn't bad, I can't say it was good, either. Personally, it just isn't a sandwich that I would wait 10 years to get my hands on again.
After a long wait, and the pleading of McRib fans for years, McDonalds Canada has announced that the McRib will be coming back nationwide starting January 30th, 2024! In a later response, they indicated the McRib will be on the menu through February 26th, or until supplies run out.
Before its fake retirement tour, the McRib made intermittent and unannounced appearances on McDonald's menus nationwide. It was a business strategy that the company built partly around the pricing for the pork scraps that make up the popular sandwich and partly to keep up the mystique of the dish.
According to McDonald's, McRibs are primarily made of ground boneless pork shoulder emulsified with water, spices, dextrose sugar, and preservatives to refine its flavor and texture.
That's why the release dates for the McRib seem random to the average person. It's the pork prices that dictate the sandwich's return. Then, the company just hypes the situation up as if there isn't a greater factor at play.
The patty was unseasoned, and the overwhelming taste was just of BBQ sauce. Even the onions and pickles couldn't compete with that amount of BBQ sauce. While it certainly wasn't bad, I can't say it was good, either. Personally, it just isn't a sandwich that I would wait 10 years to get my hands on again.
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