The Delicious History Of McDonald's McRib
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2024
- This episode of Weird History Food Is taking you back - WAY back to the beginnings of the every elusive McRib. Here today, gone tomorrow, with only the fading memories of hat sweet sweet taste etched into the brain. Maybe you were the biggest fan? Maybe not, but, we all have memories of seeing the ads, and many hoping for the return...
Will they, Won't they? Can McD's bring back such fun on a bun? The insane rib rack with no bones?? Tune in and get some backstory on one of the Golden Arches' most storied and elusive creations!
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The Mc Rib usually shows up in the fall, usually in late October to November when pork prices are low. It lasts until the new year then disappears again.
I'm just shocked by seeing a McDonald's meal for $4.99!
When it was cheap to eat there
How long ago was that?
@@melissacooper8724 Honestly, not that long ago, maybe 2015.
why she keep saying air quotes its still pork
LOL..I worked there in the early 90's. 3.14 after tax for the extra value meals. The quarter pounder meal though was 3.46.
You can get the McRib all year round in Germany :D
WHY NOT IN THE USA......
THE MCRIB IS THE GREATEST THING YOU CAN HAVE.....
BRING BACK THE MCRIB AND LEAVE IT HERE FOR EVER...
If you are going to save some McRibs for the apocalypse, make sure you freeze them first before you vacuum seal them. Otherwise when pulling the vacuum it will crush the bread. After the Bomb drops you can hook up a battery with an inverter and plug in a small microwave to reheat the McRib. Or just place it on the dash of a hot car that hasn’t had its windows blown out. It I had the equipment I would freeze dry some McRibs.
Be sure to remove them from vacuum packing before defrosting though... Although I'd not waste vacuum bags on McRibs. They're nasty.
😂❤ sure buddy
You could also just buy a few hundred Big Macs, or burgers from Mackers and leave them lying about the shelter, they'll be fine.
You don't need electricity to reheat it, just wrap it in some aluminum foil and leave it on the edge of (*not in*) a small fire for a little while.
How will it stay frozen if there is no power because apocalypse?
Maybe dehydration is better and then they can just sit on the shelf.
I was working at McDs when the McRob first came out. Once it took off, they sold like gang busters and were extremely popular with crew for breaks. Unfortunately, they are rather messy and the taste gets old after awhile. The sales appeared to be cyclical with people tiring of them for a while, then wanting them again. I think this why McDs brings them back for short periods of time. Hmmm m, I think I would like one now but they are not currently available.
One McAnus a year is enough to tide me over until the next go around.
@@Ease54 McAnus
Great timing for this video! Currently available in Canada!!
I can confirm this. I tried it last week
True
According to this video, I guess pork prices will go up.....better stock up on pork chops now....
I love the McRib and had it ever since it first came out. Now if the process grosses you out, keep in mind that the same process is used for many deli meats.
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.
Deli meat is made from ground meat!? I've always wondered how they got it to be in such sizes and shapes. The texture is usually really smooth, though.
@@MatthewTheWandererlow end deli meat is often processed pink slime. Higher end brands use actual solid pieces of meat that are formed together into the loaf type shape you see at the deli counter, especially for turkey products they’ll combine several breasts.
@@cruisinguy6024 I've only ever seen mid to high end deli meat. Roast beef definitely doesn't seem like it was made from ground meat. But, most deli meats I've seen are turkey or ham, with beef and chicken being less common.
In Germany you can buy a McRib everywhere. Just take a look at a German McDonald's page 😀😀.
I just looked at their menu, and your absolutely correct! They also have the old classic sweet-chili chicken mcwrap that I enjoyed back in 2007-2008, and curly fries! 😡 the US McDonald’s has been failing to offer the past few years.
@@Ja2808R McDonald's has become really good in Germany in recent years 😀. But always remember that we have no Wendy's, no White Castle, no Arby's, almost no Taco Bell and many others ☹.
@@Der-Gute I’ve been around the world on Radio Garden today, and was on a few radio stations in Munich just a little while ago. You guys have good FM radio too!
You can even order it with a second patty. I love McRib.
@@lausimeyer6558 really? You can double patty it? I’ve never though of that. If we asked, they’d prob do it in US.
Chickens are dinosaurs , literally, a whole chicken is the shape of a dinosaur, as it is one
No it's not. Only a subset of dinosaurs (the small feathered ones) eventually became the ancestors of modern birds. Most famous dinosaurs like the Trex and four legged ones have no lineage with modern birds. Nor did all the dinosaurs back then have feathers. It was only a small subset of them and now everyone thinks every chicken now came from Jurassic Park type dinos which isn't true
@@aznsensation44 I never said all dinosaurs became birds , that's ridiculous, but all birds are technically still dinosaurs, specifically, theropods.
dino's laid huge eggs wich were quickly eaten by small fury mammals
@@patgalvez4563 so true ! And those mammals are our ancestors! Amazing how we ate dino eggs then and we still eat dino eggs now!
well you're a bundle of laughs@@aznsensation44
I don’t know why McRib lovers feel starved during the time gaps. Both Swanson’s and Banquet have versions of it among their TV dinners.
Its the sauce, its somewhat unique even though folks have tried to somewhat replicate it on youtube
Yes, and they taste nothing like the McRib. Plus no bun. Sure you could take the TV dinner meat & stick it on some random bun, but to us McRib aficionados, it's a very poor substitute. Gotta have those super sour McDonald's dill pickles too. And the slivered onions with the special BBQ sauce on everything, so it's a mess to eat. Ahh- pure junk food perfection! I couldn't eat McRibs daily, but I could go for one a month. Yum.
It's NOT THE SAME 😢
and they taste identical... like raw organ meat LOL
Hell, they’re available in MREs…
That was quite a dubious way to describe ground meat...
UPDATE: According to McDonald's, "The McRib is made from simple ground pork. No tripe, heart, stomach, offal or similar parts are used."
I just have to pretend I didn't see that.
One thing to consider is everyone makes a big deal about chefs creating meals utilizing all the edible components of an animal ensuring as little waste as possible… the McRib is just a variation on that theme. Parts that would otherwise go to waste are being utilized. It makes the McRib an “environmentally friendly” choice!
Down with the misanthropic new green deal and its associated climate terrorists.
You might not get the McRib all year round, but at least in most fish and chip shops in Scotland, you can buy a "King Rib" supper, with two of the gorgeous pork patties, deep fried in batter, and proper potato fries.
Idc what's in a mcrib, what goes into it. All I know it is a perfect blend of pork stuff, onions, pickles, and bbq sauce. Lol
I don't need to know what goes into a McRib. I know what the McRib goes into... MY STOMACH!!!
There is a convenience store chain out of Wisconsin ( Kwik Trip/ Kwik Star ) that has their own version year round. If my wife and I are a little hungry and want something quick, these are my go to's and hers is their chicken w/mashed potato bowl.
This has what to do with a mcrib?
@@Dave-bj3pqTheir BBQ sandwiches there taste exactly like McDonald's but they're often on sale for like $1. They're regularly cheap too. Like a couple bucks. I think that's what he was trying to convey.
Can you guys do a Weird Food episode on the history of Mayonnaise?
I second that.
1981. My first job working at MacDonalds.
The launch of the McRib.
OMG cleaning out the BBQ sauce dip pan took FOREVER as the sugar turned into cement after hours cooking away in the steam tray.
Basically most of the calories came from the sauce, not the Japanese sandal slab of pork remnants.
I can’t bring myself to even think of eating one again.
That's the year I was born! When I worked at McDonald's for 6 months in 1998 and 1999 (it was my 2nd job ever), I don't remember making the McRib, but according to this video, it must have been on the menu back then. I do remember that the McFlurry was the new big thing, however. I've only eaten the McRib a few times and never thought it was very good, so I don't understand the hype.
@@buffys3477 Yeah, I've had the McRib before and it is really not very good. It's extremely overrated.
I was a kid working at McDonald's when the McRib originally launched and no one in the restaurant wanted to eat the thing after cooking one. It took a while for it to catch on, but now people will fight over them and I get it because they are delicious
As someone who worked there for 3 years, I know why. Those patties are absolutely disgusting, but not half as bad as the sauce. I hated microwaving that s***.
Interesting to know.
I worked there back when they had both dark and white meat nuggets. We'd steal the white ones from the nugget drawer and eat them. Customers got the dark ones.
thats me at the 43 second mark!😆
"I should have got two, lol"- Freddie FoodieKing.
I’m still waiting for McDonalds to release the McFreddie, Grade A Betty approved!!
4:50 That is from The Simpons episode "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can," very funny!
I absolutely love The Mcrib. Delicious! Can't wait for it to come back!
I’m in Canada and they just brought it back like this past week.
@@JohnSmith-ei6sc really? Awesome!
We haven't had it in the UK for like a decade 😔😔
Such an idiot.
You should have pulled the CLIP of Jack Osbourne from THE OSBOURNES TV SHOW in the 90’s where jack says “McRib Is Back”!!!!!!
Except the first episode was in 2002.
@@littlewing7813 i graduated in 1999. 99 or 2002 same thing. It all blends together. U knew what i met. Thats all that matters.
Can you do a Weird History on the Vietnamese egg coffee? Saw it briefly while a TH-camr drank it and said it’s delicious.
When it came out they also had a chopped beefsteak sandwich. That's what I want back. It was so good.
I would much prefer that over the McRib.
When I started working at Jack in the Box in 1978, they had a steak sandwich that I'm pretty sure was probably very similar. A pressed formed meat party that was definitely firmer and tastier than conventional hamburger meat, a soft and delicious French roll, and a steak sauce similar to A-1 Thick & Hearty, maybe a touch sweeter. They were SO good, but they cost about THREE TIMES as much as a Jumbo Jack burger.
@@HayTatsuko It blows the Mcrib out of the water. It was a large beef patty with pickles onion and A-1 on the same roll.
McRib Fever!!! Cant wait till November when it pops back up in my region.
In Romania we had this for a couple of years non stop, I do believe they took that out in the last 2 years or so. It was quite good. But a bit adapted to the Romaninan market and it had a horseradish sauce which made the whole thing so good.
Horseradish sauce sounds nice.
McDonald's biggest failure was getting rid of the McArch Deluxe.
It will ruin them eventually.
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Now don’t get me wrong, but I know yall done this one already on weird history
The McRib is back in Canada !
In Germany, McRib is part of the main menu. 😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍
Anyone remember McRib Jr?? They were only $1. I used to but 5 at a time.
“Processed Pork Puck”, my new favorite expression. Thanks Weird History!
I don't care what others say I love the McRib. I always buy an unhealthy amount of them whenever they are on the menu.
A+ video!
Fascinating history!
It's called Beef Prosperity in my country and it is annually during Common New Year and Chinese New Year
The McRib has been available from MiccyDees for decades and continues to be. At least in Germany. It does not goes away. At least so far it hasn't.
Mein absolutes Lieblingsprodukt, egal was drin ist (total uncharakteristisch für mich!). Ich leide, nicht nur, weil ich jetzt Hunger hab und eigentlich zum ca. 10 min entfernten McD fahren und ein bis fünf Stück kaufen würde - wenn es den McRib hier in der Schweiz gäbe!!! Dafür kann man nach Herzensfrust Vegi-Burger mümmeln. Brave new world, that has such burgers in it...
[Es hat wohl auch mit der Demographie zu tun (pork ist haram). Wie komme ich drauf?
Noch heute erinnere ich mich an den Glückstag, als ich im Neuperlacher Shopping Center als Testperson für McRibs ausgewählt wurde. Zur Verkostung standen ein Original und ein in Folie gegrillter Bratling. Ich schmeckte sofort den Unterschied (fehlende Maillard-Reaktion, uärgs).
Auf meine Frage, wie und warum diese hirnrissige, störanfällige und abfallträchtige Prozess-Verschlimmbesserung nötig wurde und sogar zur Testreife gelangte, kam folgende Aussage:
Viele Kunden der genannten Speisetrenner-Fraktion stören sich daran, dass auf demselben Grill beide Fleischsorten gebraten werden, also theoretisch jeder Rindsburger auch Spuren von Schweinssubstanz enthalten könne (dies sehe ich als gegeben an, und die Überlegung ist nachvollziehbar, aber als Kunde habe ich die Wahl, diese Unsicherheit zu akzeptieren, oder ein anderes Schnellrestaurant zu wählen - meine [bestimmt unpopuläre] Meinung).
Um der Entrüstung und Besorgnis dieser Kundengruppe Rechnung zu tragen, wurde der McRib-Bratling in eine grillkompatible, undurchlässige und eng anliegende Plastikhülle eingescheidet, hierin auf den Grill geworfen und zubereitet. Anschliessend musste die Folie händisch entfernt und der McRib weiter verarbeitet werden.
Als ob der Inhalt des Bratlings nicht schon verstörend genug wäre (und das sage ich als eingefleischter (hihi) Fan!), musste bei diesem Vorgehen auch noch ein Mitarbeiter die Hülle wegnesteln und den glitschigen Burger "weiterleiten". Das ist für mich das wirklich Ekelerregende an dem Vorgang - ich habe schon Kücheninspektionen mitgemacht, und jeweils Bauklötze über die divergierenden Hygienevorstellungen des Personals gestaunt.
Von dieser Produktionsart habe ich nie mehr etwas gehört (ja, ich habe nachgefragt, obwohl ich den Geschmack sicher unterscheiden hätte können). Ich gehe also davon aus, dass die Patties in trauter Einigkeit weiterhin gemeinsam auf den Grill wandern... Mann, hab ich Hunger.]
After working for Mcd's as a lad, I can no longer eat mcribs without feeling ill. Having to clean the mcrib sauce pans made me hate the smell of the sauce to this day.
GIVE HIM BACK
I remember the time McD had this sandwich on its menu, I even cooked it when I first started working at McD in Dec 1980!
THIS IS A LIE! UPDATE: According to McDonald's, "The McRib is made from simple ground pork. No tripe, heart, stomach, offal or similar parts are used."
Whew...
Just picked one up yesterday, boy was it delicious. I'm happy McDonald's brought it back and I hope it stays a while ~
Must be in Canada.
A god damn culinary masterpiece
I didn't know about the cruelty-free pledge! That's great!
There should be more sandwiches on that mcrib bread
I'm something of a McRib enthusiast myself.....
4:05 He reminds me of Benjamin Willis, the villainous fisherman of I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).
Awesome horror film, I am looking forward to the sequels!
Freddie Foodie King in the beginning! You should have included Mormo Zine also... his eyes roll back into his head when he eats one.
Still remember choosing a McRib for my 9th birthday. Looked forward to it for months.
I'm so feelin' the plight of Pavlov's Dogs right now...
i fall for it everytime they bring it back. and i really dont like it lol
Mmmmm mcrib
Homer's favorite
I loved the "p" and "b" alliteration!
the micrib is one of vary few items ill eat with onions on it! wish they where available ...:t
I need a McRib!
I’ll take 2!
I was never really a fan but now I'm craving one.
LOL 4:40 "Chik-Gun-Mikka-Nugget"
Love how the Mac rib is made out of pork shoulder 😂 why does it have Rib in the name 💀
A McRib sounds great right now! I love them and wish McDonald's would go back to having them on the menu year round.
If you saw how they were prepared, you would change your mind
@@Sniperboy5551 I have seen how they are prepared. I worked for McDonald's.
In Scottish chippies (possibly some in England? Certainly not in the South East) you get these. But deep fried. And they’re heavenly.
I worked at McDonald’s in high school, the entire year and a half that I worked there we sold the McRib for one day and we hyped it up, the billboard started advertising over a week out that the McRib was coming for one day. Finally McRib day arrived and we had lines out the door, the Pizza Hut next to us called to complain that their parking lot was blocked and we sold out of the McRib nearly an hour before our usual dinner rush ended.
I had MCDONALDS make my last McRib a double. I pulled through the drive through requested it as if it existed and the lady paused and asked “can we do that?” and then I was told to pull forward to get my double McRib 😊
Heck! You Might As Well Do The Delicious History Of The McDonald's Big Mac
I just want a Mc rib and a shamrock shake at the same time.
I rechecked the old video. This new video is word for word with the old one. Though, it's still respectable that you still edited the video and had the lady narrator redo the voice over
Why did it change at all?
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I KNEW this couldn't have been the first time they have a video about the McRib! Are they really running out of ideas already?
@@MatthewTheWanderer how old was the OG video?
@@jizzmoat6520 I have no idea, lol, ask the OP!
I tried the McRib for the first time, just today. It reminded me of Swanson's rib-style boneless pork frozen dinner, as it was before they changed the sauce formulation to curry. I did not know that McDonalds was connected to the innovation of mechanically-separated meat.
I had one while traveling in Europe recently. Apparently the McRib is still on the market there but anyway it tasted like it had actual ground up rib bones in it.
Why do I feel like they already made a video about this topic?
Research how they grow their potatoes for the french fries.
I just recently heard about this
@@Bishopspipes my family won't and haven't eaten at McDonalds for a very, very long time. We just stay away from fast food all together.
Bill Gates owns those potatoes farms and don't trust him at all.
Right now I'm in the mood for falafel and hummus.
I ate that yesterday.
It's so good and glad it's back in Canada💖💕
I have the secret to the McRib … ITS THEIR SAUCE! Way better than their dipping BBQ sauce. Try just the sauce next time you get it.
I remember my high school cafeteria sold boneless rib sandwiches. They were okay but they were nothing like the McRib!
Just turned 60 and ate one for the first time a few months ago. Really good for fast food.
I have not been to a McDonald's since 2006... It might be my time to return.. Just Once!
10:15 The Flinstones film was released on May 27, 1994 and that commercial is for May 13th...
I actually graduated junior high on May 13, 1994!
"McRib, The Other Pink Slime™"
McRib rarity is blown when you can get a Rib sandwich 24/7 at 7-11
My friend Jeff used to sing the McRib jingle to amuse us during our college years. 🐷
McDonald's McRib makes my teeth squeak.
The McRib usually comes out some time in October to the end of each year. One reason why could be during those months people are gearing up for Turkey in November. Speaking for myself I want to eat something other than turkey left overs in November and the McRib always fills the need for something different.
Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal!
Eating BISCUITS AND GRAVY* with my mother...while watching this Weird History video!
*From one of the Weird History Food subscribe screens in the videos.
IDK your story but you comment on Weird History vids as much as i do, so i keep assuming you're autistic too.
I feel like I'm tracking your eating habits thru the comment section, which isn't my intent, but you keep uploading/sharing it so i have the compulsion to respond.
You're a peculiar one, Btetschner. And i do not understand your tie to this video with biscuits and gravy, but as i'm here for the Weird History upload long haul, i suppose i'll discover how this trail ends...
This made me hungry. So I just ordered two McRibs.
I still have my Flintstones glass, can't believe how cheap they are to get. I should finish my collection one day.
Commenting to support any narrator. Thank you for the video
Thank you for this. She does a fine job, and Tom's a master, which is why we tune in either way.
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@ingridfong-daley5899 WN😮😅😊
I worked a McD's when these things rolled out the first time. We had people waiting 2+ hours for them. We could not keep up with the demand. People were ordering 10-20 at a time. It was crazy. I have never liked them since then.
I haven't been to McD in years and have only eaten one meal my parents brought home to cheer me up once in that timeframe.
Unironically, the McRib would be the only reason to go back because I've never eaten one(despite it being always available in germany where I live, I always got the more standard things in my childhood and early teens) and am really curious since it is appearently the best menu item that a lot of people just hate and that is conceptually interessting.
This was fun. I never had one, because I did not like their "beef" burgers at all, so never went there. If the sauce is good, you can eat almost anything under it. The texture of processed meat just feels strange.
I used to hate the McRib. But then I ordered one without the messy, sticky, too sweet BBQ sauce and it was wonderful. The secret is no sauce, then add a touch of ketchup or mayo- whatever tickles your fancy.
I always knew McRib’s were garbage quality pork but now seeing exactly what it is I don’t ever wanna look at one ever again 😂😂
2:06 I added The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) to my February Watchlist.
I got the chance to try the McRib back in late 2020, and I kid you not it had the exact same as the rib sandwich they served at my old school cafeteria, it was freaking uncanny, now whether that’s a good thing or not is up for debate.
Sweet and sour sauce is liquid gold and they treat it as such. You will never get extra sweet and sour sauce without asking. 😂
Somewhere between 2014 and 2015 me and my friends went to mcdonald's on school lunch break. The manager of that mcdonald's came to us and asked my friend if he wanted to try and review "a new burger" i think it was mc rib (i guess here in Finland it never has been on the menu). I've never seen it since. My friend gave a "whatever" type of review, he took it because he got it for free. He said to us it wasn't that good. Personally i don't like regular ribs and the american bbq sauce is too sweet for my taste so i wouldn't ever buy mcrib but i'm still surprised that it never got on the menu here.
2:03 I remember "Treehouse of Horror XI," the episode of The Simpsons where the dolpins take over!
Thanks A LOT!...I really didn't want to know what was in it.
It was better when it was first offered in the 80s.
Not sure what it is now.
I won't eat it anymore.
5:59 My first car looked very similar to the one in the drive-through.
Mine was a Black 1981 Camaro.
So mashing up all the pork in a slab is similar to head cheese, scrapple, liverwurst. I love all those. Its the "unknown" ingredients i worry about.
Gather around the fire kids I have a story to tell about the McRib. In 2003 in a McDonalds in Virginia they sold a McRib Jr for $1 and it was amazing it was only for a test market, but I ordered 2 and it was one of the best days of my life! 🍖🥪☺️
9:36 Just watched that film recently, very entertaining!