hello everyone this is running on empty food review well hello ladies gentlemen and everyone
watching welcome to this newest edition and review that we have for you today this is huge
this is absolutely huge monumental momentous earth-shattering life-changing a cardboard box
and inside of it is the actual thing that is all of these life-changing incredible things
the blessed mcrib it is here it is back you know maybe it's good maybe it's not that's what i'm
here to find out but it has returned the mick rib is here when i actually found out of the news when
i found out the news i should say that the mick verb was making a return i was sitting there i
was sipping the water out of the blue chalice and i dropped it the thing shattered it was completely
broken because i was just that surprised that the mcrib is making its return 2020 has been a very
it's been a mixed year for a lot of us but this might be the turning point the year's not over yet
and this might be it this might be that one thing that's finally going to turn everything around
and mcrib is back yeah it's they say it's back for a very limited time mcdonald's of course
releasing it um yeah every everyone's favorite the mcrib is one of those items that i think
it's like people they either love it or they hate it it's one or the other uh some people either
it's like they can't wait to get their hands on you know their favorite faux pork sandwich
um that's i think it's i think it is real pork um but other people they're just kind of grossed
out by it i know first and foremost let's just cover what it is let's cover the basics
the mcrib it's going to be out for a very limited time this december here's the big unique thing
about it this time around this is the first time since 2012 so it's been a number of years
um that this is actually released on a national level
since 2012 this has been out you know regionally uh some places have it some
places don't i guess i've been lucky the last few years but this time around everyone's got it
you can see when i did that with my hands that's to you know really emphasize the um
importance of this release but it's out everywhere everywhere you can go and look around it's raining
down from the sky it's in the clouds um it's even sprouting from the ground you know just look and
you'll see it it's everywhere as long as you're in the united states i suppose here's what it is the
mcrib it comes with a seasoned boneless pork patty it is covered with smoky tangy barbecue sauce
slivered onions i think the last time i messed up and i said silvered onions but no silver or
gold or platinum onions just slivered onions and tart pickles price for this i obtained it uh for
the price of three dollars and seventy cents price may vary by uh region now this is the third time
that i've ever had a mcrib um that's it i've only had it three times well actually twice in my life
and this here is the third time so we're going to see maybe the third time's a charm maybe it's not
i originally tried it in 2018 i gave it a 7.9 out of 10. in 2019 i guess i liked that one
a little more i gave it an 8.6 out of 10. let's see if they maintain the standards this this year
and we'll see how it is on one other note the mcrib is one of those it's one of those items that
initially i was grossed out by it uh it just kind of weirded me out it creeps me out a little
bit and i don't know it was something about it that always it made me a little hesitant
to try it out maybe it was the fact that back when i was in school
in the cafeteria they always served these kind of weird mcrib
knock-off type things and i think a lot of people liked those but i never cared for them that much
i don't know i don't know what it was about it but i just never got the appeal but then i tried
it and i thought oh actually this isn't that bad so here we have it you can see the m for mcrib
right there and there it is mick rib there i am with it all right let us unbox this
the mcrib isn't this something isn't this something uh you could tell i i am excited
about this i don't know why i just am my goodness look at this oh my goodness we got we got stuff
piled against it right here we got it there you know this isn't supposed to be uh necessarily a
gourmet sandwich mind you some people are probably looking at this and they're thinking to themselves
well you know it's but that's the thing this isn't the whole purpose of the mcrib isn't for
it to be a five-star um meal it's just supposed to be simplistic um but good that's why of course you
have such uh die-hard supporters oh my goodness oh my goodness look at that look at that we got we
got everything we have we have the meats we have the pickles we have the onions we got the sauce
on the bun wow isn't that crazy you can see we got some almost some onion escapade might be a pickle
that might be a pickle and then there's an onion there but you can see i mean this is standard this
is this is classic mcrib this is this is what it comes down to um how about before anything
else before we uh try this one out uh let's do something to get a thumbnail shot here so we'll
um we'll do this for starters and i might just do a second one because it's the mcrib of all things
you know i leave this stuff in because i just want you to kind of get the raw authentic video
experience so you could just see what goes into these um reviews and everything and
we'll do this too you know something like that but just so you could see that you know
i we just do it in one take i try to anyway all right enough of that enough of that silliness
let's just try it out you know what's in it i know what's in it we all know what's in it i'm
excited but look if it's bad it's bad and i'll be upfront with you about it all right the mcrib
2020 release 2020 edition from mcdonald's going in
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so yeah just letting everyone know it's still out there for one more day all right we've got
our cross section here and you can see if you're wondering i think first and foremost
we're all wondering what these slabs are that's bread that's what holds this together all right
it's a messy sandwich you can see you know my hands are not unscathed let's get right into this
i am still impressed by it i still like it all right i still like it
i'm a fan of it and easily i would say that this is a sandwich worth getting
the mcrib is something that it's like and i said this already so i won't you know belabor the
point if that's the right word um some people love it some people hate it there's certain
things about it that i think draw in certain people right number one you have the pork patty
you're getting a good amount of it the pork is still it's flavorful
this time around it was a little drier than the last time i think last time around i got the ideal
mcrib the meat itself was a little dry this time however one thing that kind of makes up for that
is the abundance of the sauce that's on it so it's not like you have this and you know you're just
you're taking you know your water and you're just dumping it on it uh to try to you know stop the
you know the the damage or whatever you want to call it uh no as a matter of fact moisture-wise
it's okay just the meat is a little dry this time but it's still flavorful it's still good
what i'm always a big fan of is the tang the tanginess that this has you have the tanginess
that's in the sauce all right but it's not oh it's not only that you have this nice little smokiness
in the barbecue sauce as well you have just you know the potent flavor of the onions you have the
tangy pickles as well so it all comes together and i think the reason why so many people like
the mcrib and why i was impressed by it too is due to the fact that everything blends together it's
this this harmonious mixture of all the flavors that just work you know it's just that tang it's
just the barbecue sauce the onions the pickles it's just the perfect combination and it just
you know it accompanies the pork flavor just so nicely it's always i would say a very very well
executed sandwich for those who are interested in it if you like pork if you like those tangy sauces
and flavors i'd say this is a sandwich for you and heck i mean it's been it's been since 2012 that
this thing has been nationwide in my opinion i say get it give it a chance um you know i'll certainly
again the only thing i was a little disappointed by this time around was just the dryness of the
meat which was a little juicier in that regard but again this isn't a huge complaint in my end
because i still think it's pretty darn good um but i mean my advice would just be to say look
uh give it a chance give it a shot if you like it you like it if you don't you don't i think
it's pretty decent and um again just understand the flavors understand what you're in for it's
a pretty basic down to earth sandwich and they do a good job as well i i like it i enjoy it um
and you know i it's just that's how i feel about the mcrib it's affordable so again why not who
knows how many years it'll be until the next time they release it nationwide give it a shot i was
grossed out by the concept of it for so many years i never got it um because it seemed kind
of weird to me but then i did i gave it a try and i thought actually this isn't this isn't anywhere
near as gross or as bad as i thought it would be so i say give the mcrib a chance try it out
as a result out of 10 uh let's see comparing my own reviews again in 2018 i gave it a 7.9 2019 i
gave it an 8.6 in 2020 i am going to be giving it a 7.5 out of 10 uh considering the dryness of the
meat but overall most certainly above average and a good sandwich yet again meeting the expectations
mcdonald's certainly is i hope you can you can try this out as well if you're interested
ladies and gentlemen that's all that i have for you wherever you are please be safe be healthy
i wish you all the very best thank you for tuning in for this assessment of the mcrib
and i hope to see you next time that's all for now i'm your host the report of the week