We have been hearing a few reports that the McRib tastes different this year. If you could change one thing with the McRib, what might it be?
If you have had the opportunity to have a McRib this year, do you think anything has changed?
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KDVR is reporting that the McRib will be a a available in the Denver area only through September 22. This would be a departure in duration from the past few years were a availability typically lasted 3 months. That said, one of the early release locations last year only offered the McRib for around 2 weeks, so this may not be an indication of an overall reduction. The one certainty is if you are in the Denver area make sure to get your McRib fix in now as it will only be here for a very limited time.
If/when you find a McRib, please mark your sighting at McRibLocator.com and be sure to send us a photo (photos@mcriblocator.com) of your receipt showing the purchase so that we may mark it as confirmed.
Just in from an email confirmation and from the Twitterverse, the McRib has returned in the United States for the 2013 season. Currently the McRib can be found in the Mile High City of Denver, CO as well as in surrounding locations along the I-25 corridor. @MrEerieMist feasted on a McRib in Porter, CO, and Mike emailed a photo of his receipt from Westminister, CO (and grabbed the first confirmed sighting of the season). @tobykdotcom also shared some of the signage at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Centennial, CO. Note that in the photo from @tobykdotcom the promotion for purchasing a second McRib for a mere single dollar will return again this season for some locations.
@tobykdotcom shared this McRib Signage from Centennial, CO
While the late August roll out is a bit earlier than typically has been the trend these past years, the early September release sounded within reason per our last post in July regarding the production spinning up. We started seeing some reports filter in Thursday August 22, 2013 in the Rocky Mountain State, and now with confirmation we start the pondering of where might the McRib show up next, and how long might it be staying around.
If/when you find a McRib, please mark your sighting at McRibLocator.com and be sure to send us a photo (photos@mcriblocator.com) of your receipt showing the purchase so that we may mark it as confirmed.
Time to get your taste buds warmed up, we have received information that the 2013 McRib Production season will be beginning soon. Expectations are that the McRib will return to the production lines mid August. This is roughly around the same time that production fired off last year. It appeared that the McRib was going to make an earlier than normal start last year, however McDonalds opted to a December release in order to improve 4th quarter numbers. Keeping this in mind, expect the McRib to return again this season, possibly starting to show up as early as September or as late as December!
Check back with us here on the blog, on twitter or via Facebook for the latest information on the McRib’s return as we try to narrow down the exact release date.
I decided to give the Burger King Rib Sandwich a try during the first week it was out. I figured it was worth a try being the McRib is in hiding, and I didn’t mind the actual ribs BK served in the recent past (if you could get past the excessive pricing… I only tried them once due to this).
Knowing what we wanted, we quickly got into line. The girl taking orders couldn’t find their Rib sandwich on the register, and had to ask for help. Finally finding it, she noted this was her first day working at BK. We then quickly received our order. We decided to take the order home to eat.
Upon getting home and opening up the food, I first noted that the sandwich seemed smaller than a McRib. Perhaps it is due to the elongated shape of the McRib, however this was just the beginning of the problems.
After opening the wrapper, I discovered that my sandwich lacked any BBQ, instead had some type of mayo on it. It also had cheese and bacon.
I deduced that whomever had prepared my sandwich had somehow confused the instructions of the Rib Sandwich and their summer Carolina BBQ Tendercrisp although they failed on the BBQ either way.
The sandwich was just ok. I didn’t care for the butter pickles, I favor dill pickles. The patty tasted different, likely the grill flavor which didn’t bother me. However the lack of BBQ sauce doesn’t make this a fair comparison. I will have to try it again this summer, however this first one doesn’t make me feel like I need to rush out to do so.
Have you tried the new BK Rib Sandwich? If so, leave a comment below about your experience.
This morning I stumbled onto some news that the Universal Studios Theme Park in Orlando, FL now has a Krusty Burger. I searched online for photos and discovered that they are offering The Ribwich, a parody clone to the McRib.
[youtube width=300 height=200]http://youtu.be/LlIaown6Wpw[/youtube]Inside The Magic provides a nice overview of the new additions to the park as well as photos such as the following which I cropped so it would be easier to see the details we are interested in.
At $11.99, it seems it is a bit overpriced. However, it seems many food items are overpriced at parks. Interestingly, the Ribwich is served with coleslaw on top. This is not how the Ribwich from the show was prepared, thus one wonders why they felt they needed to diverge from that.