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US Military MRE McRib

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While the various McRib clones at gas stations are known, today a story from the NPR’s The Salt brought forward that the US Military has also brought about their take on the McRib. The pork party with BBQ is served with a tortilla rather than bun, and also lacks pickle and onion.

Here is a link to a YouTube video from a man in the UK as he shows the contents and how to prepare the meal.

For those interested, a quick search on the Internet provided numerous resellers of this Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE).

What do you think, would you try one?

McRib WorldWide Tour Continues

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The McRib continues its worldwide tour, now available in Cyprus. Upon loading the Cyprus McDonalds website, visitors are welcomed with the following YouTube clip:

 

Looking more into the promotion doesn’t provide much more details other than the price of this “Pork with BBQ Sauce” sandwich. However, after visiting their Facebook page, we are presented a McRib returns contest for residents of Cyprus. Looking at the legal print, this contest runs from January 10, 2014 through February 16, 2014. The February 16, 2014 date may also indicate when the McRib will be leaving Cyprus to continue its worldwide tour. Below are some shots from the game.

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Where do you think the McRib should show up next?

Confirmed: No McRib in the Boston area

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I was contacted yesterday by Morgan Rousseau of the Metro reporting from Boston indicating that the McRib had been confirmed not available in the Boston area. You can read that story here.

All is not lost. We just received confirmations from Washington, South Carolina, Texas, and Las Vegas, so we know it is still out there in some markets. Might be a good time to pack up and escape the frigid snowy conditions of the Northeast and head to Vegas!

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.

McRib arrives in South Korea

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We were tipped off by Jan Eric Andersson that the McRib has arrived in South Korea. Provided was the following photo from what appears to be a release party there for the sandwich and related contest.

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A peek at the South Korea McDonalds website confirms the availability.

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Their YouTube clip showing their advertisement has the patty taking a rather odd fall from above.

It appears that they are running some type of contest with what they are calling the “Lucky Burger”. Having the McRib is lucky enough, adding a contest makes it a Very Lucky Burger. See their contest page here.

It appears they will be serving this McRib variant through January 29.

2013 McRib season coming to an end

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It is that time of year again, when we sadly wave the McRib off into the sunset. Kim went out last night to the local McDonalds and the McRib is no longer available. Our parents back in South Dakota have been without the McRib for a few weeks, and we are hearing of supply dropping in other areas of the country as well.
Not to get frantic yet, there are still some locations that will be selling the McRib into the New Year, and we picked up a rumor parts of New York may still see the return of the McRib.

Now more than ever we need your help finding the McRib so that McRib fans in areas where the McRib has left can decide if that hour or more drive to get one more fix is in their cards. 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.

McRib now available in the Dominican Republic

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We received a confirmation (thank you Orlando) this weekend that the McRib has arrived in the Dominican Republic for the first time!

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While McDonalds has had a presence in the Dominican Republic since 1996, we haven’t yet been able to track down any official dates on availability. We will continue to track down more details and pass them along as they become available.

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.