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A McDonald’s worker has lifted the veil on the mysterious McRib.
Since its 1981 inception, the McRib was arguably the first viral moment for the burger brand — and remains so each time it returns to menus. Yet the barbecue-inspired sandwich remains a culinary enigma to many.
The McRib resurfaced at select restaurants last month, sparking new conversations about how, exactly, the puzzling pork product — consisting of a boneless, vaguely rib-shaped meat patty — is constructed.
User @datboi_bell posted a TikTok from a McDonald’s kitchen showing viewers a look at the step-by-step process of how the limited edition sandwich is made, giving a deeper look than what many customers have ever seen before.
The video shows an employee putting the McRib patties on the grill and letting them cook until browned.
Then, the browned patties were brought over to another station to get sauced. The employee microwaved the barbecue sauce to reheat it before drowning each piece of meat in the sauce.
The patties were soaked in the sauce container for a bit before being removed and put onto a rack for excess sauce to drip off.
From there, the sauced up patties are stored until they have to be reheated and assembled into a sandwich.
McDonald’s employees put the sandwich together with slivered onions, pickles and tangy BBQ sauce on a toasted bun.
Perhaps the most shocking thing about the McRib is that while it is a seasoned slab of pork — it’s not actually rib.
McDonald’s uses a patty of ground, boneless pork shoulder that is then molded-and-stamped into a rib-resembling appearance.
People in the comments of the revealing TikTok were mixed, with someone wondering why anyone would eat the McRib and others professing their love for it regardless.
“everything about McDonald’s is nasty once you work there,” one person said.
“‘WhOS eATiNG thEsE?’ Me , give me 3 and a Powerade,” another joked.
“mc hell naw,” someone commented.
“Y’all acting like this is gross it’s just frozen meat that is cooked then put into barbecue sauce,” a user pointed out.
“McRib is leather cardboard. That’s why I’m going back tonight,” one quipped.
Meanwhile, @McFranchisee on X claimed that the fast food chain only uses pork picnic, or pork shoulder, and preservatives were removed from McRib seven years ago.
According to the company website, the patties are made with pork, water, salt, dextrose and rosemary extract.
The McRib sandwich consists of 520 calories, 24 grams of protein, 46 grams of carbs and 28 grams of total fat.
When the fan-favorite sandwich returned last month, McDonald’s senior marketing director Guillaume Huin posted on X that it is their “most-mentioned limited-time product online, higher than other evergreen items.”
