Fans of McDonald’s McRib sandwiches are rethinking their favorite order at the fast food chain after a viral video began circling Twitter this week, supposedly showing how the menu items are really made.
In the trending clip, an alleged McDonald’s employee shows viewers (what many later dubbed to be the “nasty process”) behind creating the signature food item. Fans can see frozen blocks of the “rib” product being shockingly thrown onto a grill in batches of six.
This POV of how McDonalds prepares its McRib will either make you incredibly hungry, or never want to go there again pic.twitter.com/DEvrnh26xX
— Outsider (@outsider) October 26, 2022
What Happened In The Viral Video?
After the rib-shaped frozen items were thawed out, they were then removed from the grill and placed into pullout drawer containers filled with thick, (as one fan put it, “gross-looking”) brown sauce.
These coated, slimy slabs were then put on top of onions and pickles and then added to a toasted bun. They were then (and this was probably the most surprising part to viewers) boxed up and sent down a chute to fulfill a McRib order.
#McDonalds says the #McRib is coming back for final time this week.https://t.co/YoXtUzupNj pic.twitter.com/pIAbA95txh
— ComicBook.com (@ComicBook) October 23, 2022
McDonald’s Fans Express Feeling ‘Grossed Out’ By The Clip
One Twitter user who re-posted the video (which currently boasts over 1.2 million views), suggested that the McRibs might not even be “considered food” as more than 3,000 commenters added their thoughts in a lengthy thread. Their caption read, “Can this even be considered food? A McDonald’s worker decides to reveal how a McRib is made.”
THE McRIB
Is gross. What’s the matter with people. How can you eat that garbage.
— Lou Céspedes (@LouforFlatbush) October 25, 2022
One viewer responded to this, writing, “It looks like a fried kitchen sponge soaked in BBQ sauce,” as another seemed to agree with their disgusted sentiment, adding, “Wow I don’t eat pork but wow that’s NASTY.” Another user chimed in with their repulsed response to the clip, tweeting, “I just threw up in my mouth. Just a little.”
The McRib is gross AF and it reflects badly on us as a nation that we do this every few years. https://t.co/a8GYCNJelU
— Jordan Heath-Rawlings (@TheGameSheet) October 26, 2022
Others Say They’ll ‘Still Order’ Future McRibs
Other die-hard McDonald’s customers and McRibs fans didn’t seem too bothered by the video, with one replying to the previous commenters, “This is literally how every grilled item is made at McDonald’s. I fail to see the point.”
The whole McDonald’s McRib video is so funny to me because it instantly reveals who had to work in fast food and who hasn’t.
Why yes, fast food prep is pretty darn gross.
Please don’t make me elaborate.
— WookieeFanboi (@WookieFanboi) October 26, 2022
Someone else seemed to concur, tweeting, “Not saying these are fine dining or anything, but … that’s just what frozen ground meat looks like. Yeah, it’s shaped and molded to resemble (ish) pork ribs, but I’m unmoved by this. McRibs taste pretty good for what they are.” (The debate continues…)
the mcrib is coming back 10.31 but this is its farewell tour
— McDonald’s (@McDonalds) October 24, 2022
The official McDonald’s Twitter account notably revealed on October 24th that while the McRib sandwiches are returning to menus on Halloween, fans can expect to say goodbye to the food in the future. “The mcrib is coming back 10.31 but this is its farewell tour,” the chain wrote.
