Where else beyond pizza and antipasto does one get pepperoni? Nowhere my friends.

You haven’t lived till you’ve had prosciutto and melon.

But still, hilarious to see ribs win this if only to disappoint Youppi.

just think about how disappointing mediocre ribs are. so disappointing, right? god, it kills me…

meanwhile, sausage puts of a lot of ground up, slightly off-putting parts of animal in some intestine casing and it’s delicious.

While I voted for sausage over ribs due to their versatility and variety, I love me a good slab of ribs as much as the next guy, and I get what you are saying about BBQ.

When I did the seedings it wasn’t a prediction of outcome or even my own preference – tried to consider what are the most “popular” meats and well known meats – some of those stand on their own merits, others are overrated. It’s interesting to see the upsets that have, or will soon emerge, showing maybe certain meats are overrated, while other are just less well known but loved…..

second, i think it was youppi who brought up the mcrib. really? i mean, really? since when is that a rib? i would argue that a sausage from mcdonalds is no more than salt and vague meat taste (which isn’t necessarily bad), but would no better fair against a good rack of ribs than the micrib would against craft sausage. so don’t even go there.

that also debunks comparing fast food sausage craft ribs. fast food does not compare to homemade food/food from a good restaurant (read: rib joint).

obviously the people that are voting for sausage have little appreciation for the art that is bbq. bbq has created a very large community within the food world. moreso than sausage ever could. don’t get me wrong, i know sausage aficionados and restaurants that specialize in sausages. i appreciate these people as well. however, the bbq crowd is something else and can’t be touched.

“too much like hard work for a piss poor return”? i suspect you have never had a rib. or maybe you’ve never had a rib by someone who knows what they’re doing. on another note, but i would put hours into ribs and not even have to eat them, as long as someone was enjoying them.

another thing: ribs have WAAAAYYY more potential than any sausage can. that’s a fact. look it up. rubs, sauces, cooking styles.

i’m sorry, i’m not getting this backlash against ribs. frankly, i’m surprised that ribs are seeded so low. i think sausage may have *snuck* in there because it is versatile. by versatile i mean you can make it cheap and in vast (astronomical) quantities. sausage loses to rib in every important category.

taste, potential, variety, ease of cooking, fun to eat, looks (yes, ribs are more attractive than sausages, i said it), messiness (the messier, the better), cookouts, universal appeal, they once saved chuck norris’ life.

okay, so ribs don’t necessarily have universal appeal, which is seen in the comments here. they did save chuck norris’ life, though. it’s a fact.

rant over.

sausage will not win this…..

I wonder if it’s a location thing. I would bet if I run the same poll for my Irish readership that sausage would beat ribs…..

when was the last time anyone had “bad” ribs? answer? never! it doesn’t happen. shit, even the mcrib is good, and it doesn’t have bones nor is it even ribs! it just resembles ribs, and so therefore it’s awesome.