Ingredient

Rib

Seven of the kitchens we read put rib on the menu, on eleven plates. Seven of them turn up under entree, and it comes as a burger more often than anything else, on two.

From 40 menus · rib is on 11 plates · How we read them

For the curious: the data views

Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →

How it comes

The forms it turns up in, most first.

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Where on the menu

The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.

How it's cooked

How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.

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The journey of rib

The same 11 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.

The journey of rib: 11 plates, 5 ways of cooking them, drawn as three rings — how it is cooked, how it arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. Every wedge is listed with its count in the table below.Ribshaved — 3 plates (30%)shavedgriddled — 2 plates (20%)griddledroasted — 2 plates (20%)roastedsmoked — 2 plates (20%)smokedslow-roasted — 1 plate (10%)slow-roasteddip — 1 plate (10%)dipentree-plate — 1 plate (10%)entree-platepasta — 1 plate (10%)pastaburger — 2 plates (20%)burgerentree-plate — 1 plate (10%)entree-platenot stated — 1 plate (10%)not statedribs — 2 plates (20%)ribsnot stated — 1 plate (10%)not statedentree — 1 plate (10%)entreeentree — 1 plate (10%)entreenot stated — 1 plate (10%)not statednot stated — 2 plates (20%)not statedentree — 1 plate (10%)entreeentree — 1 plate (10%)entreeentree — 2 plates (20%)entreeentree — 1 plate (10%)entree
The short reading: the commonest step at each ring, everything else totalled. The full table is underneath.
RingCommonestPlates
How it's cookedshaved3
How it comesburger2
Where on the menuentree2
Other14 other steps, added up18
Not statedthe menu never printed that detail5
Every wedge, as a table
11 plates carrying Rib, cooked 5 ways. A plate cooked two ways is counted under both, so the wedges can total more than 11. “Not stated” is a plate whose menu never printed that detail.
CookedArrives asCoursePlates
shaved3
shaveddip1
shaveddipentree1
shavedentree-plate1
shavedentree-plateentree1
shavedpasta1
shavedpastanot stated1
griddled2
griddledburger2
griddledburgernot stated2
roasted2
roastedentree-plate1
roastedentree-plateentree1
roastednot stated1
roastednot statedentree1
smoked2
smokedribs2
smokedribsentree2
slow-roasted1
slow-roastednot stated1
slow-roastednot statedentree1

Travels with

What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.

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Dishes

Brisket, Ipa Steak Sauce and roll come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Our reading of the menu lists egg, duck and folded.

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Smoked, cornbread and picked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Known for: filet, Lemon Vinaigrette, raw.

Our reading of the menu turns up braised, linguine and evoo.

Cornmeal, corn bread and corn on cob come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Correct a plate here

Where on the island

The 7 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.

Rib at 7 kitchens across 5 districts. Each row opens the finder with that district set.
DistrictKitchensSide of the island
Lower Midtown3inland
Midtown1bayside
Uptown1inland
North OC1inland
West Ocean City1harbor