Mike Haracz: ask for grill seasoning

The Takeout on April 29 highlighted a Mike Haracz McDonald’s hack: ask for grill seasoning on an Egg McMuffin when you order. (thetakeout.com) Haracz is a former McDonald’s corporate chef who posted the tip on TikTok in 2024, where he called it the “greatest McDonald’s breakfast hack ever.” (tiktok.com) (upworthy.com) His suggestion is simple: ask workers to add “grill seasoning,” the salt-and-pepper mix McDonald’s uses on burgers, to the egg. (thetakeout.com) (tastingtable.com) The point of the hack is that the Egg McMuffin’s round egg is not usually seasoned that way. McDonald’s says its freshly cracked Grade A eggs are cooked on the grill with real butter, while other coverage of Haracz’s tip notes the sandwich normally gets its salt mainly from cheese and meat. (mcdonalds.com) (tastingtable.com) Haracz said the extra seasoning makes the sandwich “10x tastier,” and The Takeout said it changes the flavor balance across the whole sandwich. (thetakeout.com) (aol.com) That makes this less a secret ingredient than a kitchen-language request. Customers are not adding a new topping; they are asking for a seasoning already used elsewhere on the line. (thetakeout.com) (tastingtable.com) The Egg McMuffin has been one of McDonald’s signature breakfast items since the chain’s breakfast push in the 1970s, which is why a tiny prep change travels so easily online. (thedailymeal.com) (tasteofhome.com) Whether every store will honor the request is up to the crew taking the order, but Haracz’s actual advice is narrow: ask for grill seasoning, and leave the sandwich otherwise unchanged. (thetakeout.com) (tiktok.com)