[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 110 (Friday, July 1, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E688-E689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CELEBRATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GIANT NATIONAL CAPITAL BARBECUE 
                                 BATTLE

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, July 1, 2022

  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 
Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle.

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  This District of Columbia tradition takes place during the first full 
week of summer each year and brings together tens of thousands D.C. 
area families and visitors to the nation's capital in the spirit of 
unity, community and celebration.
  After two years of virtual events, the Giant National Capital 
Barbecue Battle returned to Pennsylvania Avenue on June 25, 2022, 
featuring the Giant National BBQ Championship, the National Pork BBQ 
Championship, the Smokin' with Smithfield Rib Contest, the Perdue 
Sizzlin' Chicken Contest, the Turkey Smoke BBQ Cooking Contest, the 
Nation's Best BBQ Sauce Contest and, for the first time, the Beyond 
Meat Plant-Based Barbecue Championship.
  The Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle has raised millions of 
dollars for D.C. charities and USO-Metro over the past 30 years and 
donated food to food banks.
  This event draws some of D.C.'s and the nation's best barbecue 
talent, and the participants represent D.C. wherever state barbecue 
cooking championship winners are welcomed.
  Madam Speaker, again, I ask the House of Representatives to join me 
in recognizing the aims and goals of the Giant National Capital 
Barbecue Battle.

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