An amazing pain in the ass contest, still, one of the coolest places ever to cook. When you can look one way and there's the Capital, look around and see the Washington Monument and say you are cooking bbq on Pennslvania Avenue- there is a lot of value to that. A contest everyone should try at least once.
Last year we planned ahead and took our daughter for a tour of DC. Go see all the reasons why we are still the best Country in the world. Also, you just can't cook a whole hog in Paris in front of the Eiffel tower, but by gosh I cooked one in front of the most important places in our country.