Pork Barrel BBQ Participates in Meat Week
The week-long barbecue event highlights eight local businesses, including Del Ray's Pork Barrel BBQ.
Meat Week is an eight-day celebration of the DC's areas best and newest barbecue restaurants. This year's even begins Sunday and runs through Feb. 3. "The focus of Meat Week is barbecue — meats cooked 'low and slow' and bathed in wood smoke throughout the cooking process. DC Meat Week celebrates all regional ‘cue traditions, from dry-rubbed Texas brisket to vinegar-mopped Carolina pulled pork to sweet and spicy sauced ribs from Kansas City and Memphis," according to a press release. The 2013 Meat Week calendar of events includes its first ever Barbecue Food Truck Face-Off, hosted by Living Social. Pork Barrel BBQ, 2312 Mount Vernon Ave., will participate in the Meat Week festivities Thursday starting at 7 p.m. Pork Barrel will offer the a…