Date-Clash Checker
Teams can only be in one place on a Saturday. Pick the weekend you are thinking about and where you are, and this shows every sanctioned contest within range that would be competing for the same field — how hard each one pulls, and which weekends either side are quieter.
Type a contest town, a state, or a ZIP — or leave it empty to see the whole country. 600 contest towns autocomplete in the box.
About average for this stretch Saturday, October 31, 2026 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 21 Sep 19
- 12 Sep 26
- 10 Oct 3
- 6 Oct 10
- 11 Oct 17
- 8 Oct 24
- 4 Oct 31
- 4 Nov 7
- 4 Nov 14
- 7 Nov 21
- 1 Nov 28
- 1 Dec 5
- 0 Dec 12
The weekend of Dec 12 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 Your weekend |
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) State championship | Oak Grove, MO | Same day | 43 |
| Oct 31, 2026 Your weekend |
Smokin in the Valley 3 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, Australia | Same day | — |
| Oct 30, 2026 Your weekend |
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) State championship | Oak Grove, MO | 1 day before | 43 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Spooky Q 1792 Cancelled | Monticello, KY | 1 day before | 23 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Spooky Q 1792 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Monticello, KY | 1 day before | 23 |
| Oct 30, 2026 Your weekend |
Roast N Boast State championship | Columbus, MS | 1 day before | 21 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Monticello, KY Cancelled | Monticello, KY | 2 days before | — |
| Nov 6, 2026 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Scottsboro, AL | 6 days after | 33 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | Frosty Butts BBQ Throwdown State championship | New Market, VA | 6 days after | — |
| Nov 6, 2026 | Grills of Gratitude Honoring our Hometown Veterans and Heroes Cancelled State championship | Seffner, FL | 6 days after | — |
| Oct 24, 2026 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship | West Creek, NJ | 7 days before | 34 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | West Creek, NJ | 7 days before | 12 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Guatemala | San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala | 7 days after | — |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship | West Creek, NJ | 8 days before | 32 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Foothills Smoke-Off Challenge State championship | Lenoir, NC | 8 days before | 31 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition State championship | Vidalia, LA | 8 days before | 29 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild State championship | Branson, MO | 8 days before | 28 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | The Butcher's Smoke & Flames Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Cullman, AL | 8 days before | 24 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | West Creek, NJ | 8 days before | 14 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) PRIVATE EVENT | Houston, TX | 10 days after | — |
| Oct 18, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Osaka, Japan | Toyonaka Osaka, Japan | 13 days before | — |
| Nov 13, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Argentina | Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | 13 days after | — |
| Nov 13, 2026 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 days after | — |
| Nov 13, 2026 | RIVAS BBQ MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE | Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica | 13 days after | — |
| Oct 17, 2026 | All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 2) | Sunland Park, NM | 14 days before | 34 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Fossalta di Piave, Italy | 14 days before | 28 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Fossalta di Piave, Italy | 14 days before | 27 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | Smoky Cotte Master Class - Cooking Class | Rome, Italy | 14 days before | — |
| Nov 14, 2026 | Tulsa Tailgate Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Tulsa, OK | 14 days after | — |
| Oct 16, 2026 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 15 days before | 43 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 1) | Sunland Park, NM | 15 days before | 35 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | 15 days before | 31 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | The MoCo Smoke Show State championship | Silver Spring, MD | 15 days before | 15 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Happy Basset 6th Annual BBQ Contest Cancelled State championship | Topeka, KS | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Hellhole Swamp Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES) Cancelled | Jamestown, SC | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 16, 2026 | All American Military/Veterans/First Responders BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES) Cancelled | Sunland Park, NM | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) | Roswell, GA | 16 days before | 38 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sunland Park, NM | Sunland Park, NM | 16 days before | — |
Pull is a rough estimate of how much of your potential field a contest takes: its field size, halved for roughly every 150 miles a team would have to drive past your gate to get there. It is a comparison aid, not a forecast. Field is the published team count where there is one, and otherwise the average of that contest’s own past editions.
This is the whole country. Put a town, state or ZIP in the Near box and every number above narrows to the teams who could actually reach you.
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