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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, April 13, 2013 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 4 Mar 2
- 13 Mar 9
- 9 Mar 16
- 14 Mar 23
- 8 Mar 30
- 16 Apr 6
- 9 Apr 13
- 19 Apr 20
- 24 Apr 27
- 19 May 4
- 18 May 11
- 20 May 18
- 19 May 25
The weekend of Mar 2 is the quietest in range: 4 contests. The biggest thing on it is Smokin in the Square.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2013 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Denmark | Same day | — |
| Apr 13, 2013 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bakersfield, CA | Same day | — |
| Apr 12, 2013 Your weekend |
Smoke In The Spring | Osage City, KS | 1 day before | 71 |
| Apr 12, 2013 Your weekend |
The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Smithville, MO | 1 day before | 48 |
| Apr 12, 2013 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Falls | Gadsden, AL | 1 day before | 34 |
| Apr 12, 2013 Your weekend |
Grilling on the River '13 | Columbus, MS | 1 day before | 31 |
| Apr 12, 2013 Your weekend |
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Renton, WA | 1 day before | 29 |
| Apr 12, 2013 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | New Holland, PA | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 14, 2013 Your weekend |
Paul Kirk | Sumner, WA | 1 day after | — |
| Apr 18, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Overland Park, KS | 5 days after | — |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival | Salisbury, MD | 6 days after | 106 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) | Overland Park, KS | 6 days after | 73 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival | Springfield, MO | 6 days after | 68 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | 6 days after | 63 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | High on the Hog Festival | Winchester, TN | 6 days after | 60 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | Kings Mountain, NC | 6 days after | 55 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest | Washington, MO | 6 days after | 50 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Smoke Over Veishea | Ames, IA | 6 days after | 36 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier) | Cornelia, GA | 6 days after | 36 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | New York City BBQ Cookoff | Staten Island, NY | 6 days after | 33 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Las Vegas, NV | 6 days after | 30 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Table Captain Class | Kings Mountain, NC | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 6, 2013 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship | Woodland, CA | 7 days before | 33 |
| Apr 20, 2013 | High Desert BBQ Showdown | Victorville, CA | 7 days after | 32 |
| Apr 6, 2013 | Chris Marks | Little Rock, AR | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 6, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Morton, IL | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 6, 2013 | Chris Capell | Fairfax, VA | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 6, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Anoka, MN | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 20, 2013 | Chris Marks | Austin, TX | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 20, 2013 | Bob Oldfield | Morrison, CO | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Smokin' On Big Creek | Pleasant Hill, MO | 8 days before | 74 |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon | Stillwater, OK | 8 days before | 52 |
| Apr 5, 2013 | 1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out | Evansville, IN | 8 days before | 50 |
| Apr 5, 2013 | The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs. West IV | Wildomar, CA | 8 days before | 48 |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff | Kennett, MO | 8 days before | 44 |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) | Summerville, GA | 8 days before | 41 |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest | Somerville, TN | 8 days before | 29 |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Salt Lake City, UT | 8 days before | 29 |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Diva Q - Danielle Dimovski | Greencastle, PA | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Paul Kirk | Nahunta, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Rod Gray | Cresskill, NJ | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 21, 2013 | Chris Marks | Austin, TX | 8 days after | — |
| Apr 22, 2013 | Table Captain Class | Sugar Creek, MO | 9 days after | — |
| Apr 23, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Sugar Creek, MO | 10 days after | — |
| Apr 24, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gothenburg, NE | 11 days after | — |
| Apr 25, 2013 | Chris Marks | Lisle, IL | 12 days after | — |
| Apr 25, 2013 | Table Captain Class | Gothenburg, NE | 12 days after | — |
| Apr 26, 2013 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off | Lexington, NC | 13 days after | 71 |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Pony Express BBQ Challenge | Gothenburg, NE | 13 days after | 47 |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Smokin' In The Creek | Sugar Creek, MO | 13 days after | 41 |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue Championship | Mt. Carmel, IL | 13 days after | 36 |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Smokin' in the Ozarks | Rogers, AR | 13 days after | 34 |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Overland Park, KS | 13 days after | 30 |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Char-Broil Pig Bowl (GBC Qualifier) | Columbus, GA | 13 days after | 26 |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Smokin 'n' the Ville | Edwardsville, KS | 13 days after | 26 |
| Apr 26, 2013 | R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship | Arkansas City, KS | 13 days after | 25 |
| Apr 26, 2013 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | Calhoun, GA | 13 days after | 25 |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Savannah BBQ Fest & Bone Marrow Drive (CANCELLED- BBQ EVENT ONLY) | Savannah, MO | 13 days after | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 | 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest | Indio, CA | 14 days after | 30 |
| Mar 30, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Laurie, MO | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Mankato, MN | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Chris Marks | St. Charles, IL | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Table Captain Class | Bardstown, KY | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bardstown, KY | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Bob Snelson | Kansas City, KS | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Stillwater, OK | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Slidell BBQ Challenge | Slidell, LA | 15 days before | 44 |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off | Benton, KY | 15 days before | 40 |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Firelake BBQ Cook-off | Shawnee, OK | 15 days before | 38 |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Thornton, CO | 15 days before | 30 |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Rod Gray | Coachella, CA | 15 days before | — |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Kelly Wertz | Great Bend, KS | 15 days before | — |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Rob 'Rub' Bagby | Hoffman Estates, IL | 15 days before | — |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Chris Marks | St. Charles, IL | 15 days after | — |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Southern Hot Wing Contest | Memphis, TN | 15 days after | — |
| Mar 28, 2013 | Silverton BBQ Throwdown Cancelled | Las Vegas, NV | 16 days before | — |
| Apr 30, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Estonia | 17 days after | — |
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.
Only contests already sanctioned and listed at kcbs.us can show up here, so a quiet weekend on this page is not a guarantee — the next organiser to sanction one might be looking at the same square on the calendar. Nothing you type into this page is stored or sent anywhere: towns and ZIPs are matched against the contest listings themselves.