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, April 20, 2013 · everywhere, because no place is set
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.
- 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
- 16 Jun 1
The weekend of Mar 30 is the quietest in range: 8 contests. The biggest thing on it is Slidell BBQ Challenge.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-20 Your weekend | High Desert BBQ Showdown | Victorville, CA | 0 | 32 |
| 2013-04-20 Your weekend | Chris Marks | Austin, TX | 0 | — |
| 2013-04-20 Your weekend | Bob Oldfield | Morrison, CO | 0 | — |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival | Salisbury, MD | -1 | 106 |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) | Overland Park, KS | -1 | 73 |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival | Springfield, MO | -1 | 68 |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | -1 | 63 |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | High on the Hog Festival | Winchester, TN | -1 | 60 |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | Kings Mountain, NC | -1 | 55 |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest | Washington, MO | -1 | 50 |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | Smoke Over Veishea | Ames, IA | -1 | 36 |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier) | Cornelia, GA | -1 | 36 |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | New York City BBQ Cookoff | Staten Island, NY | -1 | 33 |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Las Vegas, NV | -1 | 30 |
| 2013-04-19 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Kings Mountain, NC | -1 | — |
| 2013-04-21 Your weekend | Chris Marks | Austin, TX | 1 | — |
| 2013-04-18 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Overland Park, KS | -2 | — |
| 2013-04-22 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Sugar Creek, MO | 2 | — |
| 2013-04-23 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Sugar Creek, MO | 3 | — |
| 2013-04-24 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gothenburg, NE | 4 | — |
| 2013-04-25 | Chris Marks | Lisle, IL | 5 | — |
| 2013-04-25 | Table Captain Class | Gothenburg, NE | 5 | — |
| 2013-04-26 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off | Lexington, NC | 6 | 71 |
| 2013-04-26 | Pony Express BBQ Challenge | Gothenburg, NE | 6 | 47 |
| 2013-04-26 | Smokin' In The Creek | Sugar Creek, MO | 6 | 41 |
| 2013-04-26 | Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue Championship | Mt. Carmel, IL | 6 | 36 |
| 2013-04-26 | Smokin' in the Ozarks | Rogers, AR | 6 | 34 |
| 2013-04-26 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Overland Park, KS | 6 | 30 |
| 2013-04-26 | Char-Broil Pig Bowl (GBC Qualifier) | Columbus, GA | 6 | 26 |
| 2013-04-26 | Smokin 'n' the Ville | Edwardsville, KS | 6 | 26 |
| 2013-04-26 | R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship | Arkansas City, KS | 6 | 25 |
| 2013-04-26 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | Calhoun, GA | 6 | 25 |
| 2013-04-14 | Paul Kirk | Sumner, WA | -6 | — |
| 2013-04-26 | Savannah BBQ Fest & Bone Marrow Drive (CANCELLED- BBQ EVENT ONLY) | Savannah, MO | 6 | — |
| 2013-04-27 | 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest | Indio, CA | 7 | 30 |
| 2013-04-13 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | DENMARK, | -7 | — |
| 2013-04-13 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bakersfield, CA | -7 | — |
| 2013-04-27 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Mankato, MN | 7 | — |
| 2013-04-27 | Chris Marks | St. Charles, IL | 7 | — |
| 2013-04-27 | Table Captain Class | Bardstown, KY | 7 | — |
| 2013-04-27 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bardstown, KY | 7 | — |
| 2013-04-27 | Bob Snelson | Kansas City, KS | 7 | — |
| 2013-04-27 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Stillwater, OK | 7 | — |
| 2013-04-12 | Smoke In The Spring | Osage City, KS | -8 | 71 |
| 2013-04-12 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Smithville, MO | -8 | 48 |
| 2013-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls | Gadsden, AL | -8 | 34 |
| 2013-04-12 | Grilling on the River '13 | Columbus, MS | -8 | 31 |
| 2013-04-12 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Renton, WA | -8 | 29 |
| 2013-04-12 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | New Holland, PA | -8 | — |
| 2013-04-28 | Chris Marks | St. Charles, IL | 8 | — |
| 2013-04-28 | Southern Hot Wing Contest | Memphis, TN | 8 | — |
| 2013-04-30 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Estonia, | 10 | — |
| 2013-05-02 | Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship | Laughlin, NV | 12 | 25 |
| 2013-05-03 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival | Bixby, OK | 13 | 88 |
| 2013-05-03 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Huntsville, AL | 13 | 62 |
| 2013-05-03 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival | Annapolis, MD | 13 | 55 |
| 2013-05-03 | The Masters in May | Fremont, WI | 13 | 48 |
| 2013-05-03 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff | Knoxville, TN | 13 | 46 |
| 2013-05-03 | Smokelawn | Hot Springs, AR | 13 | 41 |
| 2013-05-03 | Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest | St. Joseph, MO | 13 | 39 |
| 2013-05-03 | North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival | North Platte, NE | 13 | 38 |
| 2013-05-03 | Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off | Lansing, KS | 13 | 33 |
| 2013-05-03 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge | Brandon, MS | 13 | 31 |
| 2013-05-03 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship | Grandview, MO | 13 | 31 |
| 2013-05-03 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | St. Charles, MO | 13 | 30 |
| 2013-05-03 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | Columbia, MO | 13 | 25 |
| 2013-05-03 | 1st Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown | Show Low, AZ | 13 | 24 |
| 2013-05-04 | Smokin' on the Water | Liberty, IN | 14 | 37 |
| 2013-04-06 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship | Woodland, CA | -14 | 33 |
| 2013-04-06 | Chris Marks | Little Rock, AR | -14 | — |
| 2013-04-06 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Morton, IL | -14 | — |
| 2013-04-06 | Chris Capell | Fairfax, VA | -14 | — |
| 2013-04-06 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Anoka, MN | -14 | — |
| 2013-05-04 | Chris Marks | West Chester, PA | 14 | — |
| 2013-04-05 | Smokin' On Big Creek | Pleasant Hill, MO | -15 | 74 |
| 2013-04-05 | Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon | Stillwater, OK | -15 | 52 |
| 2013-04-05 | 1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out | Evansville, IN | -15 | 50 |
| 2013-04-05 | The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs. West IV | Wildomar, CA | -15 | 48 |
| 2013-04-05 | Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff | Kennett, MO | -15 | 44 |
| 2013-04-05 | Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) | Summerville, GA | -15 | 41 |
| 2013-04-05 | Third Annual Bull Moose BBQ Contest | Somerville, TN | -15 | 29 |
| 2013-04-05 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Salt Lake City, UT | -15 | 29 |
| 2013-04-05 | Diva Q - Danielle Dimovski | Greencastle, PA | -15 | — |
| 2013-04-05 | Paul Kirk | Nahunta, GA | -15 | — |
| 2013-04-05 | Rod Gray | Cresskill, NJ | -15 | — |
| 2013-05-05 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Maynard, MA | 15 | — |
| 2013-05-05 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Annapolis, MD | 15 | — |
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. Days off counts from your date, so a negative number is before it.
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.