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.
The busiest weekend in range Saturday, April 27, 2013 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
24
sanctioned contests
In the window
89
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 15 Jun 8
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 | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2013 Your weekend |
7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest | Indio, CA | Same day | 30 |
| Apr 27, 2013 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Mankato, MN | Same day | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 Your weekend |
Chris Marks | St. Charles, IL | Same day | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 Your weekend |
Table Captain Class | Bardstown, KY | Same day | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bardstown, KY | Same day | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 Your weekend |
Bob Snelson | Kansas City, KS | Same day | — |
| Apr 27, 2013 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Stillwater, OK | Same day | — |
| Apr 26, 2013 Your weekend |
BBQ Capital Cook-Off | Lexington, NC | 1 day before | 71 |
| Apr 26, 2013 Your weekend |
Pony Express BBQ Challenge | Gothenburg, NE | 1 day before | 47 |
| Apr 26, 2013 Your weekend |
Smokin' In The Creek | Sugar Creek, MO | 1 day before | 41 |
| Apr 26, 2013 Your weekend |
Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue Championship | Mt. Carmel, IL | 1 day before | 36 |
| Apr 26, 2013 Your weekend |
Smokin' in the Ozarks | Rogers, AR | 1 day before | 34 |
| Apr 26, 2013 Your weekend |
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Overland Park, KS | 1 day before | 30 |
| Apr 26, 2013 Your weekend |
Char-Broil Pig Bowl (GBC Qualifier) | Columbus, GA | 1 day before | 26 |
| Apr 26, 2013 Your weekend |
Smokin 'n' the Ville | Edwardsville, KS | 1 day before | 26 |
| Apr 26, 2013 Your weekend |
R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship | Arkansas City, KS | 1 day before | 25 |
| Apr 26, 2013 Your weekend |
BBQ Boogie & Blues | Calhoun, GA | 1 day before | 25 |
| Apr 26, 2013 Your weekend |
Savannah BBQ Fest & Bone Marrow Drive (CANCELLED- BBQ EVENT ONLY) | Savannah, MO | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 28, 2013 Your weekend |
Chris Marks | St. Charles, IL | 1 day after | — |
| Apr 28, 2013 Your weekend |
Southern Hot Wing Contest | Memphis, TN | 1 day after | — |
| Apr 25, 2013 Your weekend |
Chris Marks | Lisle, IL | 2 days before | — |
| Apr 25, 2013 Your weekend |
Table Captain Class | Gothenburg, NE | 2 days before | — |
| Apr 24, 2013 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gothenburg, NE | 3 days before | — |
| Apr 30, 2013 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Estonia | 3 days after | — |
| Apr 23, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Sugar Creek, MO | 4 days before | — |
| May 2, 2013 | Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship | Laughlin, NV | 5 days after | 25 |
| Apr 22, 2013 | Table Captain Class | Sugar Creek, MO | 5 days before | — |
| May 3, 2013 | Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival | Bixby, OK | 6 days after | 88 |
| May 3, 2013 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Huntsville, AL | 6 days after | 62 |
| May 3, 2013 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival | Annapolis, MD | 6 days after | 55 |
| May 3, 2013 | The Masters in May | Fremont, WI | 6 days after | 48 |
| May 3, 2013 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff | Knoxville, TN | 6 days after | 46 |
| May 3, 2013 | Smokelawn | Hot Springs, AR | 6 days after | 41 |
| May 3, 2013 | Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest | St. Joseph, MO | 6 days after | 39 |
| May 3, 2013 | North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival | North Platte, NE | 6 days after | 38 |
| May 3, 2013 | Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off | Lansing, KS | 6 days after | 33 |
| May 3, 2013 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge | Brandon, MS | 6 days after | 31 |
| May 3, 2013 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship | Grandview, MO | 6 days after | 31 |
| May 3, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | St. Charles, MO | 6 days after | 30 |
| May 3, 2013 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | Columbia, MO | 6 days after | 25 |
| May 3, 2013 | 1st Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown | Show Low, AZ | 6 days after | 24 |
| Apr 21, 2013 | Chris Marks | Austin, TX | 6 days before | — |
| May 4, 2013 | Smokin' on the Water | Liberty, IN | 7 days after | 37 |
| Apr 20, 2013 | High Desert BBQ Showdown | Victorville, CA | 7 days before | 32 |
| Apr 20, 2013 | Chris Marks | Austin, TX | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 20, 2013 | Bob Oldfield | Morrison, CO | 7 days before | — |
| May 4, 2013 | Chris Marks | West Chester, PA | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival | Salisbury, MD | 8 days before | 106 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) | Overland Park, KS | 8 days before | 73 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival | Springfield, MO | 8 days before | 68 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | 8 days before | 63 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | High on the Hog Festival | Winchester, TN | 8 days before | 60 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | Kings Mountain, NC | 8 days before | 55 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest | Washington, MO | 8 days before | 50 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Smoke Over Veishea | Ames, IA | 8 days before | 36 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier) | Cornelia, GA | 8 days before | 36 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | New York City BBQ Cookoff | Staten Island, NY | 8 days before | 33 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Las Vegas, NV | 8 days before | 30 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Table Captain Class | Kings Mountain, NC | 8 days before | — |
| May 5, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Maynard, MA | 8 days after | — |
| May 5, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Annapolis, MD | 8 days after | — |
| Apr 18, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Overland Park, KS | 9 days before | — |
| May 10, 2013 | BBQ Jamboree | Fredericksburg, VA | 13 days after | 60 |
| May 10, 2013 | Green Lane Fire CO's | Green Lane, PA | 13 days after | 58 |
| May 10, 2013 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | Kannapolis, NC | 13 days after | 58 |
| May 10, 2013 | West Coast BBQ Classic | Long Beach, CA | 13 days after | 54 |
| May 10, 2013 | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | Platte City, MO | 13 days after | 52 |
| May 10, 2013 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | Lawrence, KS | 13 days after | 49 |
| May 10, 2013 | Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) | Waynesboro, GA | 13 days after | 41 |
| May 10, 2013 | Boots & BBQ Festival | Claremore, OK | 13 days after | 36 |
| May 10, 2013 | Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier) | Rome, GA | 13 days after | 33 |
| May 10, 2013 | BBQ in the Bluffs | Council Bluffs, IA | 13 days after | 32 |
| May 10, 2013 | Wild West BBQ | Lamar, CO | 13 days after | 31 |
| May 10, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Knoxville, TN | 13 days after | 29 |
| May 10, 2013 | Mississippi Springfest | Ashland, MS | 13 days after | 29 |
| May 10, 2013 | 2013 Optimist Kick-Off Cook-Off | Florissant, MO | 13 days after | 25 |
| May 10, 2013 | Rods, Ribs & Rock N Roll 2013 | Manhattan, KS | 13 days after | 25 |
| Apr 14, 2013 | Paul Kirk | Sumner, WA | 13 days before | — |
| Apr 13, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Denmark | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 13, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bakersfield, CA | 14 days before | — |
| May 11, 2013 | Table Captain Class | St. Charles, IL | 14 days after | — |
| May 11, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | St. Charles, IL | 14 days after | — |
| May 11, 2013 | Chris Marks | Plano, TX | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 12, 2013 | Smoke In The Spring | Osage City, KS | 15 days before | 71 |
| Apr 12, 2013 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Smithville, MO | 15 days before | 48 |
| Apr 12, 2013 | Smoke on the Falls | Gadsden, AL | 15 days before | 34 |
| Apr 12, 2013 | Grilling on the River '13 | Columbus, MS | 15 days before | 31 |
| Apr 12, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Renton, WA | 15 days before | 29 |
| Apr 12, 2013 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | New Holland, PA | 15 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.
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.