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, July 6, 2013 · everywhere, because no place is set
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 19 May 25
- 16 Jun 1
- 15 Jun 8
- 21 Jun 15
- 18 Jun 22
- 14 Jun 29
- 9 Jul 6
- 15 Jul 13
- 20 Jul 20
- 12 Jul 27
- 10 Aug 3
- 14 Aug 10
- 21 Aug 17
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-06 Your weekend | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | Absarokee, MT | 0 | 22 |
| 2013-07-05 Your weekend | Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship | Rio Rancho, NM | -1 | 42 |
| 2013-07-05 Your weekend | Crossroads BBQ Cook-off | Cameron, MO | -1 | 40 |
| 2013-07-05 Your weekend | Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest | St. Charles, IL | -1 | 34 |
| 2013-07-05 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Madison, WI | -1 | 30 |
| 2013-07-05 Your weekend | Fin to Fur's Red White & Blue BBQ Blowout 2013 | Thayer, MO | -1 | 15 |
| 2013-07-05 | Smokin Hot BBQ and Fireworks Cancelled | Girard, KS | -1 | — |
| 2013-07-04 Your weekend | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Lake Placid, NY | -2 | 28 |
| 2013-07-03 Your weekend | Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest | Liberty, MO | -3 | 30 |
| 2013-07-03 Your weekend | Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff | Whiting, IA | -3 | 25 |
| 2013-07-11 | SC Festival of Discovery | Greenwood, SC | 5 | 78 |
| 2013-07-11 | Table Captain Class | Greenwood, SC | 5 | — |
| 2013-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 6 | 65 |
| 2013-07-12 | Wine Country Big Q | Santa Rosa, CA | 6 | 44 |
| 2013-07-12 | 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | Wellsville, MO | 6 | 42 |
| 2013-07-12 | Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off | Kettering, OH | 6 | 41 |
| 2013-07-12 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Woodbury, MN | 6 | 29 |
| 2013-07-12 | The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South | Gettysburg, PA | 6 | 29 |
| 2013-07-12 | 3rd Annual Holbrook | Holbrook, AZ | 6 | 27 |
| 2013-07-12 | The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast | Madelia, MN | 6 | 23 |
| 2013-07-12 | Rob 'Rub' Bagby | Clermont, FL | 6 | — |
| 2013-07-12 | Backyard BBQ Bash Cook-Off Cancelled | Bethel, CT | 6 | — |
| 2013-07-13 | Cattlemen's BBQ Competition | San Juan, PR | 7 | 41 |
| 2013-07-13 | Troy Pig Out | Troy, NY | 7 | 32 |
| 2013-07-13 | Pork In The Park BBQ | Stamford, CT | 7 | 21 |
| 2013-07-13 | Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff | Peoria, IL | 7 | 15 |
| 2013-06-29 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Limited to 48 Students | Smithville, MO | -7 | — |
| 2013-06-29 | Paul Kirk | North Haledon, NJ | -7 | — |
| 2013-06-28 | Smokin' On the Pecos | Artesia, NM | -8 | 70 |
| 2013-06-28 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | Santa Clara, CA | -8 | 56 |
| 2013-06-28 | Boston Hill BBQ Fest | Hamburg, NY | -8 | 49 |
| 2013-06-28 | Super City Blues & Ques | Metropolis, IL | -8 | 34 |
| 2013-06-28 | Grillin' in Grafton | Grafton, WI | -8 | 33 |
| 2013-06-28 | Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness | Franklin, IN | -8 | 32 |
| 2013-06-28 | Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off | Mankato, MN | -8 | 30 |
| 2013-06-28 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Traverse City, MI | -8 | 26 |
| 2013-06-28 | Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | Winchester, VA | -8 | 26 |
| 2013-06-28 | Covington Cork and Pork Festival | Covington, VA | -8 | 25 |
| 2013-06-27 | Legacy BBQ Championship | Effingham, IL | -9 | 28 |
| 2013-06-27 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Artesia, NM | -9 | — |
| 2013-07-18 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Warren, PA | 12 | — |
| 2013-07-19 | Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! | New Palestine, IN | 13 | 57 |
| 2013-07-19 | Que & Cruz | Louisa, VA | 13 | 45 |
| 2013-07-19 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains | Hays, KS | 13 | 42 |
| 2013-07-19 | 9th Annual WildBlue BBQ | Burlington, KS | 13 | 40 |
| 2013-07-19 | Taste of Grand Rapids | Comstock Park, MI | 13 | 39 |
| 2013-07-19 | Smokin' on the River | Glasgow, MO | 13 | 36 |
| 2013-07-19 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | Waterloo, IA | 13 | 35 |
| 2013-07-19 | Griller's Cup | Laramie, WY | 13 | 33 |
| 2013-07-19 | RiverFest Red White and Que | Bellevue, NE | 13 | 32 |
| 2013-07-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Des Moines, IA | 13 | 28 |
| 2013-07-19 | Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing | Watertown, SD | 13 | 26 |
| 2013-07-19 | Smokin the Valley Blueberry Festival and Bar-B-Que Cook-Off | Unicoi, TN | 13 | 20 |
| 2013-07-19 | Warren All American BBQ Festival | Warren, PA | 13 | 17 |
| 2013-07-19 | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship | Galax, VA | 13 | 16 |
| 2013-07-19 | Jack's Old South | Unadilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2013-07-19 | The Great Grayling Barbecue Showdown Cancelled | Grayling, MI | 13 | — |
| 2013-07-20 | Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships | Kingston, RI | 14 | 46 |
| 2013-06-22 | Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle | Washington, DC | -14 | 42 |
| 2013-06-22 | Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge | Davenport, IA | -14 | 32 |
| 2013-07-20 | Smokin' For Gold | Placerville, CA | 14 | 25 |
| 2013-07-20 | Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship | Snohomish, WA | 14 | 13 |
| 2013-06-22 | Bob Snelson | Kansas City, KS | -14 | — |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -15 | 183 |
| 2013-06-21 | 2nd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship | Temecula, CA | -15 | 70 |
| 2013-06-21 | Queen City Cook-Off | Clarksville, TN | -15 | 39 |
| 2013-06-21 | Peak City Pig Fest | Apex, NC | -15 | 36 |
| 2013-06-21 | Knights of Columbus | Quincy, IL | -15 | 32 |
| 2013-06-21 | 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off | Auburn Hills, MI | -15 | 30 |
| 2013-06-21 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Indianapolis, IN | -15 | 29 |
| 2013-06-21 | Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival | Old Orchard Beach, ME | -15 | 28 |
| 2013-06-21 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Marshalltown, IA | -15 | 28 |
| 2013-06-21 | BBQ, Bands & Brews | Palmyra, VA | -15 | 25 |
| 2013-06-21 | South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition | Fairplay, CO | -15 | 23 |
| 2013-06-21 | Battle of the Bones Cancelled | Central Point, OR | -15 | 20 |
| 2013-06-21 | Smoking Knights BBQ Competition | Hutchinson, MN | -15 | 19 |
| 2013-06-21 | Brockport BBQ - Music Festival | Brockport, NY | -15 | 18 |
| 2013-06-20 | Rock'n Freedom | Seymour, MO | -16 | 50 |
| 2013-06-20 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Fairplay, CO | -16 | — |
| 2013-07-22 | Fast Eddy's By Cookshack Restaurant and Catering Class | Ponca City, OK | 16 | — |
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.