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, July 13, 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.
- 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
- 32 Aug 24
The weekend of Jul 6 is the quietest in range: 9 contests. The biggest thing on it is Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-13 Your weekend | Cattlemen's BBQ Competition | San Juan, PR | 0 | 41 |
| 2013-07-13 Your weekend | Troy Pig Out | Troy, NY | 0 | 32 |
| 2013-07-13 Your weekend | Pork In The Park BBQ | Stamford, CT | 0 | 21 |
| 2013-07-13 Your weekend | Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff | Peoria, IL | 0 | 15 |
| 2013-07-12 Your weekend | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | North Wildwood, NJ | -1 | 65 |
| 2013-07-12 Your weekend | Wine Country Big Q | Santa Rosa, CA | -1 | 44 |
| 2013-07-12 Your weekend | 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | Wellsville, MO | -1 | 42 |
| 2013-07-12 Your weekend | Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off | Kettering, OH | -1 | 41 |
| 2013-07-12 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Woodbury, MN | -1 | 29 |
| 2013-07-12 Your weekend | The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South | Gettysburg, PA | -1 | 29 |
| 2013-07-12 Your weekend | 3rd Annual Holbrook | Holbrook, AZ | -1 | 27 |
| 2013-07-12 Your weekend | The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast | Madelia, MN | -1 | 23 |
| 2013-07-12 Your weekend | Rob 'Rub' Bagby | Clermont, FL | -1 | — |
| 2013-07-12 | Backyard BBQ Bash Cook-Off Cancelled | Bethel, CT | -1 | — |
| 2013-07-11 Your weekend | SC Festival of Discovery | Greenwood, SC | -2 | 78 |
| 2013-07-11 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Greenwood, SC | -2 | — |
| 2013-07-18 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Warren, PA | 5 | — |
| 2013-07-19 | Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! | New Palestine, IN | 6 | 57 |
| 2013-07-19 | Que & Cruz | Louisa, VA | 6 | 45 |
| 2013-07-19 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains | Hays, KS | 6 | 42 |
| 2013-07-19 | 9th Annual WildBlue BBQ | Burlington, KS | 6 | 40 |
| 2013-07-19 | Taste of Grand Rapids | Comstock Park, MI | 6 | 39 |
| 2013-07-19 | Smokin' on the River | Glasgow, MO | 6 | 36 |
| 2013-07-19 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | Waterloo, IA | 6 | 35 |
| 2013-07-19 | Griller's Cup | Laramie, WY | 6 | 33 |
| 2013-07-19 | RiverFest Red White and Que | Bellevue, NE | 6 | 32 |
| 2013-07-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Des Moines, IA | 6 | 28 |
| 2013-07-19 | Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing | Watertown, SD | 6 | 26 |
| 2013-07-19 | Smokin the Valley Blueberry Festival and Bar-B-Que Cook-Off | Unicoi, TN | 6 | 20 |
| 2013-07-19 | Warren All American BBQ Festival | Warren, PA | 6 | 17 |
| 2013-07-19 | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship | Galax, VA | 6 | 16 |
| 2013-07-19 | Jack's Old South | Unadilla, GA | 6 | — |
| 2013-07-19 | The Great Grayling Barbecue Showdown Cancelled | Grayling, MI | 6 | — |
| 2013-07-20 | Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships | Kingston, RI | 7 | 46 |
| 2013-07-20 | Smokin' For Gold | Placerville, CA | 7 | 25 |
| 2013-07-06 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | Absarokee, MT | -7 | 22 |
| 2013-07-20 | Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship | Snohomish, WA | 7 | 13 |
| 2013-07-05 | Rio Rancho NM 10th Annual 2013 Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship | Rio Rancho, NM | -8 | 42 |
| 2013-07-05 | Crossroads BBQ Cook-off | Cameron, MO | -8 | 40 |
| 2013-07-05 | Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest | St. Charles, IL | -8 | 34 |
| 2013-07-05 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Madison, WI | -8 | 30 |
| 2013-07-05 | Fin to Fur's Red White & Blue BBQ Blowout 2013 | Thayer, MO | -8 | 15 |
| 2013-07-05 | Smokin Hot BBQ and Fireworks Cancelled | Girard, KS | -8 | — |
| 2013-07-04 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Lake Placid, NY | -9 | 28 |
| 2013-07-22 | Fast Eddy's By Cookshack Restaurant and Catering Class | Ponca City, OK | 9 | — |
| 2013-07-03 | Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest | Liberty, MO | -10 | 30 |
| 2013-07-03 | Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff | Whiting, IA | -10 | 25 |
| 2013-07-25 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cleveland, TN | 12 | — |
| 2013-07-26 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | Mason City, IA | 13 | 66 |
| 2013-07-26 | Racing For The BBQ | Lee's Summit, MO | 13 | 58 |
| 2013-07-26 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash | Cleveland, TN | 13 | 54 |
| 2013-07-26 | The Great American Cookoff | Woodlake, CA | 13 | 53 |
| 2013-07-26 | WNC Barbeque Festival | Maggie Valley, NC | 13 | 48 |
| 2013-07-26 | Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off | Dodge City, KS | 13 | 47 |
| 2013-07-26 | Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) | Morton, IL | 13 | 45 |
| 2013-07-26 | Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza | Bluemont, VA | 13 | 33 |
| 2013-07-26 | The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ | Windsor, VT | 13 | 31 |
| 2013-07-26 | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off | Montague, CA | 13 | 26 |
| 2013-07-26 | Table Captain Class | Cleveland, TN | 13 | — |
| 2013-07-26 | Montana State Championship Fire Up Your Hog BBQ Competition Cancelled State championship | Bozeman, MT | 13 | — |
| 2013-07-26 | Smoking on the Continental Divide Cancelled | Rawlins, WY | 13 | — |
| 2013-06-29 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Limited to 48 Students | Smithville, MO | -14 | — |
| 2013-06-29 | Paul Kirk | North Haledon, NJ | -14 | — |
| 2013-07-27 | Big Bear BBQ & Beerfest Cancelled | Big Bear Lake, CA | 14 | — |
| 2013-06-28 | Smokin' On the Pecos | Artesia, NM | -15 | 70 |
| 2013-06-28 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | Santa Clara, CA | -15 | 56 |
| 2013-06-28 | Boston Hill BBQ Fest | Hamburg, NY | -15 | 49 |
| 2013-06-28 | Super City Blues & Ques | Metropolis, IL | -15 | 34 |
| 2013-06-28 | Grillin' in Grafton | Grafton, WI | -15 | 33 |
| 2013-06-28 | Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness | Franklin, IN | -15 | 32 |
| 2013-06-28 | Bend of the River BBQ Smoke Off | Mankato, MN | -15 | 30 |
| 2013-06-28 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Traverse City, MI | -15 | 26 |
| 2013-06-28 | Hogging Up Virginia Bluegrass BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | Winchester, VA | -15 | 26 |
| 2013-06-28 | Covington Cork and Pork Festival | Covington, VA | -15 | 25 |
| 2013-06-27 | Legacy BBQ Championship | Effingham, IL | -16 | 28 |
| 2013-06-27 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Artesia, NM | -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.