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 27, 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.
- 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
- 13 Aug 31
- 20 Sep 7
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-27 | Big Bear BBQ & Beerfest Cancelled | Big Bear Lake, CA | 0 | — |
| 2013-07-26 Your weekend | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | Mason City, IA | -1 | 66 |
| 2013-07-26 Your weekend | Racing For The BBQ | Lee's Summit, MO | -1 | 58 |
| 2013-07-26 Your weekend | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash | Cleveland, TN | -1 | 54 |
| 2013-07-26 Your weekend | The Great American Cookoff | Woodlake, CA | -1 | 53 |
| 2013-07-26 Your weekend | WNC Barbeque Festival | Maggie Valley, NC | -1 | 48 |
| 2013-07-26 Your weekend | Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off | Dodge City, KS | -1 | 47 |
| 2013-07-26 Your weekend | Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) | Morton, IL | -1 | 45 |
| 2013-07-26 Your weekend | Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza | Bluemont, VA | -1 | 33 |
| 2013-07-26 Your weekend | The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ | Windsor, VT | -1 | 31 |
| 2013-07-26 Your weekend | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off | Montague, CA | -1 | 26 |
| 2013-07-26 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Cleveland, TN | -1 | — |
| 2013-07-26 | Montana State Championship Fire Up Your Hog BBQ Competition Cancelled State championship | Bozeman, MT | -1 | — |
| 2013-07-26 | Smoking on the Continental Divide Cancelled | Rawlins, WY | -1 | — |
| 2013-07-25 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cleveland, TN | -2 | — |
| 2013-08-01 | Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge | Olathe, KS | 5 | 74 |
| 2013-07-22 | Fast Eddy's By Cookshack Restaurant and Catering Class | Ponca City, OK | -5 | — |
| 2013-08-02 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Dillard, GA | 6 | 61 |
| 2013-08-02 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ | Laurie, MO | 6 | 51 |
| 2013-08-02 | 5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic | Vista, CA | 6 | 46 |
| 2013-08-02 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Rockford, IL | 6 | 30 |
| 2013-08-02 | Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest | Rossville, KS | 6 | 25 |
| 2013-08-02 | United Wireless / Five State Fair BBQ | Liberal, KS | 6 | 25 |
| 2013-08-02 | Great Northern Barbeque | Brainerd, MN | 6 | 22 |
| 2013-08-02 | Smokin on Route 66 | Miami, OK | 6 | 17 |
| 2013-08-02 | Colorado State BBQ Championship Cancelled | Craig, CO | 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 |
| 2013-07-20 | Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship | Snohomish, WA | -7 | 13 |
| 2013-08-03 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Shawnee, KS | 7 | — |
| 2013-07-19 | Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! | New Palestine, IN | -8 | 57 |
| 2013-07-19 | Que & Cruz | Louisa, VA | -8 | 45 |
| 2013-07-19 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains | Hays, KS | -8 | 42 |
| 2013-07-19 | 9th Annual WildBlue BBQ | Burlington, KS | -8 | 40 |
| 2013-07-19 | Taste of Grand Rapids | Comstock Park, MI | -8 | 39 |
| 2013-07-19 | Smokin' on the River | Glasgow, MO | -8 | 36 |
| 2013-07-19 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | Waterloo, IA | -8 | 35 |
| 2013-07-19 | Griller's Cup | Laramie, WY | -8 | 33 |
| 2013-07-19 | RiverFest Red White and Que | Bellevue, NE | -8 | 32 |
| 2013-07-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Des Moines, IA | -8 | 28 |
| 2013-07-19 | Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing | Watertown, SD | -8 | 26 |
| 2013-07-19 | Smokin the Valley Blueberry Festival and Bar-B-Que Cook-Off | Unicoi, TN | -8 | 20 |
| 2013-07-19 | Warren All American BBQ Festival | Warren, PA | -8 | 17 |
| 2013-07-19 | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship | Galax, VA | -8 | 16 |
| 2013-07-19 | Jack's Old South | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2013-07-19 | The Great Grayling Barbecue Showdown Cancelled | Grayling, MI | -8 | — |
| 2013-07-18 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Warren, PA | -9 | — |
| 2013-08-09 | 12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash | Bel Air, MD | 13 | 60 |
| 2013-08-09 | Med City BBQ & Musicfest | Rochester, MN | 13 | 50 |
| 2013-08-09 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show | Franklin, NC | 13 | 49 |
| 2013-08-09 | Cass County | Weeping Water, NE | 13 | 44 |
| 2013-08-09 | Smokin' in McMinnville | McMinnville, TN | 13 | 37 |
| 2013-08-09 | Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival | N. Tonawanda, NY | 13 | 31 |
| 2013-08-09 | Dam Good BBQ Championship | Newaygo, MI | 13 | 31 |
| 2013-08-09 | CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Competition | Woodward, OK | 13 | 30 |
| 2013-08-09 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Medford, NY | 13 | 27 |
| 2013-08-09 | Smokin' on the Prairie | Gillette, WY | 13 | 25 |
| 2013-08-09 | Brentwood Cook Off and Car Show | Brentwood, CA | 13 | 17 |
| 2013-08-09 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Danville, IL | 13 | — |
| 2013-08-09 | Krystal 93 BBQ at the Summit Cancelled | Dillon, CO | 13 | — |
| 2013-07-13 | Cattlemen's BBQ Competition | San Juan, PR | -14 | 41 |
| 2013-07-13 | Troy Pig Out | Troy, NY | -14 | 32 |
| 2013-07-13 | Pork In The Park BBQ | Stamford, CT | -14 | 21 |
| 2013-07-13 | Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff | Peoria, IL | -14 | 15 |
| 2013-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | North Wildwood, NJ | -15 | 65 |
| 2013-07-12 | Wine Country Big Q | Santa Rosa, CA | -15 | 44 |
| 2013-07-12 | 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | Wellsville, MO | -15 | 42 |
| 2013-07-12 | Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off | Kettering, OH | -15 | 41 |
| 2013-07-12 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Woodbury, MN | -15 | 29 |
| 2013-07-12 | The Gettysburg Cook-off North vs South | Gettysburg, PA | -15 | 29 |
| 2013-07-12 | 3rd Annual Holbrook | Holbrook, AZ | -15 | 27 |
| 2013-07-12 | The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast | Madelia, MN | -15 | 23 |
| 2013-07-12 | Rob 'Rub' Bagby | Clermont, FL | -15 | — |
| 2013-07-12 | Backyard BBQ Bash Cook-Off Cancelled | Bethel, CT | -15 | — |
| 2013-07-11 | SC Festival of Discovery | Greenwood, SC | -16 | 78 |
| 2013-07-11 | Table Captain Class | Greenwood, SC | -16 | — |
| 2013-08-13 | Table Captain Class | Billings, MT | 17 | — |
| 2013-08-13 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Billings, MT | 17 | — |
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.