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, October 5, 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.
- 32 Aug 24
- 13 Aug 31
- 20 Sep 7
- 18 Sep 14
- 18 Sep 21
- 15 Sep 28
- 13 Oct 5
- 16 Oct 12
- 15 Oct 19
- 9 Oct 26
- 4 Nov 2
- 3 Nov 9
- 4 Nov 16
The weekend of Nov 9 is the quietest in range: 3 contests. The biggest thing on it is World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship(Competitor's Series).
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-05 Your weekend | DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship | Atlantic City, NJ | 0 | 85 |
| 2013-10-05 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Atlantic City, NJ | 0 | — |
| 2013-10-05 Your weekend | 'Music City' Southern Hotwing Festival | Nashville, TN | 0 | — |
| 2013-10-04 Your weekend | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | Dana Point, CA | -1 | 99 |
| 2013-10-04 Your weekend | Keystone Classic Barbeque | Harrisburg, PA | -1 | 55 |
| 2013-10-04 Your weekend | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | Springfield, KY | -1 | 41 |
| 2013-10-04 Your weekend | KC Hog Wild Corinth BBQ | Corinth, MS | -1 | 30 |
| 2013-10-04 Your weekend | Squealin' on the Square | Laurens, SC | -1 | 28 |
| 2013-10-04 Your weekend | Biggest Buck and Best Rack | Alma, AR | -1 | 22 |
| 2013-10-04 Your weekend | City of Earlington OctoberFest | Earlington, KY | -1 | 16 |
| 2013-10-04 | Bluff City Octoberfest Cancelled | Memphis, TN | -1 | — |
| 2013-10-03 Your weekend | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Kansas City, MO | -2 | 535 |
| 2013-10-03 Your weekend | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational | Kansas City, MO | -2 | 174 |
| 2013-10-03 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class (FULL) | Kansas City, MO | -2 | — |
| 2013-10-11 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | Rocky Mount, NC | 6 | 55 |
| 2013-10-11 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights | Arthur, IL | 6 | 53 |
| 2013-10-11 | Smoke on the Water | Topeka, KS | 6 | 43 |
| 2013-10-11 | Cookin' on the Kaw | DeSoto, KS | 6 | 42 |
| 2013-10-11 | Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival | Sand Springs, OK | 6 | 38 |
| 2013-10-11 | Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge | Cullman, AL | 6 | 32 |
| 2013-10-11 | 3rd Annual High Point BBQ | Clarksburg, MD | 6 | 31 |
| 2013-10-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Midwest City, OK | 6 | 30 |
| 2013-10-11 | Anchor City Cook Off | Centralia, MO | 6 | 29 |
| 2013-10-11 | Bliss Brews & Que | Fort Bliss, TX | 6 | 26 |
| 2013-10-11 | Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off | Waxhaw, NC | 6 | 25 |
| 2013-10-11 | The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Lyons, GA | 6 | 25 |
| 2013-10-11 | Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival | Greenfield, MA | 6 | 21 |
| 2013-10-11 | Wahabi Shriners Cancelled | Jackson, MS | 6 | — |
| 2013-09-28 | Whole Hawg Happenin' | Marietta, GA | -7 | 30 |
| 2013-09-28 | The Best BBQ Chef Competition | New London, CT | -7 | 26 |
| 2013-10-12 | Smoke-n-Thunder BBQ Classic | Rome, GA | 7 | 25 |
| 2013-10-12 | Rhythm & Ribs | Cottonwood, AZ | 7 | 15 |
| 2013-10-12 | 5th Annual Future Legends of BBQ Competition (Competitor's Series) Cancelled | Mills River, NC | 7 | — |
| 2013-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship State championship | Shawnee, KS | -8 | 114 |
| 2013-09-27 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show | Omaha, NE | -8 | 56 |
| 2013-09-27 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest | Jonesboro, AR | -8 | 48 |
| 2013-09-27 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ | Owensboro, KY | -8 | 45 |
| 2013-09-27 | Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival | Hermann, MO | -8 | 39 |
| 2013-09-27 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown | Vidalia, LA | -8 | 38 |
| 2013-09-27 | Ohio Veteran Battle of the Barbecue | Xenia, OH | -8 | 35 |
| 2013-09-27 | Avi Resort & Casino Music Brews & BBQ Championship | Laughlin, NV | -8 | 31 |
| 2013-09-27 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Overland Park, KS | -8 | 29 |
| 2013-09-27 | PorktoberQue | Dothan, AL | -8 | 29 |
| 2013-09-27 | Taste of Downtown Danville BBQ Competition | Danville, IL | -8 | 25 |
| 2013-09-27 | Piggin' Around | Woodbury, TN | -8 | 24 |
| 2013-09-27 | Community Fisrt Bank BBQ Competition (TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) | Appleton City, MO | -8 | 18 |
| 2013-09-27 | Rhythm N Q BBQ Festival Cancelled | Columbia, MO | -8 | — |
| 2013-10-15 | Myron Mixon Jack's Old South | Unadilla, GA | 10 | — |
| 2013-10-16 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bentonville, AR | 11 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL) | Libertyville, IL | 13 | 54 |
| 2013-10-18 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship | Bentonville, AR | 13 | 50 |
| 2013-10-18 | Cowboy Up at the PRCA Rodeo & BBQ | Lancaster, CA | 13 | 41 |
| 2013-10-18 | Autumnfest | Woodstock, VA | 13 | 40 |
| 2013-10-18 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | Munfordville, KY | 13 | 40 |
| 2013-10-18 | Ohio Smoke Meat Festival | Nelsonville, OH | 13 | 35 |
| 2013-10-18 | Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest State championship | Garnett, KS | 13 | 25 |
| 2013-10-18 | Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ | Parsons, KS | 13 | 25 |
| 2013-10-18 | A Smokin' Good Time | Prescott Valley, AZ | 13 | 24 |
| 2013-10-18 | Fountains Blaze Off and Senior Q | Independence, MO | 13 | 22 |
| 2013-10-18 | Bikes Balloons & BBQ | Poteau, OK | 13 | 20 |
| 2013-10-18 | Sons of the American Legion Red, White and Blue BBQ | Smithville, MO | 13 | 17 |
| 2013-10-18 | BBQ Masters in the Woods Cancelled | Foster, RI | 13 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | Myron Mixon | Unadilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | Slab Yo Mama Barbeque Cancelled | Bullhead City, AZ | 13 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | Swine & Dandy Charity Cookoff (GBC Qualifier) Cancelled | Duluth, GA | 13 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | Kick In The Butt BBQ Competition Cancelled | Florence, CO | 13 | — |
| 2013-09-21 | Que by the Sea | Seaside Heights, NJ | -14 | 49 |
| 2013-09-21 | Telluride Barbeque Festival | Telluride, CO | -14 | 25 |
| 2013-10-19 | 13th Annual Bordertown Bash | Fort Smith, AR | 14 | 25 |
| 2013-09-20 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | Salisbury, NC | -15 | 72 |
| 2013-09-20 | Oinktoberfest | Clarence, NY | -15 | 71 |
| 2013-09-20 | Smokin' Aces BBQ Festival | Tunica, MS | -15 | 53 |
| 2013-09-20 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | Kearney, MO | -15 | 53 |
| 2013-09-20 | Bikes Blues & BBQ | Fayetteville, AR | -15 | 49 |
| 2013-09-20 | Hogs & Hops Dover | Dover, DE | -15 | 45 |
| 2013-09-20 | Kings of BBQ 2013 | Des Moines, IA | -15 | 35 |
| 2013-09-20 | Marshall County | Plymouth, IN | -15 | 27 |
| 2013-09-20 | Smokin' on the Track BBQ | Shenandoah, VA | -15 | 26 |
| 2013-09-20 | Anne Springs Close Greenway BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (Competitor's Series) | Fort Mills, SC | -15 | 21 |
| 2013-09-20 | Taste of Autumn BBQ Cook-off | Spearfish, SD | -15 | 17 |
| 2013-09-20 | Utah BBQ Festival | Coalville, UT | -15 | 16 |
| 2013-09-20 | Bricks, Brons & BBQ | Russell, KS | -15 | 14 |
| 2013-09-20 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Telluride, CO | -15 | — |
| 2013-09-20 | Herington Rail N' Trails BBQ Festival Cancelled | Herington, KS | -15 | — |
| 2013-09-20 | Art of BBQ Cancelled | Tulsa, OK | -15 | — |
| 2013-09-19 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off | Murphysboro, IL | -16 | 76 |
| 2013-09-19 | St. Leon BBQ Smokefest | St. Leon, IN | -16 | 18 |
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.