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 19, 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.
- 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
- 3 Nov 23
- 0 Nov 30
The weekend of Nov 30 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-19 Your weekend | 13th Annual Bordertown Bash | Fort Smith, AR | 0 | 25 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL) | Libertyville, IL | -1 | 54 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship | Bentonville, AR | -1 | 50 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | Cowboy Up at the PRCA Rodeo & BBQ | Lancaster, CA | -1 | 41 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | Autumnfest | Woodstock, VA | -1 | 40 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | Munfordville, KY | -1 | 40 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | Ohio Smoke Meat Festival | Nelsonville, OH | -1 | 35 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest State championship | Garnett, KS | -1 | 25 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ | Parsons, KS | -1 | 25 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | A Smokin' Good Time | Prescott Valley, AZ | -1 | 24 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | Fountains Blaze Off and Senior Q | Independence, MO | -1 | 22 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | Bikes Balloons & BBQ | Poteau, OK | -1 | 20 |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | Sons of the American Legion Red, White and Blue BBQ | Smithville, MO | -1 | 17 |
| 2013-10-18 | BBQ Masters in the Woods Cancelled | Foster, RI | -1 | — |
| 2013-10-18 Your weekend | Myron Mixon | Unadilla, GA | -1 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | Slab Yo Mama Barbeque Cancelled | Bullhead City, AZ | -1 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | Swine & Dandy Charity Cookoff (GBC Qualifier) Cancelled | Duluth, GA | -1 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | Kick In The Butt BBQ Competition Cancelled | Florence, CO | -1 | — |
| 2013-10-16 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bentonville, AR | -3 | — |
| 2013-10-15 | Myron Mixon Jack's Old South | Unadilla, GA | -4 | — |
| 2013-10-24 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Fort Gibson, OK | 5 | — |
| 2013-10-25 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 6 | 97 |
| 2013-10-25 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Cleveland, GA | 6 | 41 |
| 2013-10-25 | Bates County BBQ State Championship State championship | Butler, MO | 6 | 33 |
| 2013-10-25 | Border War Barbecue | Osawatomie, KS | 6 | 27 |
| 2013-10-25 | Smokin' the Fort | Fort Gibson, OK | 6 | 26 |
| 2013-10-25 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS IS FULL | Lynchburg, TN | 6 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 2013-10-26 | Bob Snelson | Kansas City, KS | 7 | — |
| 2013-10-26 | Liberty Tree BBQ Festival | Dalton, GA | 7 | — |
| 2013-10-11 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | Rocky Mount, NC | -8 | 55 |
| 2013-10-11 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights | Arthur, IL | -8 | 53 |
| 2013-10-11 | Smoke on the Water | Topeka, KS | -8 | 43 |
| 2013-10-11 | Cookin' on the Kaw | DeSoto, KS | -8 | 42 |
| 2013-10-11 | Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival | Sand Springs, OK | -8 | 38 |
| 2013-10-11 | Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge | Cullman, AL | -8 | 32 |
| 2013-10-11 | 3rd Annual High Point BBQ | Clarksburg, MD | -8 | 31 |
| 2013-10-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Midwest City, OK | -8 | 30 |
| 2013-10-11 | Anchor City Cook Off | Centralia, MO | -8 | 29 |
| 2013-10-11 | Bliss Brews & Que | Fort Bliss, TX | -8 | 26 |
| 2013-10-11 | Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off | Waxhaw, NC | -8 | 25 |
| 2013-10-11 | The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Lyons, GA | -8 | 25 |
| 2013-10-11 | Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival | Greenfield, MA | -8 | 21 |
| 2013-10-11 | Wahabi Shriners Cancelled | Jackson, MS | -8 | — |
| 2013-10-31 | Riverside Resort Casino USA Barbecue Championship | Laughlin, NV | 12 | 85 |
| 2013-11-01 | Hog Happnin' | Shelby, NC | 13 | 75 |
| 2013-11-01 | Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Cookoff | Harrison, AR | 13 | 25 |
| 2013-10-05 | DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship | Atlantic City, NJ | -14 | 85 |
| 2013-10-05 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Atlantic City, NJ | -14 | — |
| 2013-10-05 | 'Music City' Southern Hotwing Festival | Nashville, TN | -14 | — |
| 2013-11-02 | Chris Capell | Fairfax, VA | 14 | — |
| 2013-10-04 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | Dana Point, CA | -15 | 99 |
| 2013-10-04 | Keystone Classic Barbeque | Harrisburg, PA | -15 | 55 |
| 2013-10-04 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | Springfield, KY | -15 | 41 |
| 2013-10-04 | KC Hog Wild Corinth BBQ | Corinth, MS | -15 | 30 |
| 2013-10-04 | Squealin' on the Square | Laurens, SC | -15 | 28 |
| 2013-10-04 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack | Alma, AR | -15 | 22 |
| 2013-10-04 | City of Earlington OctoberFest | Earlington, KY | -15 | 16 |
| 2013-10-04 | Bluff City Octoberfest Cancelled | Memphis, TN | -15 | — |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Kansas City, MO | -16 | 535 |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational | Kansas City, MO | -16 | 174 |
| 2013-10-03 | Certified BBQ Judging Class (FULL) | Kansas City, MO | -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.