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 26, 2013 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
Biggest 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.
- 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
- 5 Dec 7
The weekend of Nov 30 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-26 Your weekend | Bob Snelson | Kansas City, KS | 0 | — |
| 2013-10-26 Your weekend | Liberty Tree BBQ Festival | Dalton, GA | 0 | — |
| 2013-10-25 Your weekend | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | -1 | 97 |
| 2013-10-25 Your weekend | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Cleveland, GA | -1 | 41 |
| 2013-10-25 Your weekend | Bates County BBQ State Championship State championship | Butler, MO | -1 | 33 |
| 2013-10-25 Your weekend | Border War Barbecue | Osawatomie, KS | -1 | 27 |
| 2013-10-25 Your weekend | Smokin' the Fort | Fort Gibson, OK | -1 | 26 |
| 2013-10-25 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS IS FULL | Lynchburg, TN | -1 | — |
| 2013-10-24 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Fort Gibson, OK | -2 | — |
| 2013-10-31 | Riverside Resort Casino USA Barbecue Championship | Laughlin, NV | 5 | 85 |
| 2013-11-01 | Hog Happnin' | Shelby, NC | 6 | 75 |
| 2013-11-01 | Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Cookoff | Harrison, AR | 6 | 25 |
| 2013-10-19 | 13th Annual Bordertown Bash | Fort Smith, AR | -7 | 25 |
| 2013-11-02 | Chris Capell | Fairfax, VA | 7 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | 8th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q (TEAMS FULL) | Libertyville, IL | -8 | 54 |
| 2013-10-18 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship | Bentonville, AR | -8 | 50 |
| 2013-10-18 | Cowboy Up at the PRCA Rodeo & BBQ | Lancaster, CA | -8 | 41 |
| 2013-10-18 | Autumnfest | Woodstock, VA | -8 | 40 |
| 2013-10-18 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | Munfordville, KY | -8 | 40 |
| 2013-10-18 | Ohio Smoke Meat Festival | Nelsonville, OH | -8 | 35 |
| 2013-10-18 | Autumn Blaze BBQ Smoke Off State Championship Contest State championship | Garnett, KS | -8 | 25 |
| 2013-10-18 | Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ | Parsons, KS | -8 | 25 |
| 2013-10-18 | A Smokin' Good Time | Prescott Valley, AZ | -8 | 24 |
| 2013-10-18 | Fountains Blaze Off and Senior Q | Independence, MO | -8 | 22 |
| 2013-10-18 | Bikes Balloons & BBQ | Poteau, OK | -8 | 20 |
| 2013-10-18 | Sons of the American Legion Red, White and Blue BBQ | Smithville, MO | -8 | 17 |
| 2013-10-18 | BBQ Masters in the Woods Cancelled | Foster, RI | -8 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | Myron Mixon | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | Slab Yo Mama Barbeque Cancelled | Bullhead City, AZ | -8 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | Swine & Dandy Charity Cookoff (GBC Qualifier) Cancelled | Duluth, GA | -8 | — |
| 2013-10-18 | Kick In The Butt BBQ Competition Cancelled | Florence, CO | -8 | — |
| 2013-10-16 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bentonville, AR | -10 | — |
| 2013-10-15 | Myron Mixon Jack's Old South | Unadilla, GA | -11 | — |
| 2013-11-07 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship(Competitor's Series) | Las Vegas, NV | 12 | 66 |
| 2013-11-07 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Las Vegas, NV | 12 | — |
| 2013-11-08 | 1st Annual BBQ BIVOUAC | St. James, MO | 13 | 33 |
| 2013-10-12 | Smoke-n-Thunder BBQ Classic | Rome, GA | -14 | 25 |
| 2013-10-12 | Rhythm & Ribs | Cottonwood, AZ | -14 | 15 |
| 2013-10-12 | 5th Annual Future Legends of BBQ Competition (Competitor's Series) Cancelled | Mills River, NC | -14 | — |
| 2013-10-11 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | Rocky Mount, NC | -15 | 55 |
| 2013-10-11 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights | Arthur, IL | -15 | 53 |
| 2013-10-11 | Smoke on the Water | Topeka, KS | -15 | 43 |
| 2013-10-11 | Cookin' on the Kaw | DeSoto, KS | -15 | 42 |
| 2013-10-11 | Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival | Sand Springs, OK | -15 | 38 |
| 2013-10-11 | Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge | Cullman, AL | -15 | 32 |
| 2013-10-11 | 3rd Annual High Point BBQ | Clarksburg, MD | -15 | 31 |
| 2013-10-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Midwest City, OK | -15 | 30 |
| 2013-10-11 | Anchor City Cook Off | Centralia, MO | -15 | 29 |
| 2013-10-11 | Bliss Brews & Que | Fort Bliss, TX | -15 | 26 |
| 2013-10-11 | Waxhaw Grill'n and Chill'n BBQ Cook-off | Waxhaw, NC | -15 | 25 |
| 2013-10-11 | The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Lyons, GA | -15 | 25 |
| 2013-10-11 | Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival | Greenfield, MA | -15 | 21 |
| 2013-10-11 | Wahabi Shriners Cancelled | Jackson, MS | -15 | — |
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.