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, March 29, 2014 · 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.
- 4 Feb 15
- 8 Feb 22
- 8 Mar 1
- 10 Mar 8
- 18 Mar 15
- 9 Mar 22
- 9 Mar 29
- 17 Apr 5
- 16 Apr 12
- 7 Apr 19
- 22 Apr 26
- 26 May 3
- 19 May 10
The weekend of Feb 15 is the quietest in range: 4 contests. The biggest thing on it is Rib Class.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-29 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Omaha, NE | 0 | — |
| 2014-03-29 Your weekend | Chris Cappell's Competition Barbecue Class | Fairfax, VA | 0 | — |
| 2014-03-29 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Garden City, KS | 0 | — |
| 2014-03-28 Your weekend | Firelake BBQ Cook-off | Shawnee, OK | -1 | 43 |
| 2014-03-28 Your weekend | Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival | London, KY | -1 | 42 |
| 2014-03-28 Your weekend | Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA) | Ashburn, GA | -1 | 35 |
| 2014-03-28 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Sacramento, CA | -1 | 29 |
| 2014-03-30 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Overland Park, KS | 1 | — |
| 2014-03-27 Your weekend | BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek | Atmore, AL | -2 | 21 |
| 2014-04-03 | 2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out | Evansville, IN | 5 | 64 |
| 2014-04-03 | Smokin on the River (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) | Summerville, GA | 5 | 30 |
| 2014-04-03 | Grill Class | Loveland, CO | 5 | — |
| 2014-04-03 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gulfport, MS | 5 | — |
| 2014-04-04 | Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief | Pleasant Hill, MO | 6 | 75 |
| 2014-04-04 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) | Cedar Park, TX | 6 | 50 |
| 2014-04-04 | Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival | Lanexa, VA | 6 | 41 |
| 2014-04-04 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | Stillwater, OK | 6 | 40 |
| 2014-04-04 | 'Que at the View | Gulfport, MS | 6 | 36 |
| 2014-04-04 | Fourth Annual Bull Moose | Somerville, TN | 6 | 31 |
| 2014-04-04 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Renton, WA | 6 | 30 |
| 2014-04-04 | Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff | Kennett, MO | 6 | 22 |
| 2014-04-04 | Lang BBQ Smokers | Nahunta, GA | 6 | — |
| 2014-04-04 | Competition BBQ Class | Loveland, CO | 6 | — |
| 2014-04-04 | Lotta Bull U Technique Cooking Class | Greenwood, SC | 6 | — |
| 2014-04-04 | Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kookoff Cancelled | Benton, KY | 6 | — |
| 2014-03-22 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Woodward, OK | -7 | — |
| 2014-03-22 | Chris Marks & Hal Wagner | Sellersburg, IN | -7 | — |
| 2014-03-22 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Floyd, VA | -7 | — |
| 2014-03-22 | Table Captain Class | Gettysburg, PA | -7 | — |
| 2014-03-22 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gettysburg, PA | -7 | — |
| 2014-04-05 | Table Captain Class | Owatonna, MN | 7 | — |
| 2014-04-05 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Owatonna, MN | 7 | — |
| 2014-03-21 | 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship | Arcadia, CA | -8 | 69 |
| 2014-03-21 | Hammond BBQ | Hammond, LA | -8 | 61 |
| 2014-03-21 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Tucson, AZ | -8 | 30 |
| 2014-03-21 | Competition BBQ Class | Great Bend, KS | -8 | — |
| 2014-04-11 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair | Harrington, DE | 13 | 109 |
| 2014-04-11 | Smoke In The Spring | Osage City, KS | 13 | 73 |
| 2014-04-11 | 9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | 13 | 64 |
| 2014-04-11 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Smithville, MO | 13 | 54 |
| 2014-04-11 | 6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest | Washington, MO | 13 | 46 |
| 2014-04-11 | New York City BBQ Cookoff | Staten Island, NY | 13 | 37 |
| 2014-04-11 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest | Gadsden, AL | 13 | 34 |
| 2014-04-11 | Jammin' Pig BBQ Musice Festival | Winston-Salem, NC | 13 | 30 |
| 2014-04-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Salt Lake City, UT | 13 | 29 |
| 2014-04-11 | Myron Mixon | Unadilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2014-04-11 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | New Holland, PA | 13 | — |
| 2014-04-11 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship Cancelled | Woodland, CA | 13 | — |
| 2014-03-15 | Smokin' At The Run | Miami, OK | -14 | 72 |
| 2014-03-15 | BBQ 101 | Alameda, CA | -14 | — |
| 2014-03-15 | Brisket and Butts | Plano, TX | -14 | — |
| 2014-03-15 | Table Captain Class | St. Charles, IL | -14 | — |
| 2014-03-15 | Taple Captain Class | Riverside, CA | -14 | — |
| 2014-03-15 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Riverside, CA | -14 | — |
| 2014-03-15 | Table Captain Class | Waterloo, IA | -14 | — |
| 2014-03-15 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Waterloo, IA | -14 | — |
| 2014-03-15 | Bob Oldfield | Morrison, CO | -14 | — |
| 2014-03-15 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | St. Charles, IL | -14 | — |
| 2014-04-12 | BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | 14 | — |
| 2014-04-12 | BBQ Chicken & Ribs | Murfreesboro, TN | 14 | — |
| 2014-04-12 | Ribs and Chicken | Plano, TX | 14 | — |
| 2014-04-12 | BBQ 101 - Hosted by Firin' up the Fox | St. Charles, IL | 14 | — |
| 2014-03-14 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre | Tupelo, MS | -15 | 95 |
| 2014-03-14 | NKC MO State Championship BBQ State championship | N. Kansas City, MO | -15 | 61 |
| 2014-03-14 | Smokin' At The Run Shootout | Miami, OK | -15 | 43 |
| 2014-03-14 | Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) | Bainbridge, GA | -15 | 43 |
| 2014-03-14 | Smokin' At The Run Shootout | Miami, OK | -15 | 41 |
| 2014-03-14 | Heatin' Up the Bricks Cancelled | Kearney, NE | -15 | 40 |
| 2014-03-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Fort Worth, TX | -15 | 29 |
| 2014-03-14 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - POSTPONED | Nassau, The Bahamas, | -15 | — |
| 2014-04-13 | BBQ 102 - Hosted by Firin' up the Fox | St. Charles, IL | 15 | — |
| 2014-03-12 | Pork Class | Hutchinson, KS | -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.