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, April 5, 2014 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 17 May 17
The weekend of Apr 19 is the quietest in range: 7 contests. The biggest thing on it is High on the Hog Festival.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2014 Your weekend |
Table Captain Class | Owatonna, MN | Same day | — |
| Apr 5, 2014 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Owatonna, MN | Same day | — |
| Apr 4, 2014 Your weekend |
Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief | Pleasant Hill, MO | 1 day before | 75 |
| Apr 4, 2014 Your weekend |
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) | Cedar Park, TX | 1 day before | 50 |
| Apr 4, 2014 Your weekend |
Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival | Lanexa, VA | 1 day before | 41 |
| Apr 4, 2014 Your weekend |
Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | Stillwater, OK | 1 day before | 40 |
| Apr 4, 2014 Your weekend |
'Que at the View | Gulfport, MS | 1 day before | 36 |
| Apr 4, 2014 Your weekend |
Fourth Annual Bull Moose | Somerville, TN | 1 day before | 31 |
| Apr 4, 2014 Your weekend |
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Renton, WA | 1 day before | 30 |
| Apr 4, 2014 Your weekend |
Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff | Kennett, MO | 1 day before | 22 |
| Apr 4, 2014 Your weekend |
Lang BBQ Smokers | Nahunta, GA | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 4, 2014 Your weekend |
Competition BBQ Class | Loveland, CO | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 4, 2014 Your weekend |
Lotta Bull U Technique Cooking Class | Greenwood, SC | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kookoff Cancelled | Benton, KY | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 3, 2014 Your weekend |
2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out | Evansville, IN | 2 days before | 64 |
| Apr 3, 2014 Your weekend |
Smokin on the River (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) | Summerville, GA | 2 days before | 30 |
| Apr 3, 2014 Your weekend |
Grill Class | Loveland, CO | 2 days before | — |
| Apr 3, 2014 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gulfport, MS | 2 days before | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair | Harrington, DE | 6 days after | 109 |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Smoke In The Spring | Osage City, KS | 6 days after | 73 |
| Apr 11, 2014 | 9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | 6 days after | 64 |
| Apr 11, 2014 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Smithville, MO | 6 days after | 54 |
| Apr 11, 2014 | 6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest | Washington, MO | 6 days after | 46 |
| Apr 11, 2014 | New York City BBQ Cookoff | Staten Island, NY | 6 days after | 37 |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest | Gadsden, AL | 6 days after | 34 |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Jammin' Pig BBQ Musice Festival | Winston-Salem, NC | 6 days after | 30 |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Salt Lake City, UT | 6 days after | 29 |
| Mar 30, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Overland Park, KS | 6 days before | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Myron Mixon | Unadilla, GA | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | New Holland, PA | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship Cancelled | Woodland, CA | 6 days after | — |
| Mar 29, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Omaha, NE | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 29, 2014 | Chris Cappell's Competition Barbecue Class | Fairfax, VA | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 29, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Garden City, KS | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 12, 2014 | BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 12, 2014 | BBQ Chicken & Ribs | Murfreesboro, TN | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 12, 2014 | Ribs and Chicken | Plano, TX | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 12, 2014 | BBQ 101 - Hosted by Firin' up the Fox | St. Charles, IL | 7 days after | — |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Firelake BBQ Cook-off | Shawnee, OK | 8 days before | 43 |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival | London, KY | 8 days before | 42 |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA) | Ashburn, GA | 8 days before | 35 |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Sacramento, CA | 8 days before | 29 |
| Apr 13, 2014 | BBQ 102 - Hosted by Firin' up the Fox | St. Charles, IL | 8 days after | — |
| Mar 27, 2014 | BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek | Atmore, AL | 9 days before | 21 |
| Apr 16, 2014 | Brisket Class | Hutchinson, KS | 11 days after | — |
| Apr 18, 2014 | High on the Hog Festival | Winchester, TN | 13 days after | 62 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | Kings Mountain, NC | 13 days after | 55 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Denver, CO | 13 days after | 30 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA) | Cornelia, GA | 13 days after | 27 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | Smokin' In The Creek BBQ Cook-off Cancelled | Sugar Creek, MO | 13 days after | — |
| Mar 22, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Woodward, OK | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 22, 2014 | Chris Marks & Hal Wagner | Sellersburg, IN | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 22, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Floyd, VA | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 22, 2014 | Table Captain Class | Gettysburg, PA | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 22, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gettysburg, PA | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 19, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Mankato, MN | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 19, 2014 | BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 21, 2014 | 3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship | Arcadia, CA | 15 days before | 69 |
| Mar 21, 2014 | Hammond BBQ | Hammond, LA | 15 days before | 61 |
| Mar 21, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Tucson, AZ | 15 days before | 30 |
| Mar 21, 2014 | Competition BBQ Class | Great Bend, KS | 15 days before | — |
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.
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.