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 12, 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 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
- 16 May 24
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 12, 2014 Your weekend |
BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | Same day | — |
| Apr 12, 2014 Your weekend |
BBQ Chicken & Ribs | Murfreesboro, TN | Same day | — |
| Apr 12, 2014 Your weekend |
Ribs and Chicken | Plano, TX | Same day | — |
| Apr 12, 2014 Your weekend |
BBQ 101 - Hosted by Firin' up the Fox | St. Charles, IL | Same day | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 Your weekend |
Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair | Harrington, DE | 1 day before | 109 |
| Apr 11, 2014 Your weekend |
Smoke In The Spring | Osage City, KS | 1 day before | 73 |
| Apr 11, 2014 Your weekend |
9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | 1 day before | 64 |
| Apr 11, 2014 Your weekend |
The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Smithville, MO | 1 day before | 54 |
| Apr 11, 2014 Your weekend |
6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest | Washington, MO | 1 day before | 46 |
| Apr 11, 2014 Your weekend |
New York City BBQ Cookoff | Staten Island, NY | 1 day before | 37 |
| Apr 11, 2014 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest | Gadsden, AL | 1 day before | 34 |
| Apr 11, 2014 Your weekend |
Jammin' Pig BBQ Musice Festival | Winston-Salem, NC | 1 day before | 30 |
| Apr 11, 2014 Your weekend |
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Salt Lake City, UT | 1 day before | 29 |
| Apr 11, 2014 Your weekend |
Myron Mixon | Unadilla, GA | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | New Holland, PA | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship Cancelled | Woodland, CA | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 13, 2014 Your weekend |
BBQ 102 - Hosted by Firin' up the Fox | St. Charles, IL | 1 day after | — |
| Apr 16, 2014 | Brisket Class | Hutchinson, KS | 4 days after | — |
| Apr 18, 2014 | High on the Hog Festival | Winchester, TN | 6 days after | 62 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | Kings Mountain, NC | 6 days after | 55 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Denver, CO | 6 days after | 30 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA) | Cornelia, GA | 6 days after | 27 |
| Apr 18, 2014 | Smokin' In The Creek BBQ Cook-off Cancelled | Sugar Creek, MO | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 5, 2014 | Table Captain Class | Owatonna, MN | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 5, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Owatonna, MN | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 19, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Mankato, MN | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 19, 2014 | BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief | Pleasant Hill, MO | 8 days before | 75 |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) | Cedar Park, TX | 8 days before | 50 |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival | Lanexa, VA | 8 days before | 41 |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | Stillwater, OK | 8 days before | 40 |
| Apr 4, 2014 | 'Que at the View | Gulfport, MS | 8 days before | 36 |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Fourth Annual Bull Moose | Somerville, TN | 8 days before | 31 |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Renton, WA | 8 days before | 30 |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff | Kennett, MO | 8 days before | 22 |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Lang BBQ Smokers | Nahunta, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Competition BBQ Class | Loveland, CO | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Lotta Bull U Technique Cooking Class | Greenwood, SC | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kookoff Cancelled | Benton, KY | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 3, 2014 | 2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out | Evansville, IN | 9 days before | 64 |
| Apr 3, 2014 | Smokin on the River (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) | Summerville, GA | 9 days before | 30 |
| Apr 3, 2014 | Grill Class | Loveland, CO | 9 days before | — |
| Apr 3, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gulfport, MS | 9 days before | — |
| Apr 23, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gothenburg, NE | 11 days after | — |
| Apr 23, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Overland Park, KS | 11 days after | — |
| Apr 24, 2014 | Table Captain Class | Overland Park, KS | 12 days after | — |
| Apr 24, 2014 | Table Captain Class | Gothenburg, NE | 12 days after | — |
| Apr 25, 2014 | VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) | Overland Park, KS | 13 days after | 65 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship | Midland, TX | 13 days after | 62 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | BBQ Capital Cookoff | Lexington, NC | 13 days after | 62 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship | Mt. Carmel, IL | 13 days after | 50 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Central Iowa Expo BBQ, Cruise & Brew | Boone, IA | 13 days after | 45 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Las Vegas, NV | 13 days after | 30 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | BBQ Boogie & Blues (SBBQA) | Calhoun, GA | 13 days after | 29 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Pony Express BBQ Challenge | Gothenburg, NE | 13 days after | 28 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Smokin' N the Ville | Edwardsville, KS | 13 days after | 27 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Washington State Spring BBQ Championship | Monroe, WA | 13 days after | 22 |
| Mar 30, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Overland Park, KS | 13 days before | — |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Competition BBQ | Huron, SD | 13 days after | — |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Smokin' in the Ozarks Cancelled | Rogers, AR | 13 days after | — |
| Apr 26, 2014 | Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship | Mesquite, NV | 14 days after | 51 |
| Apr 26, 2014 | Central Iowa Expo BBQ, Cruise & Brew | Boone, IA | 14 days after | 39 |
| Mar 29, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Omaha, NE | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 29, 2014 | Chris Cappell's Competition Barbecue Class | Fairfax, VA | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 29, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Garden City, KS | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 26, 2014 | Southern Hotwing Festival | Memphis, TN | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 26, 2014 | Introduction to Real Barbeque | Lansdale, PA | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 26, 2014 | Wicked Que | Amsterdam | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 26, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Monroe, WA | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 26, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Stillwater, OK | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Firelake BBQ Cook-off | Shawnee, OK | 15 days before | 43 |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Grills Gone Wild BBQ Festival | London, KY | 15 days before | 42 |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA) | Ashburn, GA | 15 days before | 35 |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Sacramento, CA | 15 days before | 29 |
| Mar 27, 2014 | BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek | Atmore, AL | 16 days before | 21 |
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.