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.

Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, April 19, 2014 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

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sanctioned contests

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±2 weeks either side

The weekends around yours

How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	vs. your date	Field
Apr 19, 2014 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Mankato, MN	Same day	—
Apr 19, 2014 Your weekend	BBQ 101	Diamond Bar, CA	Same day	—
Apr 18, 2014 Your weekend	High on the Hog Festival	Winchester, TN	1 day before	62
Apr 18, 2014 Your weekend	17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off	Kings Mountain, NC	1 day before	55
Apr 18, 2014 Your weekend	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Denver, CO	1 day before	30
Apr 18, 2014 Your weekend	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA)	Cornelia, GA	1 day before	27
Apr 18, 2014	Smokin' In The Creek BBQ Cook-off Cancelled	Sugar Creek, MO	1 day before	—
Apr 16, 2014 Your weekend	Brisket Class	Hutchinson, KS	3 days before	—
Apr 23, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Gothenburg, NE	4 days after	—
Apr 23, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Overland Park, KS	4 days after	—
Apr 24, 2014	Table Captain Class	Overland Park, KS	5 days after	—
Apr 24, 2014	Table Captain Class	Gothenburg, NE	5 days after	—
Apr 25, 2014	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)	Overland Park, KS	6 days after	65
Apr 25, 2014	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	Midland, TX	6 days after	62
Apr 25, 2014	BBQ Capital Cookoff	Lexington, NC	6 days after	62
Apr 25, 2014	Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship	Mt. Carmel, IL	6 days after	50
Apr 25, 2014	Central Iowa Expo BBQ, Cruise & Brew	Boone, IA	6 days after	45
Apr 25, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Las Vegas, NV	6 days after	30
Apr 25, 2014	BBQ Boogie & Blues (SBBQA)	Calhoun, GA	6 days after	29
Apr 25, 2014	Pony Express BBQ Challenge	Gothenburg, NE	6 days after	28
Apr 25, 2014	Smokin' N the Ville	Edwardsville, KS	6 days after	27
Apr 25, 2014	Washington State Spring BBQ Championship	Monroe, WA	6 days after	22
Apr 13, 2014	BBQ 102 - Hosted by Firin' up the Fox	St. Charles, IL	6 days before	—
Apr 25, 2014	Competition BBQ	Huron, SD	6 days after	—
Apr 25, 2014	Smokin' in the Ozarks Cancelled	Rogers, AR	6 days after	—
Apr 26, 2014	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship	Mesquite, NV	7 days after	51
Apr 26, 2014	Central Iowa Expo BBQ, Cruise & Brew	Boone, IA	7 days after	39
Apr 12, 2014	BBQ 101	Diamond Bar, CA	7 days before	—
Apr 12, 2014	BBQ Chicken & Ribs	Murfreesboro, TN	7 days before	—
Apr 12, 2014	Ribs and Chicken	Plano, TX	7 days before	—
Apr 12, 2014	BBQ 101 - Hosted by Firin' up the Fox	St. Charles, IL	7 days before	—
Apr 26, 2014	Southern Hotwing Festival	Memphis, TN	7 days after	—
Apr 26, 2014	Introduction to Real Barbeque	Lansdale, PA	7 days after	—
Apr 26, 2014	Wicked Que	Amsterdam	7 days after	—
Apr 26, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Monroe, WA	7 days after	—
Apr 26, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Stillwater, OK	7 days after	—
Apr 11, 2014	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair	Harrington, DE	8 days before	109
Apr 11, 2014	Smoke In The Spring	Osage City, KS	8 days before	73
Apr 11, 2014	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	Enid, OK	8 days before	64
Apr 11, 2014	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	Smithville, MO	8 days before	54
Apr 11, 2014	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	Washington, MO	8 days before	46
Apr 11, 2014	New York City BBQ Cookoff	Staten Island, NY	8 days before	37
Apr 11, 2014	Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest	Gadsden, AL	8 days before	34
Apr 11, 2014	Jammin' Pig BBQ Musice Festival	Winston-Salem, NC	8 days before	30
Apr 11, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Salt Lake City, UT	8 days before	29
Apr 11, 2014	Myron Mixon	Unadilla, GA	8 days before	—
Apr 11, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	New Holland, PA	8 days before	—
Apr 11, 2014	Kings of the Que BBQ Championship Cancelled	Woodland, CA	8 days before	—
May 1, 2014	Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship	Laughlin, NV	12 days after	18
May 2, 2014	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	Bixby, OK	13 days after	80
May 2, 2014	The Masters in May	Fremont, WI	13 days after	62
May 2, 2014	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)	Huntsville, AL	13 days after	62
May 2, 2014	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival	Annapolis, MD	13 days after	59
May 2, 2014	Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge	Brandon, MS	13 days after	40
May 2, 2014	Smokelawn	Hot Springs, AR	13 days after	39
May 2, 2014	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	Columbia, MO	13 days after	35
May 2, 2014	2nd Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown	Show Low, AZ	13 days after	35
May 2, 2014	Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest	St. Joseph, MO	13 days after	33
May 2, 2014	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship	Elk Grove, CA	13 days after	33
May 2, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Overland Park, KS	13 days after	29
May 2, 2014	Truman Heritage Festival (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)	Grandview, MO	13 days after	28
May 2, 2014	Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show	Lake Elsinore, CA	13 days after	27
May 2, 2014	Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off	Lansing, KS	13 days after	26
May 2, 2014	North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival	North Platte, NE	13 days after	25
May 2, 2014	Nassau Bahamas Smokin' Hot BBQ	Nassau Bahamas	13 days after	24
May 2, 2014	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge	Lucedale, MS	13 days after	15
May 2, 2014	R Barbecue Contest Cancelled	Lawrence, KS	13 days after	—
May 2, 2014	Chris Marks Barbeque Class	Cleveland, OH	13 days after	—
May 2, 2014	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	13 days after	—
May 3, 2014	Smokin' On The Water	Liberty, IN	14 days after	43
May 3, 2014	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	Ridgefield, CT	14 days after	17
Apr 5, 2014	Table Captain Class	Owatonna, MN	14 days before	—
Apr 5, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Owatonna, MN	14 days before	—
May 3, 2014	Chris Marks Barbeque Class	Cleveland, OH	14 days after	—
Apr 4, 2014	Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief	Pleasant Hill, MO	15 days before	75
Apr 4, 2014	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)	Cedar Park, TX	15 days before	50
Apr 4, 2014	Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival	Lanexa, VA	15 days before	41
Apr 4, 2014	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	Stillwater, OK	15 days before	40
Apr 4, 2014	'Que at the View	Gulfport, MS	15 days before	36
Apr 4, 2014	Fourth Annual Bull Moose	Somerville, TN	15 days before	31
Apr 4, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Renton, WA	15 days before	30
Apr 4, 2014	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	Kennett, MO	15 days before	22
Apr 4, 2014	Lang BBQ Smokers	Nahunta, GA	15 days before	—
Apr 4, 2014	Competition BBQ Class	Loveland, CO	15 days before	—
Apr 4, 2014	Lotta Bull U Technique Cooking Class	Greenwood, SC	15 days before	—
Apr 4, 2014	Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kookoff Cancelled	Benton, KY	15 days before	—
May 4, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Gothenburg, Sweden	15 days after	—
May 4, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Maynard, MA	15 days after	—
May 4, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Annapolis, MD	15 days after	—
Apr 3, 2014	2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out	Evansville, IN	16 days before	64
Apr 3, 2014	Smokin on the River (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	Summerville, GA	16 days before	30
Apr 3, 2014	Grill Class	Loveland, CO	16 days before	—
Apr 3, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Gulfport, MS	16 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.