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.

The busiest weekend in range Saturday, May 3, 2014 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival

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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.

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
May 3, 2014 Your weekend	Smokin' On The Water	Liberty, IN	Same day	43
May 3, 2014 Your weekend	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	Ridgefield, CT	Same day	17
May 3, 2014 Your weekend	Chris Marks Barbeque Class	Cleveland, OH	Same day	—
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	Bixby, OK	1 day before	80
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	The Masters in May	Fremont, WI	1 day before	62
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)	Huntsville, AL	1 day before	62
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival	Annapolis, MD	1 day before	59
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge	Brandon, MS	1 day before	40
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Smokelawn	Hot Springs, AR	1 day before	39
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	Columbia, MO	1 day before	35
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	2nd Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown	Show Low, AZ	1 day before	35
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest	St. Joseph, MO	1 day before	33
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship	Elk Grove, CA	1 day before	33
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Overland Park, KS	1 day before	29
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Truman Heritage Festival (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)	Grandview, MO	1 day before	28
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show	Lake Elsinore, CA	1 day before	27
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off	Lansing, KS	1 day before	26
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival	North Platte, NE	1 day before	25
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Nassau Bahamas Smokin' Hot BBQ	Nassau Bahamas	1 day before	24
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge	Lucedale, MS	1 day before	15
May 2, 2014	R Barbecue Contest Cancelled	Lawrence, KS	1 day before	—
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Chris Marks Barbeque Class	Cleveland, OH	1 day before	—
May 2, 2014 Your weekend	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	1 day before	—
May 4, 2014 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Gothenburg, Sweden	1 day after	—
May 4, 2014 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Maynard, MA	1 day after	—
May 4, 2014 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Annapolis, MD	1 day after	—
May 1, 2014 Your weekend	Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship	Laughlin, NV	2 days before	18
May 9, 2014	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	Kannapolis, NC	6 days after	80
May 9, 2014	BBQ Jamboree	Fredericksburg, VA	6 days after	64
May 9, 2014	West Coast BBQ Classic	Long Beach, CA	6 days after	59
May 9, 2014	Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival	Springfield, MO	6 days after	57
May 9, 2014	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition	Green Lane, PA	6 days after	54
May 9, 2014	Sertoma 48 BBQ	Lawrence, KS	6 days after	54
May 9, 2014	Pork In The Park BBQ Festival	Salisbury, MD	6 days after	43
May 9, 2014	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) State championship	Waynesboro, GA	6 days after	42
May 9, 2014	Roman Roast on the River (SBBQA)	Rome, GA	6 days after	38
May 9, 2014	BBQ in the Bluffs	Council Bluffs, IA	6 days after	33
May 9, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	St. Charles, MO	6 days after	30
May 9, 2014	Wild West BBQ	Lamar, CO	6 days after	29
May 9, 2014	Boots & BBQ Festival	Claremore, OK	6 days after	29
May 9, 2014	Mississippi Springfest	Ashland, MS	6 days after	23
Apr 26, 2014	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship	Mesquite, NV	7 days before	51
Apr 26, 2014	Central Iowa Expo BBQ, Cruise & Brew	Boone, IA	7 days before	39
May 10, 2014	Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship	Kapermolenpark, Hasselt, Be	7 days after	29
May 10, 2014	The Polish Hungry for Que BBQ Bash	Gardner, MA	7 days after	17
Apr 26, 2014	Southern Hotwing Festival	Memphis, TN	7 days before	—
Apr 26, 2014	Introduction to Real Barbeque	Lansdale, PA	7 days before	—
Apr 26, 2014	Wicked Que	Amsterdam	7 days before	—
Apr 26, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Monroe, WA	7 days before	—
Apr 26, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Stillwater, OK	7 days before	—
May 10, 2014	Table Captain Class	Hasselt, Belgium	7 days after	—
May 10, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Hasselt, Belgium	7 days after	—
May 10, 2014	Table Captain Class	Appleton City, MO	7 days after	—
Apr 25, 2014	VFW Post 846 6th Annual BBQ Challenge (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)	Overland Park, KS	8 days before	65
Apr 25, 2014	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	Midland, TX	8 days before	62
Apr 25, 2014	BBQ Capital Cookoff	Lexington, NC	8 days before	62
Apr 25, 2014	Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship	Mt. Carmel, IL	8 days before	50
Apr 25, 2014	Central Iowa Expo BBQ, Cruise & Brew	Boone, IA	8 days before	45
Apr 25, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Las Vegas, NV	8 days before	30
Apr 25, 2014	BBQ Boogie & Blues (SBBQA)	Calhoun, GA	8 days before	29
Apr 25, 2014	Pony Express BBQ Challenge	Gothenburg, NE	8 days before	28
Apr 25, 2014	Smokin' N the Ville	Edwardsville, KS	8 days before	27
Apr 25, 2014	Washington State Spring BBQ Championship	Monroe, WA	8 days before	22
Apr 25, 2014	Competition BBQ	Huron, SD	8 days before	—
Apr 25, 2014	Smokin' in the Ozarks Cancelled	Rogers, AR	8 days before	—
Apr 24, 2014	Table Captain Class	Overland Park, KS	9 days before	—
Apr 24, 2014	Table Captain Class	Gothenburg, NE	9 days before	—
Apr 23, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Gothenburg, NE	10 days before	—
Apr 23, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Overland Park, KS	10 days before	—
May 16, 2014	Minnesota in May	Falcon Heights, MN	13 days after	58
May 16, 2014	Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship	Bakersfield, CA	13 days after	56
May 16, 2014	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass	Sevierville, TN	13 days after	56
May 16, 2014	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	Platte City, MO	13 days after	50
May 16, 2014	Buckeye State BBQ Championship	West Chester, OH	13 days after	38
May 16, 2014	Grand Lake BBQ Festival	Langley, OK	13 days after	33
May 16, 2014	Chesapeake Jubilee	Chesapeake, VA	13 days after	32
May 16, 2014	Wheatstock Grill-Off: Peace, Love & BBQ	Abilene, KS	13 days after	27
May 16, 2014	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff	Hartselle, AL	13 days after	26
May 16, 2014	Table Rock & Ribs	Kimberling City, MO	13 days after	18
May 16, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Italy	13 days after	—
May 16, 2014	Middletown BBQ Festival Cancelled	Middletown, DE	13 days after	—
May 17, 2014	Smokin on the Lake	Monroe City, MO	14 days after	25
Apr 19, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Mankato, MN	14 days before	—
Apr 19, 2014	BBQ 101	Diamond Bar, CA	14 days before	—
May 17, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Cary, NC	14 days after	—
May 17, 2014	CANCELLED - Certified BBQ Judging Class	Springfield, IL	14 days after	—
May 17, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Mears, MI	14 days after	—
May 17, 2014	School of Pitmasters K.C.	Kansas City, MO	14 days after	—
May 17, 2014	Bob Snelson	Kansas City, KS	14 days after	—
Apr 18, 2014	High on the Hog Festival	Winchester, TN	15 days before	62
Apr 18, 2014	17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off	Kings Mountain, NC	15 days before	55
Apr 18, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Denver, CO	15 days before	30
Apr 18, 2014	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA)	Cornelia, GA	15 days before	27
Apr 18, 2014	Smokin' In The Creek BBQ Cook-off Cancelled	Sugar Creek, MO	15 days before	—
Apr 16, 2014	Brisket Class	Hutchinson, KS	17 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.