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, May 17, 2014 · everywhere, because no place is set
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.
- 17 Apr 5
- 16 Apr 12
- 7 Apr 19
- 22 Apr 26
- 26 May 3
- 19 May 10
- 17 May 17
- 16 May 24
- 9 May 31
- 23 Jun 7
- 22 Jun 14
- 19 Jun 21
- 24 Jun 28
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 | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-17 Your weekend | Smokin on the Lake | Monroe City, MO | 0 | 25 |
| 2014-05-17 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cary, NC | 0 | — |
| 2014-05-17 Your weekend | CANCELLED - Certified BBQ Judging Class | Springfield, IL | 0 | — |
| 2014-05-17 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Mears, MI | 0 | — |
| 2014-05-17 Your weekend | School of Pitmasters K.C. | Kansas City, MO | 0 | — |
| 2014-05-17 Your weekend | Bob Snelson | Kansas City, KS | 0 | — |
| 2014-05-16 Your weekend | Minnesota in May | Falcon Heights, MN | -1 | 58 |
| 2014-05-16 Your weekend | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship | Bakersfield, CA | -1 | 56 |
| 2014-05-16 Your weekend | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | Sevierville, TN | -1 | 56 |
| 2014-05-16 Your weekend | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | Platte City, MO | -1 | 50 |
| 2014-05-16 Your weekend | Buckeye State BBQ Championship | West Chester, OH | -1 | 38 |
| 2014-05-16 Your weekend | Grand Lake BBQ Festival | Langley, OK | -1 | 33 |
| 2014-05-16 Your weekend | Chesapeake Jubilee | Chesapeake, VA | -1 | 32 |
| 2014-05-16 Your weekend | Wheatstock Grill-Off: Peace, Love & BBQ | Abilene, KS | -1 | 27 |
| 2014-05-16 Your weekend | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff | Hartselle, AL | -1 | 26 |
| 2014-05-16 Your weekend | Table Rock & Ribs | Kimberling City, MO | -1 | 18 |
| 2014-05-16 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Italy, | -1 | — |
| 2014-05-16 | Middletown BBQ Festival Cancelled | Middletown, DE | -1 | — |
| 2014-05-21 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Central Point, OR | 4 | — |
| 2014-05-22 | Diva Q Compeition BBQ Class | Rochester, NY | 5 | — |
| 2014-05-23 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) | Evans, GA | 6 | 65 |
| 2014-05-23 | Red, White, and BBQ | Westmont, IL | 6 | 43 |
| 2014-05-23 | 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge | Boulder City, NV | 6 | 35 |
| 2014-05-23 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Hendersonville, TN | 6 | 30 |
| 2014-05-23 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Rochester, NY | 6 | — |
| 2014-05-23 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | North Bend, OR | 6 | — |
| 2014-05-23 | The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs West V Cancelled | Lake Elsinore, CA | 6 | — |
| 2014-05-24 | Sugar Mound BBQ Festival | Mound City, KS | 7 | 87 |
| 2014-05-24 | Roc City Rib Fest | Rochester, NY | 7 | 86 |
| 2014-05-24 | Red, White, And BBQ | Westmont, IL | 7 | 72 |
| 2014-05-24 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff | Lewisburg, TN | 7 | 41 |
| 2014-05-24 | Smokin' in the Junction | West Des Moines, IA | 7 | 31 |
| 2014-05-24 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | North Bend, OR | 7 | 31 |
| 2014-05-10 | Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship | Kapermolenpark, Hasselt, Be | -7 | 29 |
| 2014-05-10 | The Polish Hungry for Que BBQ Bash | Gardner, MA | -7 | 17 |
| 2014-05-24 | Q on the Canal 2 | Snarestone Leicestershire, UK | 7 | 12 |
| 2014-05-10 | Table Captain Class | Hasselt, Belgium, | -7 | — |
| 2014-05-10 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Hasselt, Belgium, | -7 | — |
| 2014-05-10 | Table Captain Class | Appleton City, MO | -7 | — |
| 2014-05-24 | BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | 7 | — |
| 2014-05-09 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | Kannapolis, NC | -8 | 80 |
| 2014-05-09 | BBQ Jamboree | Fredericksburg, VA | -8 | 64 |
| 2014-05-09 | West Coast BBQ Classic | Long Beach, CA | -8 | 59 |
| 2014-05-09 | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival | Springfield, MO | -8 | 57 |
| 2014-05-09 | Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition | Green Lane, PA | -8 | 54 |
| 2014-05-09 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | Lawrence, KS | -8 | 54 |
| 2014-05-09 | Pork In The Park BBQ Festival | Salisbury, MD | -8 | 43 |
| 2014-05-09 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) State championship | Waynesboro, GA | -8 | 42 |
| 2014-05-09 | Roman Roast on the River (SBBQA) | Rome, GA | -8 | 38 |
| 2014-05-09 | BBQ in the Bluffs | Council Bluffs, IA | -8 | 33 |
| 2014-05-09 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | St. Charles, MO | -8 | 30 |
| 2014-05-09 | Wild West BBQ | Lamar, CO | -8 | 29 |
| 2014-05-09 | Boots & BBQ Festival | Claremore, OK | -8 | 29 |
| 2014-05-09 | Mississippi Springfest | Ashland, MS | -8 | 23 |
| 2014-05-30 | Smokin in Steele | Owatonna, MN | 13 | 67 |
| 2014-05-30 | The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off | Knoxville, TN | 13 | 48 |
| 2014-05-30 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown | Canon City, CO | 13 | 34 |
| 2014-05-30 | 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition | Valley, NE | 13 | 30 |
| 2014-05-30 | Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival | Snow Hill, MD | 13 | 30 |
| 2014-05-30 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Marietta, GA | 13 | 29 |
| 2014-05-30 | Carnivores Classic | Missoula, MT | 13 | 7 |
| 2014-05-04 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gothenburg, Sweden, | -13 | — |
| 2014-05-04 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Maynard, MA | -13 | — |
| 2014-05-04 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Annapolis, MD | -13 | — |
| 2014-05-30 | Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino State BBQ Championship Cancelled | Coarsegold, CA | 13 | — |
| 2014-05-31 | Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest | Swanzey, NH | 14 | 48 |
| 2014-05-03 | Smokin' On The Water | Liberty, IN | -14 | 43 |
| 2014-05-03 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | Ridgefield, CT | -14 | 17 |
| 2014-05-03 | Chris Marks Barbeque Class | Cleveland, OH | -14 | — |
| 2014-05-31 | BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | 14 | — |
| 2014-05-02 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | Bixby, OK | -15 | 80 |
| 2014-05-02 | The Masters in May | Fremont, WI | -15 | 62 |
| 2014-05-02 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) | Huntsville, AL | -15 | 62 |
| 2014-05-02 | Naptown barBAYq Contest & Music Festival | Annapolis, MD | -15 | 59 |
| 2014-05-02 | Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge | Brandon, MS | -15 | 40 |
| 2014-05-02 | Smokelawn | Hot Springs, AR | -15 | 39 |
| 2014-05-02 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | Columbia, MO | -15 | 35 |
| 2014-05-02 | 2nd Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown | Show Low, AZ | -15 | 35 |
| 2014-05-02 | Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest | St. Joseph, MO | -15 | 33 |
| 2014-05-02 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship | Elk Grove, CA | -15 | 33 |
| 2014-05-02 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Overland Park, KS | -15 | 29 |
| 2014-05-02 | Truman Heritage Festival (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) | Grandview, MO | -15 | 28 |
| 2014-05-02 | Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show | Lake Elsinore, CA | -15 | 27 |
| 2014-05-02 | Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off | Lansing, KS | -15 | 26 |
| 2014-05-02 | North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival | North Platte, NE | -15 | 25 |
| 2014-05-02 | Nassau Bahamas Smokin' Hot BBQ | Nassau Bahamas, 00907 | -15 | 24 |
| 2014-05-02 | George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge | Lucedale, MS | -15 | 15 |
| 2014-05-02 | R Barbecue Contest Cancelled | Lawrence, KS | -15 | — |
| 2014-05-02 | Chris Marks Barbeque Class | Cleveland, OH | -15 | — |
| 2014-05-02 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -15 | — |
| 2014-05-01 | Smoke on the Water NEVADA BBQ Championship | Laughlin, NV | -16 | 18 |
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.