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, July 19, 2014 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 23 Jun 7
- 22 Jun 14
- 19 Jun 21
- 24 Jun 28
- 11 Jul 5
- 18 Jul 12
- 19 Jul 19
- 21 Jul 26
- 14 Aug 2
- 19 Aug 9
- 17 Aug 16
- 31 Aug 23
- 17 Aug 30
The weekend of Jul 5 is the quietest in range: 11 contests. The biggest thing on it is Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-19 Your weekend | Troy Pig Out | Troy, NY | 0 | 25 |
| 2014-07-19 Your weekend | Bob Snelson | Kansas City, KS | 0 | — |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! | New Palestine, IN | -1 | 51 |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | 10th Annual WildBlue BBQ | Burlington, KS | -1 | 41 |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | Waterloo, IA | -1 | 37 |
| 2014-07-18 | Smokin' on the River Cancelled | Glasgow, MO | -1 | 36 |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | RiverFest Red White and Que | Bellevue, NE | -1 | 35 |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | Blues, BBQ & Bargains | Hays, KS | -1 | 33 |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships | Kingston, RI | -1 | 33 |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | Cookin' on Kampeska | Watertown, SD | -1 | 31 |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship | Galax, VA | -1 | 30 |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Woodbury, MN | -1 | 30 |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | Bucks, Ducks & BBQ | Conway, AR | -1 | 26 |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | Warren County All American BBQ Festival | Pittsfield, PA | -1 | 21 |
| 2014-07-18 | Island Resort and Casino U.P. Hog Wild Cancelled | Harris, MI | -1 | — |
| 2014-07-18 Your weekend | On the Mountain BBQ and Beer Fest | Leadville, CO | -1 | — |
| 2014-07-17 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CANCELLED | Watertown, SD | -2 | — |
| 2014-07-17 | Ellinwood After Harvest Festival Cancelled | Ellinwood, KS | -2 | — |
| 2014-07-17 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Warren, PA | -2 | — |
| 2014-07-17 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CANCELLED | Warren/Pittsfield, PA | -2 | — |
| 2014-07-21 Your weekend | Ed Maurin - Restaurant & Catering Cooking Class | Ponca City, OK | 2 | — |
| 2014-07-16 Your weekend | Griller's Cup | Laramie, WY | -3 | 26 |
| 2014-07-23 | Ron Bagby - Swamp Boys Q School | Holladay, UT | 4 | — |
| 2014-07-24 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown | Holladay, UT | 5 | 31 |
| 2014-07-24 | ACF - GKCCA BBQ Competition | Kansas City, MO | 5 | 25 |
| 2014-07-24 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Holladay, UT | 5 | — |
| 2014-07-25 | 6th Annual Vista Q Classic | Vista, CA | 6 | 60 |
| 2014-07-25 | Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 | Grand Rapids, MI | 6 | 55 |
| 2014-07-25 | Racing for the BBQ | Lee's Summit, MO | 6 | 54 |
| 2014-07-25 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | Mason City, IA | 6 | 52 |
| 2014-07-25 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash | Cleveland, TN | 6 | 49 |
| 2014-07-25 | Morton BBQ Throwdown | Morton, IL | 6 | 48 |
| 2014-07-25 | WNC BBQ Festival | Maggie Valley, NC | 6 | 46 |
| 2014-07-25 | BBQ Fest Cooking Contest | Dyersburg, TN | 6 | 44 |
| 2014-07-25 | Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ | Windsor, VT | 6 | 34 |
| 2014-07-25 | Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off | Dodge City, KS | 6 | 30 |
| 2014-07-25 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Des Moines, IA | 6 | 29 |
| 2014-07-25 | Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ at the Allen County Fair | Iola, KS | 6 | 21 |
| 2014-07-25 | Colorado Rockies Invitational BBQ Championship (Competitor's Series) | Denver, CO | 6 | 20 |
| 2014-07-25 | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off | Montague, CA | 6 | 18 |
| 2014-07-25 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Kansas City, MO | 6 | — |
| 2014-07-25 | Charcoal for Charity Cancelled | North Platte, NE | 6 | — |
| 2014-07-12 | Pork in the Park | Stamford, CT | -7 | 20 |
| 2014-07-12 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gettysburg, PA | -7 | — |
| 2014-07-26 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CANCELLED | Laurie, MO | 7 | — |
| 2014-07-11 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | North Wildwood, NJ | -8 | 65 |
| 2014-07-11 | Wine Country Big Q | Rohnert Park, CA | -8 | 44 |
| 2014-07-11 | 8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff | Kettering, OH | -8 | 42 |
| 2014-07-11 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay | Green Bay, WI | -8 | 42 |
| 2014-07-11 | 7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | Wellsville, MO | -8 | 41 |
| 2014-07-11 | Johnson County Fair BBQ | Warrensburg, MO | -8 | 36 |
| 2014-07-11 | 13th Annual Bordertown Bash | Fort Smith, AR | -8 | 35 |
| 2014-07-11 | Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest | St. Charles, IL | -8 | 34 |
| 2014-07-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Madison, WI | -8 | 29 |
| 2014-07-11 | The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast | Madelia, MN | -8 | 26 |
| 2014-07-11 | Cowley County BBQ Contest | Winfield, KS | -8 | 20 |
| 2014-07-11 | Holbrook | Holbrook, AZ | -8 | 19 |
| 2014-07-11 | Pellet Envy Cooking Class | Overland Park, KS | -8 | — |
| 2014-07-11 | Gettysburg Chili-Brew and BBQ 2 (CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF SPONSORSHIPS) | Gettysburg, PA | -8 | — |
| 2014-07-11 | 1st Annual BBQ Throwdown & Farm Festival Cancelled | Salisbury, NC | -8 | — |
| 2014-07-27 | Table Captain Class | Overland Park, KS | 8 | — |
| 2014-07-10 | SC Festival of Discovery | Greenwood, SC | -9 | 86 |
| 2014-07-10 | ART OF BBQ | Greenwood, SC | -9 | — |
| 2014-08-01 | Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge | Olathe, KS | 13 | 70 |
| 2014-08-01 | Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ | Leonardtown, MD | 13 | 59 |
| 2014-08-01 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Dillard, GA | 13 | 56 |
| 2014-08-01 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ | Laurie, MO | 13 | 47 |
| 2014-08-01 | Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest | Rossville, KS | 13 | 37 |
| 2014-08-01 | Pigs & Pedals | Asheboro, NC | 13 | 32 |
| 2014-08-01 | The SLV Beat the Heat BBQ, Brews and Chili Competition | Alamosa, CO | 13 | 31 |
| 2014-08-01 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Madison, WI | 13 | 30 |
| 2014-08-01 | United Wireless Five State Fair BBQ | Liberal, KS | 13 | 25 |
| 2014-08-01 | Oaktown Throwdown | Oakland, CA | 13 | 22 |
| 2014-08-01 | Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede | Waucoma, IA | 13 | 21 |
| 2014-07-05 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | Absarokee, MT | -14 | 25 |
| 2014-08-02 | Smoke in the North | Olofstorp Sweden, EU | 14 | 15 |
| 2014-07-05 | BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | -14 | — |
| 2014-08-02 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Quincy, IL | 14 | — |
| 2014-08-02 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Shawnee, KS | 14 | — |
| 2014-07-04 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship State championship | Rio Rancho, NM | -15 | 38 |
| 2014-07-04 | Que'n In The Park | Bryant, AR | -15 | 33 |
| 2014-07-04 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Lake Placid, NY | -15 | 27 |
| 2014-07-04 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Traverse City, MI | -15 | 21 |
| 2014-07-04 | Sauce and Cycles | Falls City, NE | -15 | 15 |
| 2014-07-04 | Fin to Fur Red White and Blue BBQ Blowout | Thayer, MO | -15 | 12 |
| 2014-07-04 | America's BBQ & Brews Festival 2014 (At the Rose Bowl) Cancelled | Pasadena, CA | -15 | — |
| 2014-07-03 | Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest | Liberty, MO | -16 | 31 |
| 2014-07-03 | Whiting BBQ Cookoff | Whiting, IA | -16 | 21 |
| 2014-07-03 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Rio Rancho, NM | -16 | — |
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.