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, October 25, 2014 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

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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 Nov 29 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	vs. your date	Field
Oct 25, 2014 Your weekend	Harry Soo - BBQ 101	Diamond Bar, CA	Same day	—
Oct 24, 2014 Your weekend	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Lynchburg, TN	1 day before	92
Oct 24, 2014 Your weekend	Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD)	Lynchburg, TN	1 day before	42
Oct 24, 2014 Your weekend	Border War BBQ	Osawatomie, KS	1 day before	41
Oct 24, 2014 Your weekend	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival (SBBQA)	Cleveland, GA	1 day before	35
Oct 24, 2014 Your weekend	Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	Fort Gibson, OK	1 day before	34
Oct 24, 2014 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judging Class (SIGN UP IS FULL)	Lynchburg, TN	1 day before	—
Oct 24, 2014	Hogging Up WV BBQ Festival Cancelled	Berkeley Springs, WV	1 day before	—
Oct 30, 2014	USA Barbecue Championship	Laughlin, NV	5 days after	79
Oct 31, 2014	Hog Happnin'	Shelby, NC	6 days after	61
Oct 19, 2014	Table Captain Class	St. Charles, IL	6 days before	—
Oct 19, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	St. Charles, IL	6 days before	—
Oct 31, 2014	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	6 days after	—
Oct 18, 2014	Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2)	Marshalltown, IA	7 days before	27
Oct 18, 2014	Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (SBBQA)	Rome, GA	7 days before	27
Oct 18, 2014	I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)	New Hope, AL	7 days before	23
Oct 18, 2014	BBQ Society Cook-Off	Hoofddorp Netherlands, EU	7 days before	22
Oct 18, 2014	Sons of the American Legion Red White & Blue II BBQ Contest	Smithville, MO	7 days before	18
Oct 18, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Athens, GA	7 days before	—
Oct 18, 2014	Table Captain Class	Athens, GA	7 days before	—
Oct 18, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Jonesboro, AR	7 days before	—
Nov 1, 2014	Chris Capell - Competition Class	Fairfax, VA	7 days after	—
Oct 17, 2014	Casino Queen BBQ Competition	Greater St. Louis, IL	8 days before	44
Oct 17, 2014	9th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q	Libertyville, IL	8 days before	42
Oct 17, 2014	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest	Woodstock, VA	8 days before	40
Oct 17, 2014	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	Nelsonville, OH	8 days before	36
Oct 17, 2014	Mid-South Barbecue Festival	Mount Pleasant, TN	8 days before	35
Oct 17, 2014	Back to Back to the Park BBQ	Marshalltown, IA	8 days before	34
Oct 17, 2014	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	Munfordville, KY	8 days before	32
Oct 17, 2014	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Harper, KS	8 days before	30
Oct 17, 2014	Blazin' BBQ Throwdown	Lancaster, CA	8 days before	29
Oct 17, 2014	Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque	Parsons, KS	8 days before	26
Oct 17, 2014	The Fountain's Blaze Off & Senior Q	Independence, MO	8 days before	25
Oct 17, 2014	Roast N' Boast	Columbus, MS	8 days before	25
Oct 17, 2014	CASA's Big BBQ Bash	Lawton, OK	8 days before	19
Oct 16, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class -CANCELLED	Lawton, OK	9 days before	—
Nov 7, 2014	When Pigs Fly South	Lakeland, FL	13 days after	42
Nov 7, 2014	MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC	St. James, MO	13 days after	31
Nov 7, 2014	Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic	Florence, MS	13 days after	29
Nov 7, 2014	Smokin Up the Campground, Backyard Style (Competitor's Series)	Calhoun, GA	13 days after	19
Oct 11, 2014	WinnaVegas Rib Master Classic	Sloan, IA	14 days before	34
Nov 8, 2014	MO Veterans Home BBQ BIVOUAC	St. James, MO	14 days after	27
Oct 11, 2014	Tim Wong - BBQ 102	Orange, CA	14 days before	—
Nov 8, 2014	Harry Soo - BBQ 101	Alameda, CA	14 days after	—
Oct 10, 2014	Ruhrpott BBQ	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	15 days before	58
Oct 10, 2014	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	Rocky Mount, NC	15 days before	53
Oct 10, 2014	The River Grill before the Big Chill	Cincinnati, OH	15 days before	49
Oct 10, 2014	Cookin on the Kaw	DeSoto, KS	15 days before	46
Oct 10, 2014	Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee	Topeka, KS	15 days before	37
Oct 10, 2014	Central Illinois Bragging Rights	Arthur, IL	15 days before	37
Oct 10, 2014	Chillin and Grillin	Sand Springs, OK	15 days before	32
Oct 10, 2014	Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-Off	Waxhaw, NC	15 days before	27
Oct 10, 2014	Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival	Greenfield, MA	15 days before	27
Oct 10, 2014	Anchor City Cook Off	Centralia, MO	15 days before	27
Oct 10, 2014	Bliss, Brews & Que	Fort Bliss, TX	15 days before	26
Oct 10, 2014	Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge	Cullman, AL	15 days before	25
Oct 10, 2014	4th Annual High Point BBQ Battle	Clarksburg, MD	15 days before	25
Oct 10, 2014	The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	Lyons, GA	15 days before	25
Oct 10, 2014	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge	Bullhead City, AZ	15 days before	21
Oct 10, 2014	Rock'n Ribville	Lawrenceville, GA	15 days before	20
Oct 10, 2014	The Shed BBQ & Blues Festival	Ocean Springs, MS	15 days before	16
Oct 10, 2014	Indigenous Peoples Day BBQ Cook Off	Middletown, CT	15 days before	15
Oct 10, 2014	Smoke in the Valley	Pikeville, TN	15 days before	11
Oct 10, 2014	Table Captain Class	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	15 days before	—
Oct 10, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	15 days before	—
Oct 9, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Ft. Bliss, TX	16 days before	—
Oct 9, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Bullhead City, AZ	16 days before	—
Oct 9, 2014	Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL, REGISTRATION CLOSED	Cincinnati, OH	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.

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