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 9, 2015 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge

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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 4 is the quietest in range: 11 contests. The biggest thing on it is Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full).

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	vs. your date	Field
May 9, 2015 Your weekend	Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ	Kapermolenpark / Hasselt / Bel, Belgium	Same day	38
May 9, 2015 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Mankato, MN	Same day	—
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	Kannapolis, NC	1 day before	74
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	BBQ Jamboree	Fredericksburg, VA	1 day before	65
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	West Coast BBQ Classic	Long Beach, CA	1 day before	57
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival	Green Lane, PA	1 day before	57
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Sertoma 48 BBQ	Lawrence, KS	1 day before	45
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Roman Roast on the River	Rome, GA	1 day before	41
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) State championship	Waynesboro, GA	1 day before	39
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	BBQ in the Bluffs	Council Bluffs, IA	1 day before	33
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Wheatstock Grill Off	Abilene, KS	1 day before	32
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest	Ashland, MS	1 day before	31
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Overland Park, KS	1 day before	30
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Boots & BBQ Festival	Claremore, OK	1 day before	29
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Rockin' BBQ for Riley	Warsaw, IN	1 day before	27
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Wild West BBQ	Lamar, CO	1 day before	26
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Boda Getta BBQ	Auburn, AL	1 day before	21
May 8, 2015 Your weekend	Fire on the Mountain BBQ Cook Off and Spring Festival (BACKYARD BBQ CONTEST ONLY)	Arab, AL	1 day before	—
May 15, 2015	Minnesota in May	St. Paul, MN	6 days after	60
May 15, 2015	Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship	Bakersfield, CA	6 days after	53
May 15, 2015	20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	Platte City, MO	6 days after	51
May 15, 2015	Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass Festival	Sevierville, TN	6 days after	44
May 15, 2015	Buckeye State BBQ Championship	West Chester, OH	6 days after	36
May 15, 2015	Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off	Chesapeake, VA	6 days after	36
May 15, 2015	Grand Lake BBQ Festival	Langley, OK	6 days after	35
May 15, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	St. Charles, MO	6 days after	30
May 15, 2015	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff	Hartselle, AL	6 days after	27
May 15, 2015	WBA Pork In The Park	Wyandotte, MI	6 days after	22
May 15, 2015	Salt City BBQ Festival	Syracuse, NY	6 days after	21
May 3, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Annapolis, MD	6 days before	—
May 15, 2015	Chris Marks	Cleveland, OH	6 days after	—
May 15, 2015	1st Annual Flags are Flying BBQ Festival (Backyard and Kids Q) Cancelled	Winder, GA	6 days after	—
May 2, 2015	The Masters In May - The Classic	Appleton, WI	7 days before	47
May 2, 2015	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship	Mesquite, NV	7 days before	41
May 2, 2015	Smokin' on the Water	Liberty, IN	7 days before	36
May 2, 2015	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	Ridgefield, CT	7 days before	30
May 16, 2015	Madison Magazine BBQ Festival	Madison, WI	7 days after	29
May 2, 2015	Smoke by the River	Brugg, Switzerland	7 days before	20
May 16, 2015	Barber Q Battle	Birmingham, AL	7 days after	18
May 2, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Brugg, Switzerland	7 days before	—
May 2, 2015	Chris Marks - BBQ 101 Chicken & Ribs	Manhattan, KS	7 days before	—
May 2, 2015	STBBQ Fundamentals	Smyrna, GA	7 days before	—
May 16, 2015	Chris Marks	Cleveland, OH	7 days after	—
May 16, 2015	Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Briskets and Pork Butts	Manassas, VA	7 days after	—
May 1, 2015	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	Bixby, OK	8 days before	81
May 1, 2015	Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival	Annapolis, MD	8 days before	64
May 1, 2015	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	Huntsville, AL	8 days before	63
May 1, 2015	The Masters In May	Appleton, WI	8 days before	57
May 1, 2015	Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	Dwight, IL	8 days before	40
May 1, 2015	Pony Express BBQ Challenge Cancelled	Gothenburg, NE	8 days before	38
May 1, 2015	Smokin on the Water 2	Liberty, IN	8 days before	37
May 1, 2015	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	Columbia, MO	8 days before	37
May 1, 2015	Apple Blossom BBQ Contest	St. Joseph, MO	8 days before	36
May 1, 2015	Show Low BBQ Throwdown	Show Low, AZ	8 days before	35
May 1, 2015	Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff	Lansing, KS	8 days before	33
May 1, 2015	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship	Elk Grove, CA	8 days before	32
May 1, 2015	Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship	Grandview, MO	8 days before	32
May 1, 2015	George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge	Lucedale, MS	8 days before	27
May 1, 2015	UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitor's Series)	Kansas City, MO	8 days before	23
Apr 30, 2015	Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015	Salzburg, Austria, Germany	9 days before	12
Apr 30, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Show Low, AZ	9 days before	—
Apr 29, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Salzburg, Austria	10 days before	—
May 22, 2015	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)	Evans, GA	13 days after	65
May 22, 2015	Red, White and BBQ (Day 1)	Westmont, IL	13 days after	41
May 22, 2015	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	North Bend, OR	13 days after	38
May 22, 2015	Best Dam Barbecue	Boulder City, NV	13 days after	38
May 22, 2015	34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff	Kennett, MO	13 days after	32
May 22, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Marietta, GA	13 days after	29
May 22, 2015	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	Lewisburg, TN	13 days after	28
May 22, 2015	Table Rock and Ribs (GC receives Golden Ticket to the World Food Championship)	Kimberling City, MO	13 days after	26
May 22, 2015	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	13 days after	—
May 22, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	North Bend, OR	13 days after	—
May 23, 2015	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	Hoofddorp, Netherlands	14 days after	68
May 23, 2015	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival	Mound City, KS	14 days after	62
May 23, 2015	Red, White and BBQ (Day 2)	Westmont, IL	14 days after	58
May 23, 2015	Roc City Rib Fest	Rochester, NY	14 days after	57
Apr 25, 2015	Central Iowa Expo BBQ	Boone, IA	14 days before	41
May 23, 2015	Smokin' in the Junction	West Des Moines, IA	14 days after	37
Apr 25, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Hoofddorp, Netherlands	14 days before	—
Apr 25, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class - CANCELLED	Columbia, MO	14 days before	—
Apr 25, 2015	13th Annual Southern Hotwing Festival	Memphis, TN	14 days before	—
Apr 25, 2015	Table Captain Class	Tuscumbia, AL	14 days before	—
Apr 25, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Tuscumbia, AL	14 days before	—
Apr 25, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Jeffersonville, IN	14 days before	—
Apr 25, 2015	Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Chicken Class	Manassas, VA	14 days before	—
Apr 25, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Huron, SD	14 days before	—
Apr 25, 2015	Table Captain Class	Marietta, OH	14 days before	—
Apr 25, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Marietta, OH	14 days before	—
Apr 24, 2015	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	Springfield, MO	15 days before	63
Apr 24, 2015	BBQ Capital Cook-Off	Lexington, NC	15 days before	60
Apr 24, 2015	Wabash Ribber Fest	Mt. Carmel, IL	15 days before	46
Apr 24, 2015	Central Iowa Expo BBQ	Boone, IA	15 days before	42
Apr 24, 2015	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)	Calhoun, GA	15 days before	35
Apr 24, 2015	Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition	Morris, OK	15 days before	31
Apr 24, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Las Vegas, NV	15 days before	30
Apr 24, 2015	Backyard BBQ Brawl (Competitor's Series)	Murfreesboro, TN	15 days before	30
Apr 24, 2015	Smokin' in the Ville	Edwardsville, KS	15 days before	29
Apr 24, 2015	The G Town Smokin Showdown (Formerly known as Autumn Blaze)	Garnett, KS	15 days before	25
Apr 24, 2015	Saltwater Brew 'N' Que	Chincoteague, VA	15 days before	18
Apr 24, 2015	Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Cook-Off Cancelled	Sugar Creek, MO	15 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.

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