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, June 27, 2015 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
28
sanctioned contests
In the window
104
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 16 May 16
- 15 May 23
- 20 May 30
- 21 Jun 6
- 18 Jun 13
- 26 Jun 20
- 28 Jun 27
- 10 Jul 4
- 17 Jul 11
- 13 Jul 18
- 17 Jul 25
- 17 Aug 1
- 21 Aug 8
The weekend of Jul 4 is the quietest in range: 10 contests. The biggest thing on it is Blues Hog Barbecue, Music & Craft Festival.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-27 Your weekend | National Capital Barbecue Battle | Washington, DC | 0 | 42 |
| 2015-06-27 Your weekend | Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge | Davenport, IA | 0 | 32 |
| 2015-06-27 Your weekend | Green Mountain BBQ Championship | Waterbury, VT | 0 | 23 |
| 2015-06-27 Your weekend | 1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues | Peconic, NY | 0 | 21 |
| 2015-06-27 Your weekend | Delft Beer & BBQ Fest | Delft, The Netherlands, | 0 | 20 |
| 2015-06-27 Your weekend | Ribs & Rides BBQ Festival at Dorney Park | Allentown, PA | 0 | 17 |
| 2015-06-27 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Cross Plains, WI | 0 | — |
| 2015-06-27 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Naplavka, Prague, | 0 | — |
| 2015-06-27 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL | Cross Plains, WI | 0 | — |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -1 | 183 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | Santa Clara, CA | -1 | 49 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Smokin' On The Pecos | Artesia, NM | -1 | 48 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Blount County BBQ Bash | Maryville, TN | -1 | 38 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness | Franklin, IN | -1 | 34 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | 3rd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival | Omaha, NE | -1 | 34 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Grillin' in Grafton | Grafton, WI | -1 | 33 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | 3rd Annual Willard Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off | Willard, MO | -1 | 31 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Ypsilanti, MI | -1 | 30 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Newport Beach Barbecue Contest | Newport Beach, CA | -1 | 29 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest | Chandler, OK | -1 | 28 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival | Leadville, CO | -1 | 27 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Covington Cork & Pork Festival | Covington, VA | -1 | 25 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Battle of the Bones | Central Point, OR | -1 | 25 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Smokin' Hot BBQ Nassau | Nassau Bahams, | -1 | 17 |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Table Captain Class- Smokin' On the Pecos | Artesia, NM | -1 | — |
| 2015-06-26 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Artesia, NM | -1 | — |
| 2015-06-25 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Leadville, CO | -2 | — |
| 2015-06-24 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL | Mt. Prospect, IL | -3 | — |
| 2015-07-02 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Rio Rancho, NM | 5 | — |
| 2015-07-02 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Lake Placid, NY | 5 | — |
| 2015-07-03 | Blues Hog Barbecue, Music & Craft Festival | Jackson, TN | 6 | 51 |
| 2015-07-03 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship State championship | Rio Rancho, NM | 6 | 44 |
| 2015-07-03 | HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off | Hutchinson, KS | 6 | 31 |
| 2015-07-03 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Lake Placid, NY | 6 | 31 |
| 2015-07-03 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | Absarokee, MT | 6 | 29 |
| 2015-07-03 | Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest | Liberty, MO | 6 | 27 |
| 2015-07-03 | Back to Mayberry BBQ | Whiting, IA | 6 | 25 |
| 2015-06-20 | Smoke Out in the Valley | Buckner, MO | -7 | 29 |
| 2015-06-20 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 | Percorso Verde, Perugia, | -7 | 24 |
| 2015-06-20 | Smokin' at the Ball Park BBQ Fest | Old Orchard Beach, ME | -7 | 18 |
| 2015-06-20 | Rock'N RibFest 2015 | Merrimack, NH | -7 | 16 |
| 2015-07-04 | Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship | Gaiarine Italy, | 7 | 15 |
| 2015-06-20 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Hutchinson, KS | -7 | — |
| 2015-06-19 | 22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge | Frisco, CO | -8 | 58 |
| 2015-06-19 | Crossborder Blues, Brews & Que | Wilson, NY | -8 | 47 |
| 2015-06-19 | Peak City Pigfest | Apex, NC | -8 | 45 |
| 2015-06-19 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | Buckhannon, WV | -8 | 41 |
| 2015-06-19 | Desoto Shrine Club 7th Annual 2015 BBQ Cook Off | Hernando, MS | -8 | 37 |
| 2015-06-19 | Rock'n Freedom | Seymour, MO | -8 | 36 |
| 2015-06-19 | Northern Arizona BBQ Festival Cancelled | Williams, AZ | -8 | 34 |
| 2015-06-19 | 7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off | Auburn Hills, MI | -8 | 32 |
| 2015-06-19 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | Edmonton Alberta, T6E 5K1 | -8 | 30 |
| 2015-06-19 | Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship | Banning, CA | -8 | 29 |
| 2015-06-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Bowling Green, KY | -8 | 29 |
| 2015-06-19 | Knights of Columbus | Quincy, IL | -8 | 28 |
| 2015-06-19 | Eureka BBQ Bash | Eureka, KS | -8 | 27 |
| 2015-06-19 | State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship | State Center, IA | -8 | 27 |
| 2015-06-19 | Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off | Miles City, MT | -8 | 26 |
| 2015-06-19 | Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival | Barbourville, KY | -8 | 25 |
| 2015-06-19 | YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp | Ogden, UT | -8 | 23 |
| 2015-06-19 | Rod Gray - Pellet Envy | Overland Park, KS | -8 | — |
| 2015-06-19 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | UNADILLA, GA | -8 | — |
| 2015-06-19 | Milk cow Music and BBQ Festival Cancelled | Fair Oaks, IN | -8 | — |
| 2015-06-19 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Perugia, | -8 | — |
| 2015-06-19 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Edmonton, AB | -8 | — |
| 2015-06-18 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Frisco, CO | -9 | — |
| 2015-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | Greenwood, SC | 12 | 90 |
| 2015-07-10 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay | Green Bay, WI | 13 | 80 |
| 2015-07-10 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 13 | 65 |
| 2015-07-10 | 14th Annual Bordertown Bash | Fort Smith, AR | 13 | 44 |
| 2015-07-10 | 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff | Kettering, OH | 13 | 39 |
| 2015-07-10 | Wine Country Big Q | Rohnert Park, CA | 13 | 38 |
| 2015-07-10 | Johnson County Fair BBQ | Warrensburg, MO | 13 | 33 |
| 2015-07-10 | 8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | Wellsville, MO | 13 | 31 |
| 2015-07-10 | Sauce & Cycles | Falls City, NE | 13 | 31 |
| 2015-07-10 | Holbrook | Holbrook, AZ | 13 | 29 |
| 2015-07-10 | Troy Pig Out Cancelled | Troy, NY | 13 | 29 |
| 2015-07-10 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Indianapolis, IN | 13 | 28 |
| 2015-07-10 | Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval | Drayton, ON | 13 | 18 |
| 2015-07-10 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | Wise, VA | 13 | 18 |
| 2015-07-10 | Smoke on the Waterfall | REDWOOD FALLS, MN | 13 | 16 |
| 2015-06-14 | Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Seafood Class | Manassas, VA | -13 | — |
| 2015-07-10 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Drayton, ON | 13 | — |
| 2015-06-13 | Sun BBQ Fest | Uncasville, CT | -14 | 52 |
| 2015-06-13 | Pile of Bones BBQ Championship | Regina, Saskatchewan Canada, | -14 | 22 |
| 2015-06-13 | BBQ Battle Royale at Taste of Dallas | Dallas, TX | -14 | 18 |
| 2015-06-13 | STBBQ Fundamentals | Smyrna, GA | -14 | — |
| 2015-07-11 | STBBQ Fundamentals | Smyrna, GA | 14 | — |
| 2015-06-12 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | Tryon, NC | -15 | 78 |
| 2015-06-12 | Smokin' On The River | Jeffersonville, IN | -15 | 59 |
| 2015-06-12 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL) | Wynne, AR | -15 | 49 |
| 2015-06-12 | Bend of the River CookOut | Mankato, MN | -15 | 42 |
| 2015-06-12 | Fire on the Frontier BBQ Classic | Hays, KS | -15 | 35 |
| 2015-06-12 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | N. Charleston, SC | -15 | 29 |
| 2015-06-12 | California Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship | Fillmore, CA | -15 | 26 |
| 2015-06-12 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin' | Fitzgerald, GA | -15 | 20 |
| 2015-06-12 | Marietta River City BBQ | Marietta, OH | -15 | 17 |
| 2015-06-12 | 3rd Annual Hog & Steer Barbecue Competition and Festival | Oconomowoc, WI | -15 | 17 |
| 2015-06-12 | Sons of the American Legion Red White & Blue BBQ Contest Cancelled | Smithville, MO | -15 | — |
| 2015-06-12 | Big Kahuna Wing Festival (Competitor's Series) | Knoxville, TN | -15 | — |
| 2015-06-12 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Uncasville, CT | -15 | — |
| 2015-06-12 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Regina, Sasktchewan, | -15 | — |
| 2015-06-12 | Rock The Block BBQ Competition Cancelled | Grand Rapids, MI | -15 | — |
| 2015-07-13 | David Bouska - Restaurant & Catering Cooking Class | Ponca City, OK | 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.
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