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 11, 2015 · 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.
- 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
- 14 Aug 15
- 16 Aug 22
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-11 Your weekend | STBBQ Fundamentals | Smyrna, GA | 0 | — |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay | Green Bay, WI | -1 | 80 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | North Wildwood, NJ | -1 | 65 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | 14th Annual Bordertown Bash | Fort Smith, AR | -1 | 44 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff | Kettering, OH | -1 | 39 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | Wine Country Big Q | Rohnert Park, CA | -1 | 38 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | Johnson County Fair BBQ | Warrensburg, MO | -1 | 33 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | 8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | Wellsville, MO | -1 | 31 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | Sauce & Cycles | Falls City, NE | -1 | 31 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | Holbrook | Holbrook, AZ | -1 | 29 |
| 2015-07-10 | Troy Pig Out Cancelled | Troy, NY | -1 | 29 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Indianapolis, IN | -1 | 28 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval | Drayton, ON | -1 | 18 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | Wise, VA | -1 | 18 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | Smoke on the Waterfall | REDWOOD FALLS, MN | -1 | 16 |
| 2015-07-10 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Drayton, ON | -1 | — |
| 2015-07-09 Your weekend | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | Greenwood, SC | -2 | 90 |
| 2015-07-13 Your weekend | David Bouska - Restaurant & Catering Cooking Class | Ponca City, OK | 2 | — |
| 2015-07-17 | 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ | Burlington, KS | 6 | 48 |
| 2015-07-17 | RiverFest Red White and Que | Bellevue, NE | 6 | 45 |
| 2015-07-17 | Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! | New Palestine, IN | 6 | 44 |
| 2015-07-17 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | Waterloo, IA | 6 | 39 |
| 2015-07-17 | Cookin' on Kampeska | Watertown, SD | 6 | 38 |
| 2015-07-17 | Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off | Kingston, RI | 6 | 37 |
| 2015-07-17 | Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship | Galax, VA | 6 | 29 |
| 2015-07-17 | Griller's Cup | Laramie, WY | 6 | 29 |
| 2015-07-17 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Auburn Hills, MI | 6 | 28 |
| 2015-07-17 | Cajun BBQ Bash Cancelled | Lafayette, LA | 6 | — |
| 2015-07-17 | Johnny Trigg - Smokin' Triggers | Hammond, LA | 6 | — |
| 2015-07-04 | Prime UVE Invitational Barbecue Championship | Gaiarine Italy, | -7 | 15 |
| 2015-07-18 | Eric Burkhart - Hot & Fast Drum Competition Class | Eugene, MO | 7 | — |
| 2015-07-18 | Chris Marks - BBQ 102 Brisket & Pork | Manhattan, KS | 7 | — |
| 2015-07-18 | Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Big Green Egg Class | Manassas, VA | 7 | — |
| 2015-07-03 | Blues Hog Barbecue, Music & Craft Festival | Jackson, TN | -8 | 51 |
| 2015-07-03 | Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship State championship | Rio Rancho, NM | -8 | 44 |
| 2015-07-03 | HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off | Hutchinson, KS | -8 | 31 |
| 2015-07-03 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Lake Placid, NY | -8 | 31 |
| 2015-07-03 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | Absarokee, MT | -8 | 29 |
| 2015-07-03 | Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest | Liberty, MO | -8 | 27 |
| 2015-07-03 | Back to Mayberry BBQ | Whiting, IA | -8 | 25 |
| 2015-07-02 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Rio Rancho, NM | -9 | — |
| 2015-07-02 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Lake Placid, NY | -9 | — |
| 2015-07-24 | Racing for the BBQ | Lees Summit, MO | 13 | 63 |
| 2015-07-24 | 7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic | Vista, CA | 13 | 54 |
| 2015-07-24 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | Mason City, IA | 13 | 54 |
| 2015-07-24 | WNC BBQ Festival | Maggie Valley, NC | 13 | 49 |
| 2015-07-24 | 5th Annual Morton BBQ Throwdown | Morton, IL | 13 | 47 |
| 2015-07-24 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest | Dyersburg, TN | 13 | 35 |
| 2015-07-24 | Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off | Dodge City, KS | 13 | 35 |
| 2015-07-24 | Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff | Shawnee, OK | 13 | 32 |
| 2015-07-24 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Woodbury, MN | 13 | 30 |
| 2015-07-24 | Chattahoochee River BBQ Competition | Carrollton, GA | 13 | 28 |
| 2015-07-24 | Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer & BBQ Fest | Arvada, CO | 13 | 26 |
| 2015-07-24 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | Iola, KS | 13 | 26 |
| 2015-07-24 | Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship | Effingham, IL | 13 | 18 |
| 2015-07-24 | Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo | Salt Lake City, UT | 13 | 17 |
| 2015-07-24 | Malcom Reed - Barbecue Live Competition BBQ Class | Memphis, TN | 13 | — |
| 2015-06-27 | National Capital Barbecue Battle | Washington, DC | -14 | 42 |
| 2015-07-25 | Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ | Windsor, VT | 14 | 35 |
| 2015-06-27 | Mr. BBQ Barbeque Challenge | Davenport, IA | -14 | 32 |
| 2015-06-27 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship | Waterbury, VT | -14 | 23 |
| 2015-06-27 | 1st Annual Greenport Harbor Beer, BBQ & Blues | Peconic, NY | -14 | 21 |
| 2015-06-27 | Delft Beer & BBQ Fest | Delft, The Netherlands, | -14 | 20 |
| 2015-06-27 | Ribs & Rides BBQ Festival at Dorney Park | Allentown, PA | -14 | 17 |
| 2015-07-25 | Illinois BBQ Fest at Hillcrest Event Center | Orion, IL | 14 | 15 |
| 2015-06-27 | Table Captain Class | Cross Plains, WI | -14 | — |
| 2015-06-27 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Naplavka, Prague, | -14 | — |
| 2015-06-27 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL | Cross Plains, WI | -14 | — |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -15 | 183 |
| 2015-06-26 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | Santa Clara, CA | -15 | 49 |
| 2015-06-26 | Smokin' On The Pecos | Artesia, NM | -15 | 48 |
| 2015-06-26 | Blount County BBQ Bash | Maryville, TN | -15 | 38 |
| 2015-06-26 | Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness | Franklin, IN | -15 | 34 |
| 2015-06-26 | 3rd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival | Omaha, NE | -15 | 34 |
| 2015-06-26 | Grillin' in Grafton | Grafton, WI | -15 | 33 |
| 2015-06-26 | 3rd Annual Willard Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off | Willard, MO | -15 | 31 |
| 2015-06-26 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Ypsilanti, MI | -15 | 30 |
| 2015-06-26 | Newport Beach Barbecue Contest | Newport Beach, CA | -15 | 29 |
| 2015-06-26 | Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest | Chandler, OK | -15 | 28 |
| 2015-06-26 | Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival | Leadville, CO | -15 | 27 |
| 2015-06-26 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival | Covington, VA | -15 | 25 |
| 2015-06-26 | Battle of the Bones | Central Point, OR | -15 | 25 |
| 2015-06-26 | Smokin' Hot BBQ Nassau | Nassau Bahams, | -15 | 17 |
| 2015-06-26 | Table Captain Class- Smokin' On the Pecos | Artesia, NM | -15 | — |
| 2015-06-26 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Artesia, NM | -15 | — |
| 2015-06-25 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Leadville, CO | -16 | — |
| 2015-06-24 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL | Mt. Prospect, IL | -17 | — |
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.