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 25, 2015 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Racing for the BBQ

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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 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	vs. your date	Field
Jul 25, 2015 Your weekend	Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ	Windsor, VT	Same day	35
Jul 25, 2015 Your weekend	Illinois BBQ Fest at Hillcrest Event Center	Orion, IL	Same day	15
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	Racing for the BBQ	Lees Summit, MO	1 day before	63
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	7th Annual Vista BBQ Classic	Vista, CA	1 day before	54
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Mason City, IA	1 day before	54
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	WNC BBQ Festival	Maggie Valley, NC	1 day before	49
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	5th Annual Morton BBQ Throwdown	Morton, IL	1 day before	47
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest	Dyersburg, TN	1 day before	35
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off	Dodge City, KS	1 day before	35
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff	Shawnee, OK	1 day before	32
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Woodbury, MN	1 day before	30
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	Chattahoochee River BBQ Competition	Carrollton, GA	1 day before	28
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer & BBQ Fest	Arvada, CO	1 day before	26
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ	Iola, KS	1 day before	26
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship	Effingham, IL	1 day before	18
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo	Salt Lake City, UT	1 day before	17
Jul 24, 2015 Your weekend	Malcom Reed - Barbecue Live Competition BBQ Class	Memphis, TN	1 day before	—
Jul 31, 2015	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	Dillard, GA	6 days after	55
Jul 31, 2015	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ	Leonardtown, MD	6 days after	54
Jul 31, 2015	Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest	Rossville, KS	6 days after	46
Jul 31, 2015	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	Laurie, MO	6 days after	38
Jul 31, 2015	I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)	New Hope, AL	6 days after	32
Jul 31, 2015	Pigs & Pedals	Asheboro, NC	6 days after	31
Jul 31, 2015	Badger Brews & Que	Manitowoc, WI	6 days after	30
Jul 31, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Des Moines, IA	6 days after	30
Jul 31, 2015	SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili	Alamosa, CO	6 days after	29
Jul 31, 2015	Oaktown Throwdown	Oakland, CA	6 days after	27
Jul 31, 2015	Great Northern BBQ	Brainerd, MN	6 days after	26
Jul 31, 2015	Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede Cancelled	Waucoma, IA	6 days after	21
Jul 31, 2015	Smokin on Route 66	Miami, OK	6 days after	17
Aug 1, 2015	8th Annual Smokin at the Maples	Manorville, NY	7 days after	32
Aug 1, 2015	Smoke in the North	Gunnilse/Gothenburg, Sweden	7 days after	26
Jul 18, 2015	Eric Burkhart - Hot & Fast Drum Competition Class	Eugene, MO	7 days before	—
Jul 18, 2015	Chris Marks - BBQ 102 Brisket & Pork	Manhattan, KS	7 days before	—
Jul 18, 2015	Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Big Green Egg Class	Manassas, VA	7 days before	—
Aug 1, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Shawnee, KS	7 days after	—
Aug 1, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Gunnilse/Gothenburg, Sweden	7 days after	—
Aug 1, 2015	STBBQ Fundamentals	Smyrna, GA	7 days after	—
Jul 17, 2015	11th Annual WildBlue BBQ	Burlington, KS	8 days before	48
Jul 17, 2015	RiverFest Red White and Que	Bellevue, NE	8 days before	45
Jul 17, 2015	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	New Palestine, IN	8 days before	44
Jul 17, 2015	BBQ'Loo & Blues Too!	Waterloo, IA	8 days before	39
Jul 17, 2015	Cookin' on Kampeska	Watertown, SD	8 days before	38
Jul 17, 2015	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off	Kingston, RI	8 days before	37
Jul 17, 2015	Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship	Galax, VA	8 days before	29
Jul 17, 2015	Griller's Cup	Laramie, WY	8 days before	29
Jul 17, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Auburn Hills, MI	8 days before	28
Jul 17, 2015	Cajun BBQ Bash Cancelled	Lafayette, LA	8 days before	—
Jul 17, 2015	Johnny Trigg - Smokin' Triggers	Hammond, LA	8 days before	—
Jul 13, 2015	David Bouska - Restaurant & Catering Cooking Class	Ponca City, OK	12 days before	—
Aug 7, 2015	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons	Huntington Beach, CA	13 days after	58
Aug 7, 2015	Med City BBQ & Musicfest	Rochester, MN	13 days after	47
Aug 7, 2015	Smokin' in McMinnville	McMinnville, TN	13 days after	37
Aug 7, 2015	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	Franklin, NC	13 days after	36
Aug 7, 2015	Smokin on the Smoky	Salina, KS	13 days after	33
Aug 7, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Madison, WI	13 days after	30
Aug 7, 2015	Black Dog Music and Que Festival	Floyd, VA	13 days after	27
Aug 7, 2015	Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship	Kirksville, MO	13 days after	26
Aug 7, 2015	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ	Woodward, OK	13 days after	26
Aug 7, 2015	Smokin' on the Prairie	Gillette, WY	13 days after	26
Aug 7, 2015	Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way	Penn Valley, CA	13 days after	24
Aug 7, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Ottawa, ON	13 days after	—
Aug 7, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	North Battleford, SK	13 days after	—
Aug 7, 2015	Smokin' with Woods Cancelled	Edwardsville, KS	13 days after	—
Aug 8, 2015	Fatboys Canadian Capital Classic BBQ Competition	Ottawa, ON	14 days after	22
Aug 8, 2015	These Were the Days BBQ Showdown	North Battleford, SK	14 days after	15
Jul 11, 2015	STBBQ Fundamentals	Smyrna, GA	14 days before	—
Aug 8, 2015	SCHOOL OF PITMASTERS OF K.C	Kansas City, MO	14 days after	—
Aug 8, 2015	Table Captain Class	Hvalstad, Norway	14 days after	—
Aug 8, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Hvalstad, Norway	14 days after	—
Aug 8, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Plymouth, IN	14 days after	—
Jul 10, 2015	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay	Green Bay, WI	15 days before	80
Jul 10, 2015	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	North Wildwood, NJ	15 days before	65
Jul 10, 2015	14th Annual Bordertown Bash	Fort Smith, AR	15 days before	44
Jul 10, 2015	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff	Kettering, OH	15 days before	39
Jul 10, 2015	Wine Country Big Q	Rohnert Park, CA	15 days before	38
Jul 10, 2015	Johnson County Fair BBQ	Warrensburg, MO	15 days before	33
Jul 10, 2015	8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff	Wellsville, MO	15 days before	31
Jul 10, 2015	Sauce & Cycles	Falls City, NE	15 days before	31
Jul 10, 2015	Holbrook	Holbrook, AZ	15 days before	29
Jul 10, 2015	Troy Pig Out Cancelled	Troy, NY	15 days before	29
Jul 10, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Indianapolis, IN	15 days before	28
Jul 10, 2015	Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval	Drayton, ON	15 days before	18
Jul 10, 2015	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades	Wise, VA	15 days before	18
Jul 10, 2015	Smoke on the Waterfall	Redwood Falls, MN	15 days before	16
Jul 10, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Drayton, ON	15 days before	—
Aug 9, 2015	Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL	Cross Plains, WI	15 days after	—
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	Greenwood, SC	16 days before	90
Aug 11, 2015	Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair	Billings, MT	17 days after	25

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.

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.