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, August 22, 2015 · everywhere, because no place is set

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival

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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.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	Days off	Field
2015-08-22 Your weekend	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 2	Hot Springs, AR	0	18
2015-08-22 Your weekend	Chris Marks - BBQ Tailgating Style	Manhattan, KS	0	—
2015-08-22 Your weekend	Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Rib Class	Manassas, VA	0	—
2015-08-21 Your weekend	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival	Madison, IN	-1	64
2015-08-21 Your weekend	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Cape Girardeau, MO	-1	58
2015-08-21 Your weekend	VA BBQ Championships	Hampton, VA	-1	46
2015-08-21 Your weekend	Smokefest	Marshall, MN	-1	42
2015-08-21 Your weekend	Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)	Kennesaw, GA	-1	41
2015-08-21 Your weekend	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ	Emporia, KS	-1	36
2015-08-21 Your weekend	Blues, Brews & Barbecue	Birch Run, MI	-1	33
2015-08-21 Your weekend	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Harrisburg, PA	-1	30
2015-08-21 Your weekend	Holy Smoke BBQ Contest	Liberty, MO	-1	28
2015-08-21 Your weekend	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	Hill City, SD	-1	26
2015-08-21 Your weekend	Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival	Winnipeg, MB	-1	22
2015-08-21 Your weekend	Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1	Hot Springs, AR	-1	19
2015-08-20 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL	Birch Run, MI	-2	—
2015-08-27	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Sheridan, WY	5	—
2015-08-28	New Holland Summer Fest	New Holland, PA	6	70
2015-08-28	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival	Paola, KS	6	65
2015-08-28	Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship	Lubbock, TX	6	57
2015-08-28	8th Annual Big Island BBQ	Albert Lea, MN	6	55
2015-08-28	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	Wendover, NV	6	49
2015-08-28	Grill Games	Kenosha, WI	6	49
2015-08-28	Smokin' on Oak	Bonner Springs, KS	6	42
2015-08-28	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)	Gainesville, GA	6	41
2015-08-28	4th Annual Deaths Door Barbecue	Washington Island, WI	6	35
2015-08-28	Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing	Marne, MI	6	32
2015-08-28	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Laurel, MD	6	29
2015-08-28	Smoke in the Valley	Pikeville, TN	6	26
2015-08-28	Best of the West BBQ Fest	Sheridan, WY	6	25
2015-08-28	Back to Back to the Park BBQ	Marshalltown, IA	6	16
2015-08-28	First Annual Cleveland Bluegrass & BBQ Festival- CANCELLED	Clayton, NC	6	—
2015-08-28	Let The Drums Roar BBQ Contest (Competitor's Series) Cancelled	Dallas Center, IA	6	—
2015-08-29	Regahfest	Den Haag, Zuid-Holland,	7	30
2015-08-15	EUregio BBQ Festival	Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein ,	-7	22
2015-08-29	The Best BBQ Chef Competition	New London, CT	7	17
2015-08-15	Middleton BBQ Fest Cancelled	Middleton, WI	-7	—
2015-08-15	Kansas City Kosher BBQ Competition and Festival (Competitor's Series)	Overland Park, KS	-7	—
2015-08-29	Chris Marks - BBQ Bootcamp	Sellersburg, IN	7	—
2015-08-29	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Hammond, LA	7	—
2015-08-29	The Southern New England Kosher BBQ Championship & Craft Fair (COMPETITOR SERIES)	Fairfield, CT	7	—
2015-08-14	BBQ and Fly In on the River	Excelsior Springs, MO	-8	67
2015-08-14	Stand By Your Grill	Fulton, MS	-8	57
2015-08-14	Hudson Valley Ribfest	New Paltz, NY	-8	57
2015-08-14	Atlanta BarB-Que Festival	Atlanta, GA	-8	48
2015-08-14	14th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash	Bel Air, MD	-8	46
2015-08-14	23rd Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska	Omaha, NE	-8	42
2015-08-14	Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier)	Athens, GA	-8	40
2015-08-14	Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge	Conifer, CO	-8	31
2015-08-14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Scarborough, ME	-8	26
2015-08-14	Jimmy's Roadhouse Backyard BBQ Battle	Newaygo, MI	-8	26
2015-08-14	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival State championship	Worland, WY	-8	26
2015-08-13	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Worland, WY	-9	—
2015-08-11	Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair	Billings, MT	-11	25
2015-09-03	Certified BBQ Judging Class	London,	12	—
2015-09-03	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Clinton, MO	12	—
2015-09-04	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Bedford, TX	13	70
2015-09-04	Smokin in the Golden Valley	Clinton, MO	13	31
2015-09-04	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Richmond, VA	13	30
2015-09-04	5th Annual Smokin In the Bogs	Warrens, WI	13	27
2015-09-04	Low Country Hog Fest	Charleston, SC	13	26
2015-09-04	Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke	Geneva, NY	13	25
2015-09-04	Q'ing for a Cause	Columbia, MO	13	21
2015-09-04	Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival	Myrtle Beach, SC	13	20
2015-09-04	Homecoming 2015 BBQ Cookoff	Vernon, IN	13	18
2015-08-09	Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL	Cross Plains, WI	-13	—
2015-09-04	Whiskey & Wings Grill Festival (COMPETITIVE SERIES)-CANCELLED	Winter Park, CO	13	—
2015-09-04	Loretta Lynn's Smoke In The Hollar (POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2016)	Hurricane Mills, TN	13	—
2015-09-05	Smokin' Brew BBQ	Parker, CO	14	49
2015-09-05	BBQ on the Bow	Calgary, AB	14	35
2015-09-05	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-Eye Steak Cookoff Challenge	Omaha, NE	14	31
2015-09-05	Grillstock	London,	14	26
2015-08-08	Fatboys Canadian Capital Classic BBQ Competition	Ottawa, ON	-14	22
2015-09-05	Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series)	Westport, CT	14	21
2015-09-05	Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships	Hartford, CT	14	17
2015-08-08	These Were the Days BBQ Showdown	North Battleford, SK	-14	15
2015-08-08	SCHOOL OF PITMASTERS OF K.C	Kansas City, MO	-14	—
2015-08-08	Table Captain Class	Hvalstad,	-14	—
2015-08-08	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Hvalstad,	-14	—
2015-08-08	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Plymouth, IN	-14	—
2015-09-05	Table Captain Class	Calgary, AB	14	—
2015-09-05	STBBQ Fundamentals	Smyrna, GA	14	—
2015-08-07	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons	Huntington Beach, CA	-15	58
2015-08-07	Med City BBQ & Musicfest	Rochester, MN	-15	47
2015-08-07	Smokin' in McMinnville	McMinnville, TN	-15	37
2015-08-07	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	Franklin, NC	-15	36
2015-08-07	Smokin on the Smoky	Salina, KS	-15	33
2015-08-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Madison, WI	-15	30
2015-08-07	Black Dog Music and Que Festival	Floyd, VA	-15	27
2015-08-07	Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship	Kirksville, MO	-15	26
2015-08-07	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ	Woodward, OK	-15	26
2015-08-07	Smokin' on the Prairie	Gillette, WY	-15	26
2015-08-07	Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way	Penn Valley, CA	-15	24
2015-08-07	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Ottawa, ON	-15	—
2015-08-07	Certified BBQ Judging Class	North Battleford, SK	-15	—
2015-08-07	Smokin' with Woods Cancelled	Edwardsville, KS	-15	—

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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