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 29, 2015 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
21
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.
- 13 Jul 18
- 17 Jul 25
- 17 Aug 1
- 21 Aug 8
- 14 Aug 15
- 16 Aug 22
- 21 Aug 29
- 21 Sep 5
- 29 Sep 12
- 21 Sep 19
- 25 Sep 26
- 17 Oct 3
- 22 Oct 10
The weekend of Jul 18 is the quietest in range: 13 contests. The biggest thing on it is 11th Annual WildBlue BBQ.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-29 Your weekend | Regahfest | Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, | 0 | 30 |
| 2015-08-29 Your weekend | The Best BBQ Chef Competition | New London, CT | 0 | 17 |
| 2015-08-29 Your weekend | Chris Marks - BBQ Bootcamp | Sellersburg, IN | 0 | — |
| 2015-08-29 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Hammond, LA | 0 | — |
| 2015-08-29 Your weekend | The Southern New England Kosher BBQ Championship & Craft Fair (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Fairfield, CT | 0 | — |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | New Holland Summer Fest | New Holland, PA | -1 | 70 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | Paola, KS | -1 | 65 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship | Lubbock, TX | -1 | 57 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | 8th Annual Big Island BBQ | Albert Lea, MN | -1 | 55 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | Wendover, NV | -1 | 49 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | Grill Games | Kenosha, WI | -1 | 49 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | Smokin' on Oak | Bonner Springs, KS | -1 | 42 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | Hawgin on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) | Gainesville, GA | -1 | 41 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | 4th Annual Deaths Door Barbecue | Washington Island, WI | -1 | 35 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing | Marne, MI | -1 | 32 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Laurel, MD | -1 | 29 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | Smoke in the Valley | Pikeville, TN | -1 | 26 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | Best of the West BBQ Fest | Sheridan, WY | -1 | 25 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | Back to Back to the Park BBQ | Marshalltown, IA | -1 | 16 |
| 2015-08-28 Your weekend | First Annual Cleveland Bluegrass & BBQ Festival- CANCELLED | Clayton, NC | -1 | — |
| 2015-08-28 | Let The Drums Roar BBQ Contest (Competitor's Series) Cancelled | Dallas Center, IA | -1 | — |
| 2015-08-27 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Sheridan, WY | -2 | — |
| 2015-09-03 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | London, | 5 | — |
| 2015-09-03 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Clinton, MO | 5 | — |
| 2015-09-04 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Bedford, TX | 6 | 70 |
| 2015-09-04 | Smokin in the Golden Valley | Clinton, MO | 6 | 31 |
| 2015-09-04 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Richmond, VA | 6 | 30 |
| 2015-09-04 | 5th Annual Smokin In the Bogs | Warrens, WI | 6 | 27 |
| 2015-09-04 | Low Country Hog Fest | Charleston, SC | 6 | 26 |
| 2015-09-04 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke | Geneva, NY | 6 | 25 |
| 2015-09-04 | Q'ing for a Cause | Columbia, MO | 6 | 21 |
| 2015-09-04 | Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival | Myrtle Beach, SC | 6 | 20 |
| 2015-09-04 | Homecoming 2015 BBQ Cookoff | Vernon, IN | 6 | 18 |
| 2015-09-04 | Whiskey & Wings Grill Festival (COMPETITIVE SERIES)-CANCELLED | Winter Park, CO | 6 | — |
| 2015-09-04 | Loretta Lynn's Smoke In The Hollar (POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2016) | Hurricane Mills, TN | 6 | — |
| 2015-09-05 | Smokin' Brew BBQ | Parker, CO | 7 | 49 |
| 2015-09-05 | BBQ on the Bow | Calgary, AB | 7 | 35 |
| 2015-09-05 | Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-Eye Steak Cookoff Challenge | Omaha, NE | 7 | 31 |
| 2015-09-05 | Grillstock | London, | 7 | 26 |
| 2015-09-05 | Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series) | Westport, CT | 7 | 21 |
| 2015-08-22 | Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 2 | Hot Springs, AR | -7 | 18 |
| 2015-09-05 | Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships | Hartford, CT | 7 | 17 |
| 2015-08-22 | Chris Marks - BBQ Tailgating Style | Manhattan, KS | -7 | — |
| 2015-08-22 | Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Rib Class | Manassas, VA | -7 | — |
| 2015-09-05 | Table Captain Class | Calgary, AB | 7 | — |
| 2015-09-05 | STBBQ Fundamentals | Smyrna, GA | 7 | — |
| 2015-08-21 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | Madison, IN | -8 | 64 |
| 2015-08-21 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest | Cape Girardeau, MO | -8 | 58 |
| 2015-08-21 | VA BBQ Championships | Hampton, VA | -8 | 46 |
| 2015-08-21 | Smokefest | Marshall, MN | -8 | 42 |
| 2015-08-21 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Kennesaw, GA | -8 | 41 |
| 2015-08-21 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | Emporia, KS | -8 | 36 |
| 2015-08-21 | Blues, Brews & Barbecue | Birch Run, MI | -8 | 33 |
| 2015-08-21 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Harrisburg, PA | -8 | 30 |
| 2015-08-21 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest | Liberty, MO | -8 | 28 |
| 2015-08-21 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ | Hill City, SD | -8 | 26 |
| 2015-08-21 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | Winnipeg, MB | -8 | 22 |
| 2015-08-21 | Bass & BBQ at the Forrest Wood Cup Day 1 | Hot Springs, AR | -8 | 19 |
| 2015-08-20 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL | Birch Run, MI | -9 | — |
| 2015-09-11 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | Independence, MO | 13 | 76 |
| 2015-09-11 | Windy City BBQ Classic | Chicago, IL | 13 | 61 |
| 2015-09-11 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest | Decatur, AL | 13 | 55 |
| 2015-09-11 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | Mears, MI | 13 | 34 |
| 2015-09-11 | Puckaway Pigfest | Montello, WI | 13 | 33 |
| 2015-09-11 | Beak Week BBQ Challenge | Goldsboro, NC | 13 | 32 |
| 2015-09-11 | Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll | Vermillion, SD | 13 | 32 |
| 2015-09-11 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | Grand Junction, CO | 13 | 32 |
| 2015-09-11 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ | Millington, TN | 13 | 31 |
| 2015-09-11 | Tony Stone-Cookeville Cookoff | Cookeville, TN | 13 | 31 |
| 2015-09-11 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Carrollton, KY | 13 | 29 |
| 2015-09-11 | 11th Annual Recovery Fest | Richmond, VA | 13 | 29 |
| 2015-09-11 | Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig | Fort Mill, SC | 13 | 29 |
| 2015-09-11 | The Outlets @ Lake Elsinore BBQ State Championship State championship | Lake Elsinore, CA | 13 | 28 |
| 2015-09-11 | Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest | Leavenworth, KS | 13 | 28 |
| 2015-09-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | N. Kansas City, MO | 13 | 28 |
| 2015-09-11 | *Derby BBQ Festival | Derby, KS | 13 | 26 |
| 2015-09-11 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack | Alma, AR | 13 | 25 |
| 2015-09-11 | Butler Chamber of Commerce BBQ & Huckster's Day | Butler, MO | 13 | 14 |
| 2015-09-11 | Table Captain Class | Richmond, VA | 13 | — |
| 2015-09-11 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Langley, BC | 13 | — |
| 2015-09-11 | 7th Annual Southern York County BBQ Cook-Off-CANCELLED | Glen Rock, PA | 13 | — |
| 2015-09-11 | Jug Tavern Festival & BBQ Cook-Off Cancelled | Winder, GA | 13 | — |
| 2015-09-12 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | Harvard, MA | 14 | 37 |
| 2015-09-12 | Balloons, Blues & BBQ | Bloomington, IN | 14 | 23 |
| 2015-08-15 | EUregio BBQ Festival | Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein , | -14 | 22 |
| 2015-09-12 | BBQ On the Bypass | Langley, BC | 14 | 19 |
| 2015-09-12 | Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ | Naplavka, Prague, | 14 | 13 |
| 2015-09-12 | Farm Meat | Dongen, the Netherlands, | 14 | 12 |
| 2015-08-15 | Middleton BBQ Fest Cancelled | Middleton, WI | -14 | — |
| 2015-08-15 | Kansas City Kosher BBQ Competition and Festival (Competitor's Series) | Overland Park, KS | -14 | — |
| 2015-09-12 | Table Captain Class | Langley, BC | 14 | — |
| 2015-08-14 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | Excelsior Springs, MO | -15 | 67 |
| 2015-08-14 | Stand By Your Grill | Fulton, MS | -15 | 57 |
| 2015-08-14 | Hudson Valley Ribfest | New Paltz, NY | -15 | 57 |
| 2015-08-14 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | Atlanta, GA | -15 | 48 |
| 2015-08-14 | 14th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash | Bel Air, MD | -15 | 46 |
| 2015-08-14 | 23rd Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska | Omaha, NE | -15 | 42 |
| 2015-08-14 | Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) | Athens, GA | -15 | 40 |
| 2015-08-14 | Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge | Conifer, CO | -15 | 31 |
| 2015-08-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Scarborough, ME | -15 | 26 |
| 2015-08-14 | Jimmy's Roadhouse Backyard BBQ Battle | Newaygo, MI | -15 | 26 |
| 2015-08-14 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | -15 | 26 |
| 2015-09-13 | The Outlets @ Lake Elsinore BBQ State Championship State championship | Lake Elsinore, CA | 15 | 22 |
| 2015-08-13 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Worland, WY | -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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