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, October 17, 2015 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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.
- 21 Sep 5
- 29 Sep 12
- 21 Sep 19
- 25 Sep 26
- 17 Oct 3
- 22 Oct 10
- 13 Oct 17
- 11 Oct 24
- 3 Oct 31
- 10 Nov 7
- 5 Nov 14
- 8 Nov 21
- 0 Nov 28
The weekend of Nov 28 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2015 Your weekend |
Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Chicken | Manassas, VA | Same day | — |
| Oct 16, 2015 Your weekend |
Grills and Grilles | Broken Arrow, OK | 1 day before | 38 |
| Oct 16, 2015 Your weekend |
Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest | Woodstock, VA | 1 day before | 37 |
| Oct 16, 2015 Your weekend |
Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival | Lenoir, NC | 1 day before | 37 |
| Oct 16, 2015 Your weekend |
Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Nelsonville, OH | 1 day before | 36 |
| Oct 16, 2015 Your weekend |
10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q | Libertyville, IL | 1 day before | 35 |
| Oct 16, 2015 Your weekend |
Harper County Bullseye BBQ | Harper, KS | 1 day before | 34 |
| Oct 16, 2015 Your weekend |
Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | Munfordville, KY | 1 day before | 34 |
| Oct 16, 2015 Your weekend |
Mid-South Barbecue Festival | Mount Pleasant, TN | 1 day before | 31 |
| Oct 16, 2015 Your weekend |
Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque | Parsons, KS | 1 day before | 25 |
| Oct 16, 2015 Your weekend |
Rod Gray - Pellet Envy | Overland Park, KS | 1 day before | — |
| Oct 16, 2015 Your weekend |
Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 1 day before | — |
| Oct 14, 2015 Your weekend |
Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff 2015 (BACKYARD-INVITATIONAL) | Kansas City, MO | 3 days before | 12 |
| Oct 22, 2015 | Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship (Competitor's Series) | Richardson, TX | 5 days after | 9 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 6 days after | 93 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off | Union Grove, WI | 6 days after | 44 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL) | Lynchburg, TN | 6 days after | 41 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Border War BBQ | Osawatomie, KS | 6 days after | 35 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival | Cleveland, GA | 6 days after | 27 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | Fort Gibson, OK | 6 days after | 26 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q | Independence, MO | 6 days after | 22 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL | Lynchburg, TN | 6 days after | — |
| Oct 10, 2015 | 3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off | Hoofddorp, Netherlands | 7 days before | 42 |
| Oct 24, 2015 | Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival | Las Vegas, NV | 7 days after | 34 |
| Oct 24, 2015 | Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Competition Class | Manassas, VA | 7 days after | — |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship | Bentonville, AR | 8 days before | 50 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown | Rocky Mount, NC | 8 days before | 49 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights | Arthur, IL | 8 days before | 48 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000 | Atlantic City, NJ | 8 days before | 46 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | The River Grill before the Big Chill | Cincinnati, OH | 8 days before | 45 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Bliss, Brews & Que | Fort Bliss, TX | 8 days before | 40 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Cookin on the Kaw | DeSoto, KS | 8 days before | 36 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Smoke on the Water | Topeka, KS | 8 days before | 33 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n | Waxhaw, NC | 8 days before | 28 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Chillin and Grillin | Sand Springs, OK | 8 days before | 28 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | The Real Squeal (GBC Qualifier) | Lyons, GA | 8 days before | 27 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | Hattiesburg, MS | 8 days before | 26 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Rock'n Ribville | Lawrenceville, GA | 8 days before | 26 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival | Greenfield, MA | 8 days before | 25 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge | Bullhead City, AZ | 8 days before | 20 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Anchor City Cook Off | Centralia, MO | 8 days before | 20 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Donny Bray - Tell All Class - CANCELLED | Bowling Green, KY | 8 days before | — |
| Oct 8, 2015 | BBQ and Blues on the Levee | Helena, AR | 9 days before | 25 |
| Oct 8, 2015 | Certified BBQ Judge Class- CLASS FULL | Ft. Bliss, TX | 9 days before | — |
| Oct 8, 2015 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cincinnati, OH | 9 days before | — |
| Oct 7, 2015 | Certified BBQ Judge Class | Bentonville, AR | 10 days before | — |
| Oct 28, 2015 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cincinnati, OH | 11 days after | — |
| Oct 30, 2015 | Boo B Que By the Sea | Rehobeth Beach, DE | 13 days after | 59 |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | Kansas City, MO | 14 days before | 606 |
| Oct 3, 2015 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier) | Rome, GA | 14 days before | 41 |
| Oct 3, 2015 | Rob Bagby - Swamp Boys Q School | Winter Haven, FL | 14 days before | — |
| Oct 3, 2015 | STBBQ Fundamentals | Smyrna, GA | 14 days before | — |
| Oct 2, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational | Kansas City, MO | 15 days before | 187 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship | Dana Point, CA | 15 days before | 75 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Keystone Classic Barbeque | Harrisburg, PA | 15 days before | 57 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) | Rome, GA | 15 days before | 52 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | Springfield, KY | 15 days before | 45 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Oroville, CA | 15 days before | 41 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Smokin at the Market Cancelled | Gallatin, TN | 15 days before | 29 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Roast N' Boast | Columbus, MS | 15 days before | 26 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Squealin' on the Square | Laurens, SC | 15 days before | 25 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship | Sheridan, AR | 15 days before | 25 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | City of Earlington OctoberFest Cancelled | Earlington, KY | 15 days before | 13 |
| Oct 2, 2015 | UMKC Royal Roo Collegiate BBQ Competition (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Smoke on the Water (BACKYARD) | Guntersville, AL | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 1, 2015 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival | Corinth, MS | 16 days before | 25 |
| Oct 1, 2015 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Kansas City, MO | 16 days before | — |
| Nov 3, 2015 | World Food Championships | Kissimmee, FL | 17 days after | 58 |
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.