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 24, 2015 · everywhere, because no place is set

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

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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 Nov 28 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	Days off	Field
2015-10-24 Your weekend	Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival	Las Vegas, NV	0	34
2015-10-24 Your weekend	Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Competition Class	Manassas, VA	0	—
2015-10-23 Your weekend	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Lynchburg, TN	-1	93
2015-10-23 Your weekend	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off	Union Grove, WI	-1	44
2015-10-23 Your weekend	Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL)	Lynchburg, TN	-1	41
2015-10-23 Your weekend	Border War BBQ	Osawatomie, KS	-1	35
2015-10-23 Your weekend	Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival	Cleveland, GA	-1	27
2015-10-23 Your weekend	Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	Fort Gibson, OK	-1	26
2015-10-23 Your weekend	Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q	Independence, MO	-1	22
2015-10-23 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL	Lynchburg, TN	-1	—
2015-10-22 Your weekend	Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship (Competitor's Series)	Richardson, TX	-2	9
2015-10-28	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Cincinnati, OH	4	—
2015-10-30	Boo B Que By the Sea	Rehobeth Beach, DE	6	59
2015-10-17	Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Chicken	Manassas, VA	-7	—
2015-10-16	Grills and Grilles	Broken Arrow, OK	-8	38
2015-10-16	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest	Woodstock, VA	-8	37
2015-10-16	Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival	Lenoir, NC	-8	37
2015-10-16	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	Nelsonville, OH	-8	36
2015-10-16	10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q	Libertyville, IL	-8	35
2015-10-16	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Harper, KS	-8	34
2015-10-16	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	Munfordville, KY	-8	34
2015-10-16	Mid-South Barbecue Festival	Mount Pleasant, TN	-8	31
2015-10-16	Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque	Parsons, KS	-8	25
2015-10-16	Rod Gray - Pellet Envy	Overland Park, KS	-8	—
2015-10-16	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	-8	—
2015-11-03	World Food Championships	Kissimmee, FL	10	58
2015-10-14	Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff 2015 (BACKYARD-INVITATIONAL)	Kansas City, MO	-10	12
2015-11-06	* Hog Happnin'	Shelby, NC	13	60
2015-11-06	When Pigs Fly South	Lakeland, FL	13	35
2015-11-06	MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute)	St. James, MO	13	26
2015-11-06	Flags are Flying	Winder, GA	13	21
2015-11-06	2015 Fall Q-School Cooking Classes with Chef Paul Kirk	Hoboken, GA	13	—
2015-11-06	Que'n in the Park- CANCELLED	Bryant, AR	13	—
2015-10-10	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off	Hoofddorp Netherlands, 61515DE	-14	42
2015-11-07	MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (POW/MIA Tribute)	St. James, MO	14	18
2015-11-07	Hangout Oyster Cook-off & Craft Beer Weekend (Competitor's Series)	Gulf Shores, AL	14	—
2015-11-07	STBBQ Fundamentals	Smyrna, GA	14	—
2015-10-09	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship	Bentonville, AR	-15	50
2015-10-09	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	Rocky Mount, NC	-15	49
2015-10-09	Central Illinois Bragging Rights	Arthur, IL	-15	48
2015-10-09	Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000	Atlantic City, NJ	-15	46
2015-10-09	The River Grill before the Big Chill	Cincinnati, OH	-15	45
2015-10-09	Bliss, Brews & Que	Fort Bliss, TX	-15	40
2015-10-09	Cookin on the Kaw	DeSoto, KS	-15	36
2015-10-09	Smoke on the Water	Topeka, KS	-15	33
2015-10-09	Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n	Waxhaw, NC	-15	28
2015-10-09	Chillin and Grillin	Sand Springs, OK	-15	28
2015-10-09	The Real Squeal (GBC Qualifier)	Lyons, GA	-15	27
2015-10-09	Downtown BBQ Showdown	Hattiesburg, MS	-15	26
2015-10-09	Rock'n Ribville	Lawrenceville, GA	-15	26
2015-10-09	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	Greenfield, MA	-15	25
2015-10-09	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge	Bullhead City, AZ	-15	20
2015-10-09	Anchor City Cook Off	Centralia, MO	-15	20
2015-10-09	Donny Bray - Tell All Class - CANCELLED	Bowling Green, KY	-15	—
2015-10-08	BBQ and Blues on the Levee	Helena, AR	-16	25
2015-10-08	Certified BBQ Judge Class- CLASS FULL	Ft. Bliss, TX	-16	—
2015-10-08	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Cincinnati, OH	-16	—
2015-10-07	Certified BBQ Judge Class	BENTONVILLE, AR	-17	—
2015-11-10	KCBS TEST CONTEST----DO NOT APPLY---ONLY A TEST	KANSAS CITY, MO	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.