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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, October 31, 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 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
- 6 Dec 5
- 4 Dec 12
The weekend of Nov 28 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2015 Your weekend |
Boo B Que By the Sea | Rehobeth Beach, DE | 1 day before | 59 |
| Nov 3, 2015 Your weekend |
World Food Championships | Kissimmee, FL | 3 days after | 58 |
| Oct 28, 2015 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cincinnati, OH | 3 days before | — |
| Nov 6, 2015 | Hog Happnin' | Shelby, NC | 6 days after | 60 |
| Nov 6, 2015 | When Pigs Fly South | Lakeland, FL | 6 days after | 35 |
| Nov 6, 2015 | MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute) | St. James, MO | 6 days after | 26 |
| Nov 6, 2015 | Flags are Flying | Winder, GA | 6 days after | 21 |
| Nov 6, 2015 | 2015 Fall Q-School Cooking Classes with Chef Paul Kirk | Hoboken, GA | 6 days after | — |
| Nov 6, 2015 | Que'n in the Park- CANCELLED | Bryant, AR | 6 days after | — |
| Oct 24, 2015 | Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival | Las Vegas, NV | 7 days before | 34 |
| Nov 7, 2015 | MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (POW/MIA Tribute) | St. James, MO | 7 days after | 18 |
| Oct 24, 2015 | Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Competition Class | Manassas, VA | 7 days before | — |
| Nov 7, 2015 | Hangout Oyster Cook-off & Craft Beer Weekend (Competitor's Series) | Gulf Shores, AL | 7 days after | — |
| Nov 7, 2015 | STBBQ Fundamentals | Smyrna, GA | 7 days after | — |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 8 days before | 93 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off | Union Grove, WI | 8 days before | 44 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL) | Lynchburg, TN | 8 days before | 41 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Border War BBQ | Osawatomie, KS | 8 days before | 35 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival | Cleveland, GA | 8 days before | 27 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | Fort Gibson, OK | 8 days before | 26 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q | Independence, MO | 8 days before | 22 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL | Lynchburg, TN | 8 days before | — |
| Oct 22, 2015 | Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship (Competitor's Series) | Richardson, TX | 9 days before | 9 |
| Nov 10, 2015 | KCBS TEST CONTEST----DO NOT APPLY---ONLY A TEST | Kansas City, MO | 10 days after | — |
| Nov 13, 2015 | Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (GBC Qualifier) | Chatsworth, GA | 13 days after | 48 |
| Nov 13, 2015 | Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL | Indio, CA | 13 days after | 34 |
| Nov 13, 2015 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown | Mount Pleasant, SC | 13 days after | 28 |
| Nov 13, 2015 | Richland Char-Broil Challenge | Richland, GA | 13 days after | 18 |
| Oct 17, 2015 | Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Chicken | Manassas, VA | 14 days before | — |
| Nov 14, 2015 | Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Turkey Class | Manassas, VA | 14 days after | — |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Grills and Grilles | Broken Arrow, OK | 15 days before | 38 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest | Woodstock, VA | 15 days before | 37 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival | Lenoir, NC | 15 days before | 37 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Nelsonville, OH | 15 days before | 36 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | 10th Annual Lambs Farm Barn Burner Bar-B-Q | Libertyville, IL | 15 days before | 35 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ | Harper, KS | 15 days before | 34 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | Munfordville, KY | 15 days before | 34 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Mid-South Barbecue Festival | Mount Pleasant, TN | 15 days before | 31 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque | Parsons, KS | 15 days before | 25 |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Rod Gray - Pellet Envy | Overland Park, KS | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 14, 2015 | Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff 2015 (BACKYARD-INVITATIONAL) | Kansas City, MO | 17 days before | 12 |
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.