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, November 7, 2015 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 1 Dec 19
The weekend of Nov 28 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2015 Your weekend |
MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (POW/MIA Tribute) | St. James, MO | Same day | 18 |
| Nov 7, 2015 Your weekend |
Hangout Oyster Cook-off & Craft Beer Weekend (Competitor's Series) | Gulf Shores, AL | Same day | — |
| Nov 7, 2015 Your weekend |
STBBQ Fundamentals | Smyrna, GA | Same day | — |
| Nov 6, 2015 Your weekend |
Hog Happnin' | Shelby, NC | 1 day before | 60 |
| Nov 6, 2015 Your weekend |
When Pigs Fly South | Lakeland, FL | 1 day before | 35 |
| Nov 6, 2015 Your weekend |
MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute) | St. James, MO | 1 day before | 26 |
| Nov 6, 2015 Your weekend |
Flags are Flying | Winder, GA | 1 day before | 21 |
| Nov 6, 2015 Your weekend |
2015 Fall Q-School Cooking Classes with Chef Paul Kirk | Hoboken, GA | 1 day before | — |
| Nov 6, 2015 Your weekend |
Que'n in the Park- CANCELLED | Bryant, AR | 1 day before | — |
| Nov 10, 2015 Your weekend |
KCBS TEST CONTEST----DO NOT APPLY---ONLY A TEST | Kansas City, MO | 3 days after | — |
| Nov 3, 2015 | World Food Championships | Kissimmee, FL | 4 days before | 58 |
| Nov 13, 2015 | Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (GBC Qualifier) | Chatsworth, GA | 6 days after | 48 |
| Nov 13, 2015 | Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL | Indio, CA | 6 days after | 34 |
| Nov 13, 2015 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown | Mount Pleasant, SC | 6 days after | 28 |
| Nov 13, 2015 | Richland Char-Broil Challenge | Richland, GA | 6 days after | 18 |
| Nov 14, 2015 | Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Turkey Class | Manassas, VA | 7 days after | — |
| Oct 30, 2015 | Boo B Que By the Sea | Rehobeth Beach, DE | 8 days before | 59 |
| Oct 28, 2015 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cincinnati, OH | 10 days before | — |
| Nov 20, 2015 | The National BBQ Cup | Cumming, GA | 13 days after | 74 |
| Nov 20, 2015 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest State championship | Plant City, FL | 13 days after | 49 |
| Nov 20, 2015 | Bar-B-Cure | Knoxville, TN | 13 days after | 35 |
| Nov 20, 2015 | Mission Q (BACKYARD) | Tuscumbia, AL | 13 days after | 18 |
| Nov 20, 2015 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Nassau, Bahamas | 13 days after | — |
| Nov 20, 2015 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 days after | — |
| Oct 24, 2015 | Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival | Las Vegas, NV | 14 days before | 34 |
| Oct 24, 2015 | Chris Capell - Dizzy Pig's Competition Class | Manassas, VA | 14 days before | — |
| Nov 21, 2015 | Table Captain Class | Nassau, Bahamas | 14 days after | — |
| Nov 21, 2015 | Tim Wong - CBBQA Competition BBQ Class | Carona, CA | 14 days after | — |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 15 days before | 93 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook off | Union Grove, WI | 15 days before | 44 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL) | Lynchburg, TN | 15 days before | 41 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Border War BBQ | Osawatomie, KS | 15 days before | 35 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival | Cleveland, GA | 15 days before | 27 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | Fort Gibson, OK | 15 days before | 26 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q | Independence, MO | 15 days before | 22 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CLASS FULL | Lynchburg, TN | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 22, 2015 | Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship (Competitor's Series) | Richardson, TX | 16 days before | 9 |
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.