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, April 9, 2016 · everywhere, because no place is set

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

109

Smoke in the Spring

In the window

±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 Feb 27 is the quietest in range: 5 contests. The biggest thing on it is Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	Days off	Field
2016-04-09 Your weekend	Harry Soo - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ 101 Class	Diamond Bar, CA	0	—
2016-04-09 Your weekend	Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School	Nahunta, GA	0	—
2016-04-08 Your weekend	Smoke in the Spring	Osage City, KS	-1	109
2016-04-08 Your weekend	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval	Harrington, DE	-1	75
2016-04-08 Your weekend	The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	Smithville, MO	-1	53
2016-04-08 Your weekend	Chillin & Grillin	Sand Springs, OK	-1	43
2016-04-08 Your weekend	'Que at the View	Gulfport, MS	-1	43
2016-04-08 Your weekend	NYC BBQ Cookoff	Staten Island, NY	-1	35
2016-04-08 Your weekend	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Salt Lake City, UT	-1	30
2016-04-08 Your weekend	Sixth Annual Bull Moose	Somerville, TN	-1	27
2016-04-08 Your weekend	Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest	Gadsden, AL	-1	25
2016-04-08	Florida Heritage BBQ Classic Cancelled	Kissimmee, FL	-1	23
2016-04-08 Your weekend	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	-1	—
2016-04-08 Your weekend	Table Captain Class	Staten Island, NY	-1	—
2016-04-08 Your weekend	Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School	Nahunta, GA	-1	—
2016-04-07 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Gulfport, MS	-2	—
2016-04-12 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judge Class	Brookhaven, MS	3	—
2016-04-15	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ	Enid, OK	6	63
2016-04-15	High on the Hog Festival	Winchester, TN	6	56
2016-04-15	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	Washington, MO	6	53
2016-04-15	20th Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off	Kings Mountain, NC	6	41
2016-04-15	*Interstate BBQ Festival	Hagerstown, MD	6	41
2016-04-15	The Ultimate BBQ showdown East vs West VII	Wildomar, CA	6	32
2016-04-15	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival	Cornelia, GA	6	30
2016-04-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Fort Collins, CO	6	28
2016-04-15	Smoking Hot BBQ Nassau	Nassau, BS	6	17
2016-04-15	Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest	Millington, TN	6	16
2016-04-03	Chris Marks - BBQ Boot Camp Day 2	Sellersburg, IN	-6	—
2016-04-03	Fergolicious Unleashed Competition BBQ Class	Gardner, KS	-6	—
2016-04-15	*QC BBQ Grill-IN and Cookoff at Quail Creek Resort (BACKYARD)	Hartselle, AL	6	—
2016-04-02	Chris Marks - BBQ Boot Camp Day 1	Sellersburg, IN	-7	—
2016-04-16	Certified BBQ Judge Class	Sellersburg, IN	7	—
2016-04-01	5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship	Arciadia, CA	-8	72
2016-04-01	Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief	Pleasant Hill, MO	-8	72
2016-04-01	Cedar Fest BBQ	Cedar Park, TX	-8	67
2016-04-01	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest	Jackson, TN	-8	61
2016-04-01	The Ironman	Greencastle, PA	-8	54
2016-04-01	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	Stillwater, OK	-8	44
2016-04-01	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Renton, WA	-8	30
2016-04-01	* Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL)	Vero Beach, FL	-8	25
2016-04-20	Certified BBQ Judge Class	Overland Park, KS	11	—
2016-04-22	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	Springfield, MO	13	61
2016-04-22	8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge	Overland Park, KS	13	60
2016-04-22	Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off	Lexington, NC	13	54
2016-04-22	CCS Fest: CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition	Indianapolis, IN	13	49
2016-04-22	Bynum School's Best of the Basin	Midland, TX	13	46
2016-04-22	Central Iowa Expo BBQ (Day 1) (Judges Full)	Boone, IA	13	42
2016-04-22	Southaven Springfest	Southaven, MS	13	41
2016-04-22	Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition	Morris, OK	13	31
2016-04-22	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Las Vegas, NV	13	30
2016-04-22	Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship	Mt. Carmel, IL	13	30
2016-04-22	Mike Davis - Lotta Bull BBQ Tell "ALL" Class	Waynesboro, GA	13	—
2016-04-22	2nd Annual Smokin Ain't Allowed in School Backyard BBQ Fest (Backyard)	Gurley, AL	13	—
2016-04-23	Central Iowa Expo BBQ (Day 2) (Judges Full)	Boone, IA	14	36
2016-04-23	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II	Hoofdorp, NL	14	34
2016-04-23	Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016	Salzburg Austria, AT	14	16
2016-03-26	Harry Soo - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ 101 Class	Diamond Bar, CA	-14	—
2016-03-26	Table Captain Class	Des Moines, IA	-14	—
2016-03-26	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Dickson, TN	-14	—
2016-03-26	Certified BBQ Judge Class	Des Moines, IA	-14	—
2016-03-26	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Stillwater, OK	-14	—
2016-04-23	Harry Soo - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ 101 Class	Diamond Bar, CA	14	—
2016-04-23	Southern Hot Wing Festival (Competitor's Series)	Memphis, TN	14	—
2016-04-23	Backyard BBQ Brawl in the Boro (BACKYARD)	Murfresboro, TN	14	—
2016-04-23	Table Captain Class	Omaha, NE	14	—
2016-04-23	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Omaha, NE	14	—
2016-03-25	Firelake BBQ Cook Off	Shawnee, OK	-15	66
2016-03-25	Hamond BBQ	Hammond, LA	-15	58
2016-03-25	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Reno, NV	-15	29
2016-03-25	Donny Bray - Warren County Pork Choppers BBQ Class	Bowling Green, KY	-15	—
2016-03-25	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	-15	—
2016-04-24	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Maynard, MA	15	—

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.