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, May 14, 2016 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
22
sanctioned contests
In the window
105
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 11 Apr 2
- 16 Apr 9
- 12 Apr 16
- 22 Apr 23
- 21 Apr 30
- 21 May 7
- 22 May 14
- 22 May 21
- 18 May 28
- 29 Jun 4
- 28 Jun 11
- 21 Jun 18
- 30 Jun 25
The weekend of Apr 2 is the quietest in range: 11 contests. The biggest thing on it is 5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-14 Your weekend | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL | 0 | 65 |
| 2016-05-14 Your weekend | Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch | Aldersyde, Alberta Canada, T0L1T0 | 0 | 34 |
| 2016-05-14 Your weekend | Pete Warner - BBQ Fundamentals | Marietta, GA | 0 | — |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | BBQ Jamboree | Fredericksburg, VA | -1 | 72 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | Minnesota in May | Falcon Heights, MN | -1 | 71 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | 21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort | Platte City, MO | -1 | 51 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | West Coast BBQ Classic | Long Beach, CA | -1 | 44 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) State championship | Waynesboro, GA | -1 | 41 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | Roman Roast on the River | Rome, GA | -1 | 36 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | BBQ in the Bluffs | Council Bluffs, IA | -1 | 33 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | Wild West BBQ Cook Off | Lamar, CO | -1 | 33 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | 2016 Smokin in the Wood BBQ Competition | Greenwood, MO | -1 | 30 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Bowling Green, KY | -1 | 29 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | Boots and BBQ Festival | Claremore, OK | -1 | 28 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | Rockin BBQ | Warsaw, IN | -1 | 28 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest | Ashland, MS | -1 | 26 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | Madison Magazine BBQ Festival | Sauk City, WI | -1 | 19 |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | Smoke on the Water ( Backyard Contest) | Florence, AL | -1 | — |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | The Pearl City Picnic (Competitor's Series) | Muscatine, IA | -1 | — |
| 2016-05-13 Your weekend | Fire on the Mountain BBQ Cook Off and Spring Festival (BACKYARD BBQ CONTEST ONLY) | Arab, AL | -1 | — |
| 2016-05-12 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Nieuw Vennep, | -2 | — |
| 2016-05-12 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Nieuw Vennep, | -2 | — |
| 2016-05-20 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | Sevierville, TN | 6 | 46 |
| 2016-05-20 | Grand Lake BBQ & Festival | Langley, OK | 6 | 46 |
| 2016-05-20 | 5th Annual Valley Veteran's BBQ Competition | Valley, NE | 6 | 42 |
| 2016-05-08 | Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ | Hasselt, Belgium, BE | -6 | 40 |
| 2016-05-20 | Smokin' for Garrett | Boonville, IN | 6 | 35 |
| 2016-05-20 | Salt City BBQ Festival | Syracuse, NY | 6 | 32 |
| 2016-05-20 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | Ayden, NC | 6 | 30 |
| 2016-05-20 | Barber Q Battle | Birmingham, AL | 6 | 30 |
| 2016-05-20 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Southhaven, MS | 6 | 29 |
| 2016-05-20 | *2nd Annual Pork in the Park | Wyandotte, MI | 6 | 28 |
| 2016-05-20 | BBQ 4 ASTOP | Fond du Lac, WI | 6 | 28 |
| 2016-05-20 | Chesapeake Jubilee | Chesapeake, VA | 6 | 26 |
| 2016-05-20 | Saltwater Brew 'N' Que | Chincoteague, VA | 6 | 23 |
| 2016-05-20 | Piggin In The Park | Woodruff, SC | 6 | 20 |
| 2016-05-20 | Rod Gray - Pellet Envy | Overland Park, KS | 6 | — |
| 2016-05-20 | Mike Davis - Lotta Bull BBQ Tell "ALL" Class | Lehi, UT | 6 | — |
| 2016-05-20 | * Loving Learners BBQ Smoke Off( Cancelled) | Wichita, KS | 6 | — |
| 2016-05-20 | Table Captain Class | Syracuse, NY | 6 | — |
| 2016-05-21 | Bohemian BBQ | Prague, CZ | 7 | 22 |
| 2016-05-21 | Triple B Festival | Kenora, ON | 7 | 17 |
| 2016-05-07 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Kertemindevejen, | -7 | — |
| 2016-05-07 | Harry Soo - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ 101 Class | Diamond Bar, CA | -7 | — |
| 2016-05-21 | Table Captain Class | Onalaska, WI | 7 | — |
| 2016-05-21 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Onalaska, WI | 7 | — |
| 2016-05-21 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Clayton, CA | 7 | — |
| 2016-05-06 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | Bixby, OK | -8 | 83 |
| 2016-05-06 | Jiggy With the Piggy | Kannapolis, NC | -8 | 76 |
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Huntsville, AL | -8 | 67 |
| 2016-05-06 | Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival | Annapolis, MD | -8 | 51 |
| 2016-05-06 | Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition | Greenlane, PA | -8 | 47 |
| 2016-05-06 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | Lawrence, KS | -8 | 42 |
| 2016-05-06 | Route 66 Smoke Out | Dwight, IL | -8 | 40 |
| 2016-05-06 | 4th Annual BBQ Throwdown | Show Low, AZ | -8 | 39 |
| 2016-05-06 | Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship | Mesquite, NV | -8 | 35 |
| 2016-05-06 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | Columbia, MO | -8 | 32 |
| 2016-05-06 | Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q | St. Joseph, MO | -8 | 31 |
| 2016-05-06 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | St. Charles, MO | -8 | 30 |
| 2016-05-06 | Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q | Lansing, KS | -8 | 30 |
| 2016-05-06 | *George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge | Lucedale, MS | -8 | 27 |
| 2016-05-06 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship | Grandview, MO | -8 | 25 |
| 2016-05-06 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series) | Kansas City, MO | -8 | 24 |
| 2016-05-05 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CANCELLED | Mesquite, NV | -9 | — |
| 2016-05-05 | 1st Annual Grillin N Chillin BBQ Celebra-cation ( Canceled ) | Cancun, | -9 | — |
| 2016-05-26 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CANCELLED | Robinson, TX | 12 | — |
| 2016-05-27 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Evans, GA | 13 | 66 |
| 2016-05-27 | The National BBQ Cup (Day 1) | Nashville, TN | 13 | 51 |
| 2016-05-27 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 1) | Westmont, IL | 13 | 42 |
| 2016-05-27 | Best Dam Barbecue | Boulder City, NV | 13 | 36 |
| 2016-05-27 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff | Lewisburg, TN | 13 | 31 |
| 2016-05-27 | PigMaina Lima | Lima, OH | 13 | 29 |
| 2016-05-27 | 35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off | Kennett, MO | 13 | 28 |
| 2016-05-27 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | Brookhaven, MS | 13 | 25 |
| 2016-05-27 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Private Class | Nashville, TN | 13 | — |
| 2016-05-27 | Table Captain Class- CANCELLED | Robinson, TX | 13 | — |
| 2016-05-27 | Hog Wild Cancelled | Robinson, TX | 13 | — |
| 2016-05-27 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2016-05-27 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | North Bend, OR | 13 | — |
| 2016-04-30 | Masters in May- The Classic | Appleton, WI | -14 | 58 |
| 2016-05-28 | Red, White & BBQ (Day 2) | Westmont, IL | 14 | 55 |
| 2016-05-28 | The National BBQ Cup (Day 2) | Nashville, TN | 14 | 50 |
| 2016-05-28 | Roc City Rib Fest | Rochester, NY | 14 | 50 |
| 2016-05-28 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | North Bend, OR | 14 | 43 |
| 2016-04-30 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival | Ridgefield, CT | -14 | 39 |
| 2016-04-30 | Smokin on the Water 2 | Liberty, IN | -14 | 35 |
| 2016-04-30 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship( BACK YARD) | Elk Grove, CA | -14 | 28 |
| 2016-04-30 | Smoke By the River | Brugg, CH | -14 | 20 |
| 2016-04-30 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cary, NC | -14 | — |
| 2016-04-30 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Watertown, SD | -14 | — |
| 2016-05-28 | Harry Soo - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ 101 Class | Diamond Bar, CA | 14 | — |
| 2016-04-29 | Masters in May | Appleton, WI | -15 | 59 |
| 2016-04-29 | 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin | Lanexa, VA | -15 | 48 |
| 2016-04-29 | BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) | Calhoun, GA | -15 | 35 |
| 2016-04-29 | Smokin on the Water | Liberty, IN | -15 | 33 |
| 2016-04-29 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship | Elk Grove, CA | -15 | 30 |
| 2016-04-29 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Overland Park, KS | -15 | 30 |
| 2016-04-29 | Smokin' in the Ville | Edwardsville, KS | -15 | 30 |
| 2016-04-29 | *Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off | Stuttgart, AR | -15 | 26 |
| 2016-04-29 | The G Town Smokin Showdown | Garnett, KS | -15 | 26 |
| 2016-04-29 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown | Boca Raton, FL | -15 | 16 |
| 2016-04-29 | Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST) | Chelsea, AL | -15 | 11 |
| 2016-04-29 | Mike Davis - Lotta Bull BBQ Tell "ALL" Class | Mulberry, TN | -15 | — |
| 2016-04-29 | Travis Clark - Clark Crew BBQ Competition BBQ Class | Yukon, OK | -15 | — |
| 2016-04-28 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Boca Raton, FL | -16 | — |
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.
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