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, July 16, 2016 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
13
sanctioned contests
In the window
76
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 29 Jun 4
- 28 Jun 11
- 21 Jun 18
- 30 Jun 25
- 13 Jul 2
- 15 Jul 9
- 13 Jul 16
- 15 Jul 23
- 15 Jul 30
- 17 Aug 6
- 19 Aug 13
- 19 Aug 20
- 22 Aug 27
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2016 Your weekend |
Wine,Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! Day 2 | New Palestine, IN | Same day | 33 |
| Jul 16, 2016 Your weekend |
Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest | Old Orchard Beach, ME | Same day | 26 |
| Jul 15, 2016 Your weekend |
Del Mar BBQ Championship | Del Mar, CA | 1 day before | 47 |
| Jul 15, 2016 Your weekend |
Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ | Burlington, KS | 1 day before | 46 |
| Jul 15, 2016 Your weekend |
RiverFest Red White and Que | Bellevue, NE | 1 day before | 45 |
| Jul 15, 2016 Your weekend |
Cookin' on Kampeska | Watertown, SD | 1 day before | 41 |
| Jul 15, 2016 Your weekend |
Wine,Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! | New Palestine, IN | 1 day before | 39 |
| Jul 15, 2016 Your weekend |
BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | Waterloo, IA | 1 day before | 32 |
| Jul 15, 2016 Your weekend |
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | South Bend, IN | 1 day before | 28 |
| Jul 15, 2016 Your weekend |
Griller's Cup | Laramie, WY | 1 day before | 27 |
| Jul 15, 2016 Your weekend |
Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship | Galax, VA | 1 day before | 25 |
| Jul 15, 2016 | Ribs on the River Cancelled | Yorkville, IL | 1 day before | — |
| Jul 17, 2016 Your weekend |
Ed Maurin - Fast Eddy's Restaurant and Catering Class | Ponca City, OK | 1 day after | — |
| Jul 14, 2016 Your weekend |
Richard Fergola - Hybrid Q Class | Lehi, UT | 2 days before | — |
| Jul 21, 2016 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Kansas City, MO | 5 days after | — |
| Jul 22, 2016 | The Kansas Smithfield Guinea Pig | Desoto, KS | 6 days after | 49 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | WNC BBQ Festival- | Maggie Valley, NC | 6 days after | 49 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | BBQ Fest Cooking Contest | Dyersburg, TN | 6 days after | 47 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | Mason City, IA | 6 days after | 47 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown) | Peoria, IL | 6 days after | 37 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest | Arvada, CO | 6 days after | 35 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island | Kingston, RI | 6 days after | 34 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Woodbury, MN | 6 days after | 30 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | EffingHAM Jam | Effingham, IL | 6 days after | 29 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Smoking in the Woods | Kingdom City, MO | 6 days after | 18 |
| Jul 10, 2016 | Richard Fergola - Hybrid Q Class | Evansville, WI | 6 days before | — |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Southern Tier Brew & BBQ Festival Cancelled | Owego, NY | 6 days after | — |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Smoke on the Border ( CANCELED) | Lloydminster Alberta, Canada | 6 days after | — |
| Jul 9, 2016 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat | Green Bay, WI | 7 days before | 55 |
| Jul 23, 2016 | Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival | Millheim, Germany | 7 days after | 29 |
| Jul 23, 2016 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival | Windsor, VT | 7 days after | 26 |
| Jul 23, 2016 | Richard Fergola - Fergolicious Backyard BBQ Bootcamp 2016 | Manhattan, KS | 7 days after | — |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat | Green Bay, WI | 8 days before | 66 |
| Jul 8, 2016 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 8 days before | 65 |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge | Warrensburg, MO | 8 days before | 40 |
| Jul 8, 2016 | 15th Annual Bordertown Bash | Fort Smith, AR | 8 days before | 39 |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | Petaluma, CA | 8 days before | 38 |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | Kettering, OH | 8 days before | 34 |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Indianapolis, IN | 8 days before | 30 |
| Jul 8, 2016 | 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | Wellsville, MO | 8 days before | 26 |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Chillin & Grillin In The Glades | Wise, VA | 8 days before | 26 |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In | Jamestown, TN | 8 days before | 22 |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sound Festival | Drayton, ON | 8 days before | 17 |
| Jul 8, 2016 | BassPro Shops BBQ Blitz ( CANCELLED) | Foxborough, MA | 8 days before | — |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Buttes, Boots n' BBQ Cancelled | Crested Butte, CO | 8 days before | — |
| Jul 7, 2016 | SC Festival of Discovery | Greenwood, SC | 9 days before | 82 |
| Jul 4, 2016 | Liberty4thFest Barbecue Contest Cancelled | Liberty, MO | 12 days before | — |
| Jul 28, 2016 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Birch Run, MI | 12 days after | — |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Racing for the BBQ | Lee's Summit, MO | 13 days after | 54 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic | Vista, CA | 13 days after | 42 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Blues.Brews & Barbecue | Birch Run, MI | 13 days after | 39 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest | Dodge City, KS | 13 days after | 37 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | Iola, KS | 13 days after | 36 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off | Hartselle, AL | 13 days after | 33 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Des Moines, IA | 13 days after | 28 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | SanLuis Valley Beat The Heat Brew BBQ & Chili Challenge | Alamosa, CO | 13 days after | 27 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Great Northern BBQ Cancelled | Brainerd, MN | 13 days after | 26 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | The Great Adirondack BBQ Festival | Old Forge, NY | 13 days after | 24 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival | Summerville, SC | 13 days after | 22 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | 2016 Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge | Gilroy, CA | 13 days after | 20 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Birdies Barnyard BBQ | Kohler, WI | 13 days after | 17 |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Mark Lambert - Barbecue Live Cooking Class | Memphis, TN | 13 days after | — |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Donny Teel - Buffalo's BBQ | Mansfield, TX | 13 days after | — |
| Jul 2, 2016 | 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship State championship | Rio Rancho, NM | 14 days before | 31 |
| Jul 2, 2016 | I love Barbecue & Music Festival | Lake Placid, NY | 14 days before | 28 |
| Jul 2, 2016 | Hot Pursuit BBQ | Shawnee, OK | 14 days before | 27 |
| Jul 2, 2016 | Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP | Gaiarine, Italy | 14 days before | 18 |
| Jul 2, 2016 | BBQ An Der Burg | Geestland, Germany | 14 days before | 12 |
| Jul 2, 2016 | Made in New York Festival BBQ Cook Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Cancelled | Sackets Harbor, NY | 14 days before | — |
| Jul 1, 2016 | Hutchfest BBQ Cook-off | Hutchinson, KS | 15 days before | 38 |
| Jul 1, 2016 | Back to Mayberry BBQ | Whiting, IA | 15 days before | 35 |
| Jul 1, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Marietta, GA | 15 days before | 30 |
| Jul 1, 2016 | Grillin' in Grafton | Grafton, WI | 15 days before | 29 |
| Jul 1, 2016 | Fire on the Mountain | Leburn, KY | 15 days before | 15 |
| Jul 1, 2016 | Table Captain Class | Shawnee, OK | 15 days before | — |
| Jul 1, 2016 | Patriotism In The Park- BBQ Contest (BACKYARD) | Bristow, OK | 15 days before | — |
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.