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 · everywhere, because no place is set
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.
- 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 | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-16 Your weekend | Wine,Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! Day 2 | New Palestine, IN | 0 | 33 |
| 2016-07-16 Your weekend | *Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest | Old Orchard Beach, ME | 0 | 26 |
| 2016-07-15 Your weekend | Del Mar BBQ Championship | Del Mar, CA | -1 | 47 |
| 2016-07-15 Your weekend | Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ | Burlington, KS | -1 | 46 |
| 2016-07-15 Your weekend | RiverFest Red White and Que | Bellevue, NE | -1 | 45 |
| 2016-07-15 Your weekend | Cookin' on Kampeska | Watertown, SD | -1 | 41 |
| 2016-07-15 Your weekend | Wine,Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! | New Palestine, IN | -1 | 39 |
| 2016-07-15 Your weekend | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | Waterloo, IA | -1 | 32 |
| 2016-07-15 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | South Bend, IN | -1 | 28 |
| 2016-07-15 Your weekend | Griller's Cup | Laramie, WY | -1 | 27 |
| 2016-07-15 Your weekend | Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship | Galax, VA | -1 | 25 |
| 2016-07-15 | *Ribs on the River Cancelled | Yorkville, IL | -1 | — |
| 2016-07-17 Your weekend | Ed Maurin - Fast Eddy's Restaurant and Catering Class | Ponca City, OK | 1 | — |
| 2016-07-14 Your weekend | Richard Fergola - Hybrid Q Class | Lehi, UT | -2 | — |
| 2016-07-21 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Kansas City, MO | 5 | — |
| 2016-07-22 | The Kansas Smithfield Guinea Pig | Desoto, KS | 6 | 49 |
| 2016-07-22 | WNC BBQ Festival- | Maggie Valley, NC | 6 | 49 |
| 2016-07-22 | BBQ Fest Cooking Contest | Dyersburg, TN | 6 | 47 |
| 2016-07-22 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | Mason City, IA | 6 | 47 |
| 2016-07-22 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown) | Peoria, IL | 6 | 37 |
| 2016-07-22 | Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest | Arvada, CO | 6 | 35 |
| 2016-07-22 | Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island | Kingston, RI | 6 | 34 |
| 2016-07-22 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Woodbury, MN | 6 | 30 |
| 2016-07-22 | EffingHAM Jam | Effingham, IL | 6 | 29 |
| 2016-07-22 | Smoking in the Woods | Kingdom City, MO | 6 | 18 |
| 2016-07-10 | Richard Fergola - Hybrid Q Class | Evansville, WI | -6 | — |
| 2016-07-22 | Southern Tier Brew & BBQ Festival Cancelled | Owego, NY | 6 | — |
| 2016-07-22 | Smoke on the Border( CANCELED) | Lloydminster Alberta , Canada, T9V2T7 | 6 | — |
| 2016-07-09 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat | Green Bay, WI | -7 | 55 |
| 2016-07-23 | Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival | Millheim, DE | 7 | 29 |
| 2016-07-23 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival | Windsor, VT | 7 | 26 |
| 2016-07-23 | Richard Fergola - Fergolicious Backyard BBQ Bootcamp 2016 | Manhattan, KS | 7 | — |
| 2016-07-08 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat | Green Bay, WI | -8 | 66 |
| 2016-07-08 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | North Wildwood, NJ | -8 | 65 |
| 2016-07-08 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge | Warrensburg, MO | -8 | 40 |
| 2016-07-08 | 15th Annual Bordertown Bash | Fort Smith, AR | -8 | 39 |
| 2016-07-08 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | Petaluma, CA | -8 | 38 |
| 2016-07-08 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | Kettering, OH | -8 | 34 |
| 2016-07-08 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Indianapolis, IN | -8 | 30 |
| 2016-07-08 | 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | Wellsville, MO | -8 | 26 |
| 2016-07-08 | Chillin & Grillin In The Glades | Wise, VA | -8 | 26 |
| 2016-07-08 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In | Jamestown, TN | -8 | 22 |
| 2016-07-08 | Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sound Festival | Drayton, ON | -8 | 17 |
| 2016-07-08 | BassPro Shops BBQ Blitz ( CANCELLED) | Foxborough, MA | -8 | — |
| 2016-07-08 | Buttes, Boots n' BBQ Cancelled | Crested Butte, CO | -8 | — |
| 2016-07-07 | SC Festival of Discovery | Greenwood, SC | -9 | 82 |
| 2016-07-04 | Liberty4thFest Barbecue Contest Cancelled | Liberty, MO | -12 | — |
| 2016-07-28 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Birch Run, MI | 12 | — |
| 2016-07-29 | Racing for the BBQ | Lee's Summit, MO | 13 | 54 |
| 2016-07-29 | 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic | Vista, CA | 13 | 42 |
| 2016-07-29 | Blues.Brews & Barbecue | Birch Run, MI | 13 | 39 |
| 2016-07-29 | The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest | Dodge City, KS | 13 | 37 |
| 2016-07-29 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | Iola, KS | 13 | 36 |
| 2016-07-29 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off | Hartselle, AL | 13 | 33 |
| 2016-07-29 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Des Moines, IA | 13 | 28 |
| 2016-07-29 | SanLuis Valley Beat The Heat Brew BBQ & Chili Challenge | Alamosa, CO | 13 | 27 |
| 2016-07-29 | Great Northern BBQ Cancelled | Brainerd, MN | 13 | 26 |
| 2016-07-29 | The Great Adirondack BBQ Festival | Old Forge, NY | 13 | 24 |
| 2016-07-29 | Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival | Summerville, SC | 13 | 22 |
| 2016-07-29 | 2016 Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge | Gilroy, CA | 13 | 20 |
| 2016-07-29 | Birdies Barnyard BBQ | Kohler, WI | 13 | 17 |
| 2016-07-29 | Mark Lambert - Barbecue Live Cooking Class | Memphis, TN | 13 | — |
| 2016-07-29 | Donny Teel - Buffalo's BBQ | Mansfield, TX | 13 | — |
| 2016-07-02 | 13th Annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship State championship | Rio Rancho, NM | -14 | 31 |
| 2016-07-02 | I love Barbecue & Music Festival | Lake Placid, NY | -14 | 28 |
| 2016-07-02 | *Hot Pursuit BBQ | Shawnee, OK | -14 | 27 |
| 2016-07-02 | Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP | Gaiarine, Italy, IT | -14 | 18 |
| 2016-07-02 | BBQ An Der Burg | Geestland,, DE | -14 | 12 |
| 2016-07-02 | Made in New York Festival BBQ Cook Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Cancelled | Sackets Harbor, NY | -14 | — |
| 2016-07-01 | Hutchfest BBQ Cook-off | Hutchinson, KS | -15 | 38 |
| 2016-07-01 | Back to Mayberry BBQ | Whiting, IA | -15 | 35 |
| 2016-07-01 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Marietta, GA | -15 | 30 |
| 2016-07-01 | Grillin' in Grafton | Grafton, WI | -15 | 29 |
| 2016-07-01 | Fire on the Mountain | Leburn, KY | -15 | 15 |
| 2016-07-01 | Table Captain Class | Shawnee, OK | -15 | — |
| 2016-07-01 | Patriotism In The Park- BBQ Contest (BACKYARD) | Bristow, OK | -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.