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 30, 2016 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Racing for the BBQ

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±2 weeks either side

The weekends around yours

How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	vs. your date	Field
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	Racing for the BBQ	Lee's Summit, MO	1 day before	54
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic	Vista, CA	1 day before	42
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	Blues.Brews & Barbecue	Birch Run, MI	1 day before	39
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest	Dodge City, KS	1 day before	37
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ	Iola, KS	1 day before	36
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off	Hartselle, AL	1 day before	33
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Des Moines, IA	1 day before	28
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	SanLuis Valley Beat The Heat Brew BBQ & Chili Challenge	Alamosa, CO	1 day before	27
Jul 29, 2016	Great Northern BBQ Cancelled	Brainerd, MN	1 day before	26
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	The Great Adirondack BBQ Festival	Old Forge, NY	1 day before	24
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival	Summerville, SC	1 day before	22
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	2016 Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge	Gilroy, CA	1 day before	20
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	Birdies Barnyard BBQ	Kohler, WI	1 day before	17
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	Mark Lambert - Barbecue Live Cooking Class	Memphis, TN	1 day before	—
Jul 29, 2016 Your weekend	Donny Teel - Buffalo's BBQ	Mansfield, TX	1 day before	—
Jul 28, 2016 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Birch Run, MI	2 days before	—
Aug 5, 2016	24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska	Omaha, NE	6 days after	70
Aug 5, 2016	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	Dillard, GA	6 days after	56
Aug 5, 2016	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	Laurie, MO	6 days after	50
Aug 5, 2016	Pigs & Pedals	Asheboro, NC	6 days after	47
Aug 5, 2016	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons	Huntington Beach, CA	6 days after	36
Aug 5, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Laurel, MD	6 days after	29
Aug 5, 2016	Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest	Rossville, KS	6 days after	29
Aug 5, 2016	Badger Brew & Que I (Day 1)	Manitowoc, WI	6 days after	27
Aug 5, 2016	Pit at the Park	Macungie, PA	6 days after	23
Aug 5, 2016	Holy Smokes BBQ Competition	Cincinnati, OH	6 days after	23
Aug 5, 2016	2016 Clayton Rib Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES )	Clayton, CA	6 days after	17
Aug 5, 2016	All American BBQ Throwdown	Westland, MI	6 days after	16
Aug 5, 2016	Smokin at the Maples Cancelled	Manorville, NY	6 days after	—
Aug 5, 2016	Certified BBQ Judge Class	Ottawa, Canada	6 days after	—
Aug 6, 2016	Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship	Ottawa, Canada	7 days after	41
Aug 6, 2016	Smoke in the North	Gothenburg, Sweden	7 days after	31
Jul 23, 2016	Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival	Millheim, Germany	7 days before	29
Jul 23, 2016	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	Windsor, VT	7 days before	26
Aug 6, 2016	Badger Brew & Que II (Day 2)	Manitowoc, WI	7 days after	22
Aug 6, 2016	Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown	North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada	7 days after	17
Jul 23, 2016	Richard Fergola - Fergolicious Backyard BBQ Bootcamp 2016	Manhattan, KS	7 days before	—
Jul 22, 2016	The Kansas Smithfield Guinea Pig	Desoto, KS	8 days before	49
Jul 22, 2016	WNC BBQ Festival-	Maggie Valley, NC	8 days before	49
Jul 22, 2016	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest	Dyersburg, TN	8 days before	47
Jul 22, 2016	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Mason City, IA	8 days before	47
Jul 22, 2016	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown)	Peoria, IL	8 days before	37
Jul 22, 2016	Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest	Arvada, CO	8 days before	35
Jul 22, 2016	Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island	Kingston, RI	8 days before	34
Jul 22, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Woodbury, MN	8 days before	30
Jul 22, 2016	EffingHAM Jam	Effingham, IL	8 days before	29
Jul 22, 2016	Smoking in the Woods	Kingdom City, MO	8 days before	18
Jul 22, 2016	Southern Tier Brew & BBQ Festival Cancelled	Owego, NY	8 days before	—
Jul 22, 2016	Smoke on the Border ( CANCELED)	Lloydminster Alberta, Canada	8 days before	—
Jul 21, 2016	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Kansas City, MO	9 days before	—
Aug 11, 2016	Certified BBQ Judging Class - CANCELLED	Winston, MO	12 days after	—
Aug 12, 2016	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Bel Air, MD	13 days after	42
Aug 12, 2016	Lake Minnetonka BBQ & Beer Fest (Teams spots Full)	Tonka Bay, MN	13 days after	35
Aug 12, 2016	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	Franklin, NC	13 days after	34
Aug 12, 2016	Smokin' In McMinnville	McMinnville, TN	13 days after	32
Aug 12, 2016	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ	Woodward, OK	13 days after	29
Aug 12, 2016	Atlanta Bar B Q Festival	Atlanta, GA	13 days after	28
Aug 12, 2016	Salamanca Rock'in Ribfest	Salamanca, NY	13 days after	28
Aug 12, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Richmond, VA	13 days after	28
Aug 12, 2016	Best of the West	Sheridan, WY	13 days after	26
Aug 12, 2016	Smokin' Trackside BBQ & Brew Bash	Winston, MO	13 days after	17
Aug 12, 2016	Holy Smoke BBQ Competition	Liberty, MO	13 days after	16
Jul 17, 2016	Ed Maurin - Fast Eddy's Restaurant and Catering Class	Ponca City, OK	13 days before	—
Aug 12, 2016	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Gothenburg, Sweden	13 days after	—
Aug 12, 2016	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Russellville, AR	13 days after	—
Aug 12, 2016	All Fired UP Cancelled	Berryton, KS	13 days after	—
Jul 16, 2016	Wine,Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! Day 2	New Palestine, IN	14 days before	33
Aug 13, 2016	Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff	Russellville, AR	14 days after	28
Aug 13, 2016	Oslofjord BBQ Challenge	Oslo, Norway	14 days after	28
Jul 16, 2016	Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest	Old Orchard Beach, ME	14 days before	26
Aug 13, 2016	New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton	New London, CT	14 days after	25
Aug 13, 2016	Table Captain Class	Russellville, AR	14 days after	—
Jul 15, 2016	Del Mar BBQ Championship	Del Mar, CA	15 days before	47
Jul 15, 2016	Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ	Burlington, KS	15 days before	46
Jul 15, 2016	RiverFest Red White and Que	Bellevue, NE	15 days before	45
Jul 15, 2016	Cookin' on Kampeska	Watertown, SD	15 days before	41
Jul 15, 2016	Wine,Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	New Palestine, IN	15 days before	39
Jul 15, 2016	BBQ'Loo & Blues Too	Waterloo, IA	15 days before	32
Jul 15, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	South Bend, IN	15 days before	28
Jul 15, 2016	Griller's Cup	Laramie, WY	15 days before	27
Jul 15, 2016	Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship	Galax, VA	15 days before	25
Jul 15, 2016	Ribs on the River Cancelled	Yorkville, IL	15 days before	—
Aug 14, 2016	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Oslo, Norway	15 days after	—
Jul 14, 2016	Richard Fergola - Hybrid Q Class	Lehi, UT	16 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.