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, August 27, 2016 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
22
sanctioned contests
In the window
108
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 13 Jul 16
- 15 Jul 23
- 15 Jul 30
- 17 Aug 6
- 19 Aug 13
- 19 Aug 20
- 22 Aug 27
- 18 Sep 3
- 21 Sep 10
- 20 Sep 17
- 24 Sep 24
- 12 Oct 1
- 20 Oct 8
The weekend of Oct 1 is the quietest in range: 12 contests. The biggest thing on it is Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-27 Your weekend | Regahfest 2016 | Den Hagg, NL | 0 | 35 |
| 2016-08-27 Your weekend | Chris Marks - BBQ Boot Camp | Sellersburg, IN | 0 | — |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Lubbock, TX | -1 | 72 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | New Holland Summer Fest | New Holland, PA | -1 | 66 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | Paola, KS | -1 | 61 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | 9th Annual Big Island BBQ | Albert Lea, MN | -1 | 48 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | 5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque | Washington Island, WI | -1 | 42 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Kennesaw, GA | -1 | 38 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | Wendover, NV | -1 | 37 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Grill Games | Kenosha, WI | -1 | 37 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Smokin' On Oak | Bonner Springs, KS | -1 | 37 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | BBQ on the Bricks | Kearney, NE | -1 | 34 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Ribstock | Marne, MI | -1 | 32 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club | Franklin, TN | -1 | 31 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ | Hill City, SD | -1 | 31 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | N. Charleston, SC | -1 | 30 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Boydton's Big Bad BBQ | Boydton, VA | -1 | 28 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Grills 'N' Grilles(presented by the United Way of Nevada Country) | Penn Valley, CA | -1 | 28 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | *Downtown BBQ Showdown(BACKYARD ONLY) | Meridian, MS | -1 | 22 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) | Ceres, CA | -1 | 22 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest | Fleischmanns, NY | -1 | 15 |
| 2016-08-26 Your weekend | Smoke in the Valley | Pikeville, TN | -1 | 12 |
| 2016-08-26 | * Oak Grove BBQ and Lemonade Cancelled | Lone Jack, MO | -1 | — |
| 2016-08-26 | *Shriner's Smoke on the Ohio Cancelled | Evansville, IN | -1 | — |
| 2016-09-01 | Table Captain Class | Appleton City, MO | 5 | — |
| 2016-09-01 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Appleton City, MO | 5 | — |
| 2016-09-02 | Smokin' Brew BBQ Cancelled | Parker, CO | 6 | 51 |
| 2016-09-02 | 6th Annual Smokin' In the Bogs | Warrens, WI | 6 | 32 |
| 2016-09-02 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Ypsilanti, MI | 6 | 30 |
| 2016-09-02 | Homecoming 2016 | Vernon, IN | 6 | 26 |
| 2016-09-02 | *Low Country Hog Fest | Charleston, SC | 6 | 26 |
| 2016-09-02 | Rockin Apples Festival | Appleton City, MO | 6 | 23 |
| 2016-09-02 | Beach Boogie & BBQ Festival | Myrtle Beach, SC | 6 | 17 |
| 2016-09-02 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 6 | — |
| 2016-09-03 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Bedford, TX | 7 | 58 |
| 2016-09-03 | Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge | Omaha, NE | 7 | 45 |
| 2016-09-03 | BBQ on the Bow | Calgary, Alberta, CA | 7 | 35 |
| 2016-09-03 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke | Geneva, NY | 7 | 35 |
| 2016-08-20 | EUregio Barbecue Festival | Waldfeutch-Haaren/NRW, NR | -7 | 28 |
| 2016-09-03 | Big Muddy Brew n Que(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Winona, MN | 7 | 20 |
| 2016-08-20 | Illinois BBQ Fest at Hillcrest Event Center | Orion, IL | -7 | 12 |
| 2016-08-20 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Waldfeutch-Haaren, | -7 | — |
| 2016-08-20 | Pilgrim's 2nd Annual Cook-Off(BACKYARD) | Russellville, AL | -7 | — |
| 2016-08-20 | KC Kosher BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Overland Park, KS | -7 | — |
| 2016-09-03 | Blues,View,and BBQ Cooking for a cause(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Westport, CT | 7 | — |
| 2016-09-03 | Travis Clark - Clark Crew BBQ Competition BBQ Class | Yukon, OK | 7 | — |
| 2016-09-03 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Humble, TX | 7 | — |
| 2016-09-03 | Bears Smokehouse New England BBQ Championship Cancelled | Hartford, CT | 7 | — |
| 2016-09-03 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bedford, TX | 7 | — |
| 2016-08-19 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval | Madison, IN | -8 | 63 |
| 2016-08-19 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | Excelsior Springs, MO | -8 | 56 |
| 2016-08-19 | Hudson Valley Ribfest | New Paltz, NY | -8 | 52 |
| 2016-08-19 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest | Cape Girardeau, MO | -8 | 51 |
| 2016-08-19 | Stand by Your Grill | Fulton, MS | -8 | 40 |
| 2016-08-19 | Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier) | Athens, GA | -8 | 39 |
| 2016-08-19 | SMSU Smokefest | Marshall, MN | -8 | 37 |
| 2016-08-19 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | Emporia, KS | -8 | 33 |
| 2016-08-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | South Windsor, CT | -8 | 26 |
| 2016-08-19 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | -8 | 26 |
| 2016-08-19 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | Winnipeg, R3C5S5 | -8 | 25 |
| 2016-08-19 | Oaktown Throwdown BBQ | Oakland, CA | -8 | 21 |
| 2016-08-19 | 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival | Long Beach, CA | -8 | 18 |
| 2016-08-19 | Estonian BBQ Festival Cancelled | Vanamoisa,Saue vald,Harju mk, EE | -8 | — |
| 2016-08-19 | Stokin' the Fire BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Birmingham, AL | -8 | — |
| 2016-08-18 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cape Girardeau, MO | -9 | — |
| 2016-09-09 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | Independence, MO | 13 | 76 |
| 2016-09-09 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | Grand Junction, CO | 13 | 49 |
| 2016-09-09 | Beak Week BBQ Challenge | Goldsboro, NC | 13 | 44 |
| 2016-09-09 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest | Decatur, AL | 13 | 41 |
| 2016-09-09 | *Derby BBQ Festival | Derby, KS | 13 | 38 |
| 2016-09-09 | Puckaway Pigfest | Montello, WI | 13 | 37 |
| 2016-09-09 | Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll | Vermillion, SD | 13 | 34 |
| 2016-09-09 | Fiddle 'N Pig Shindig Cancelled | Fort Mill, SC | 13 | 32 |
| 2016-09-09 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Kansas City, MO | 13 | 30 |
| 2016-09-09 | The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff | Cookeville, TN | 13 | 30 |
| 2016-09-09 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ | Millington, TN | 13 | 29 |
| 2016-09-09 | 12th Annual Recovery Fest/7th Annual BBQ State Championship State championship | Richmond, VA | 13 | 25 |
| 2016-09-09 | *Balloons, Blues & BBQ | Bloomington, IN | 13 | 20 |
| 2016-09-09 | Nostrano Garlic Festival Presents: Great Maine BBQ Challenge at Smuggler's Den Campground | Southwest Harbor, ME | 13 | 20 |
| 2016-08-14 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Oslo, | -13 | — |
| 2016-09-09 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Brescia, | 13 | — |
| 2016-09-09 | Table Captain Class | Richmond, VA | 13 | — |
| 2016-09-09 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Grand Junction, CO | 13 | — |
| 2016-09-10 | Philadelphia's Inaugural Fire Up HOPE | Devon, PA | 14 | 33 |
| 2016-08-13 | * Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff | Russellville, AR | -14 | 28 |
| 2016-08-13 | Oslofjord BBQ Challenge | OSLO, Norway, NO | -14 | 28 |
| 2016-09-10 | Farm Meat | Dongen, NL | 14 | 27 |
| 2016-09-10 | Brixia 4 Star Championship | Brescia, IT | 14 | 26 |
| 2016-08-13 | New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton | New London, CT | -14 | 25 |
| 2016-09-10 | BBQ off the Bypass | Langley, British of Columbia, BC | 14 | 18 |
| 2016-09-10 | *St. Louis 1st Annual Kosher BBQ Cookoff( COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Olivette, MO | 14 | 8 |
| 2016-08-13 | Table Captain Class | Russellville, AR | -14 | — |
| 2016-09-10 | Burger Battle at the View(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Cancelled | Gulfport, MS | 14 | — |
| 2016-08-12 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Bel Air, MD | -15 | 42 |
| 2016-08-12 | Lake Minnetonka BBQ & Beer Fest (Teams spots Full) | Tonka Bay, MN | -15 | 35 |
| 2016-08-12 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show | Franklin, NC | -15 | 34 |
| 2016-08-12 | Smokin' In McMinnville | McMinnville, TN | -15 | 32 |
| 2016-08-12 | CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ | Woodward, OK | -15 | 29 |
| 2016-08-12 | Atlanta Bar B Q Festival | Atlanta, GA | -15 | 28 |
| 2016-08-12 | Salamanca Rock'in Ribfest | Salamanca, NY | -15 | 28 |
| 2016-08-12 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Richmond, VA | -15 | 28 |
| 2016-08-12 | Best of the West | Sheridan, WY | -15 | 26 |
| 2016-08-12 | Smokin' Trackside BBQ & Brew Bash | Winston, MO | -15 | 17 |
| 2016-08-12 | Holy Smoke BBQ Competition | Liberty, MO | -15 | 16 |
| 2016-08-12 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Gothenburg, | -15 | — |
| 2016-08-12 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Russellville, AR | -15 | — |
| 2016-08-12 | *All Fired UP Cancelled | Berryton, KS | -15 | — |
| 2016-08-11 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CANCELLED | Winston, MO | -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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