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, September 3, 2016 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
18
sanctioned contests
In the window
111
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 11 Oct 15
The weekend of Oct 15 is the quietest in range: 11 contests. The biggest thing on it is CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-03 Your weekend | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Bedford, TX | 0 | 58 |
| 2016-09-03 Your weekend | Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge | Omaha, NE | 0 | 45 |
| 2016-09-03 Your weekend | BBQ on the Bow | Calgary, Alberta, CA | 0 | 35 |
| 2016-09-03 Your weekend | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke | Geneva, NY | 0 | 35 |
| 2016-09-03 Your weekend | Big Muddy Brew n Que(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Winona, MN | 0 | 20 |
| 2016-09-03 Your weekend | Blues,View,and BBQ Cooking for a cause(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Westport, CT | 0 | — |
| 2016-09-03 Your weekend | Travis Clark - Clark Crew BBQ Competition BBQ Class | Yukon, OK | 0 | — |
| 2016-09-03 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Humble, TX | 0 | — |
| 2016-09-03 | Bears Smokehouse New England BBQ Championship Cancelled | Hartford, CT | 0 | — |
| 2016-09-03 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bedford, TX | 0 | — |
| 2016-09-02 | Smokin' Brew BBQ Cancelled | Parker, CO | -1 | 51 |
| 2016-09-02 Your weekend | 6th Annual Smokin' In the Bogs | Warrens, WI | -1 | 32 |
| 2016-09-02 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Ypsilanti, MI | -1 | 30 |
| 2016-09-02 Your weekend | Homecoming 2016 | Vernon, IN | -1 | 26 |
| 2016-09-02 Your weekend | *Low Country Hog Fest | Charleston, SC | -1 | 26 |
| 2016-09-02 Your weekend | Rockin Apples Festival | Appleton City, MO | -1 | 23 |
| 2016-09-02 Your weekend | Beach Boogie & BBQ Festival | Myrtle Beach, SC | -1 | 17 |
| 2016-09-02 Your weekend | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -1 | — |
| 2016-09-01 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Appleton City, MO | -2 | — |
| 2016-09-01 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Appleton City, MO | -2 | — |
| 2016-09-09 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | Independence, MO | 6 | 76 |
| 2016-09-09 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | Grand Junction, CO | 6 | 49 |
| 2016-09-09 | Beak Week BBQ Challenge | Goldsboro, NC | 6 | 44 |
| 2016-09-09 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest | Decatur, AL | 6 | 41 |
| 2016-09-09 | *Derby BBQ Festival | Derby, KS | 6 | 38 |
| 2016-09-09 | Puckaway Pigfest | Montello, WI | 6 | 37 |
| 2016-09-09 | Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll | Vermillion, SD | 6 | 34 |
| 2016-09-09 | Fiddle 'N Pig Shindig Cancelled | Fort Mill, SC | 6 | 32 |
| 2016-09-09 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Kansas City, MO | 6 | 30 |
| 2016-09-09 | The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff | Cookeville, TN | 6 | 30 |
| 2016-09-09 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ | Millington, TN | 6 | 29 |
| 2016-09-09 | 12th Annual Recovery Fest/7th Annual BBQ State Championship State championship | Richmond, VA | 6 | 25 |
| 2016-09-09 | *Balloons, Blues & BBQ | Bloomington, IN | 6 | 20 |
| 2016-09-09 | Nostrano Garlic Festival Presents: Great Maine BBQ Challenge at Smuggler's Den Campground | Southwest Harbor, ME | 6 | 20 |
| 2016-09-09 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Brescia, | 6 | — |
| 2016-09-09 | Table Captain Class | Richmond, VA | 6 | — |
| 2016-09-09 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Grand Junction, CO | 6 | — |
| 2016-08-27 | Regahfest 2016 | Den Hagg, NL | -7 | 35 |
| 2016-09-10 | Philadelphia's Inaugural Fire Up HOPE | Devon, PA | 7 | 33 |
| 2016-09-10 | Farm Meat | Dongen, NL | 7 | 27 |
| 2016-09-10 | Brixia 4 Star Championship | Brescia, IT | 7 | 26 |
| 2016-09-10 | BBQ off the Bypass | Langley, British of Columbia, BC | 7 | 18 |
| 2016-09-10 | *St. Louis 1st Annual Kosher BBQ Cookoff( COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Olivette, MO | 7 | 8 |
| 2016-08-27 | Chris Marks - BBQ Boot Camp | Sellersburg, IN | -7 | — |
| 2016-09-10 | Burger Battle at the View(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Cancelled | Gulfport, MS | 7 | — |
| 2016-08-26 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Lubbock, TX | -8 | 72 |
| 2016-08-26 | New Holland Summer Fest | New Holland, PA | -8 | 66 |
| 2016-08-26 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | Paola, KS | -8 | 61 |
| 2016-08-26 | 9th Annual Big Island BBQ | Albert Lea, MN | -8 | 48 |
| 2016-08-26 | 5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque | Washington Island, WI | -8 | 42 |
| 2016-08-26 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Kennesaw, GA | -8 | 38 |
| 2016-08-26 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | Wendover, NV | -8 | 37 |
| 2016-08-26 | Grill Games | Kenosha, WI | -8 | 37 |
| 2016-08-26 | Smokin' On Oak | Bonner Springs, KS | -8 | 37 |
| 2016-08-26 | BBQ on the Bricks | Kearney, NE | -8 | 34 |
| 2016-08-26 | Ribstock | Marne, MI | -8 | 32 |
| 2016-08-26 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club | Franklin, TN | -8 | 31 |
| 2016-08-26 | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ | Hill City, SD | -8 | 31 |
| 2016-08-26 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | N. Charleston, SC | -8 | 30 |
| 2016-08-26 | Boydton's Big Bad BBQ | Boydton, VA | -8 | 28 |
| 2016-08-26 | Grills 'N' Grilles(presented by the United Way of Nevada Country) | Penn Valley, CA | -8 | 28 |
| 2016-08-26 | *Downtown BBQ Showdown(BACKYARD ONLY) | Meridian, MS | -8 | 22 |
| 2016-08-26 | Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) | Ceres, CA | -8 | 22 |
| 2016-08-26 | The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest | Fleischmanns, NY | -8 | 15 |
| 2016-08-26 | Smoke in the Valley | Pikeville, TN | -8 | 12 |
| 2016-08-26 | * Oak Grove BBQ and Lemonade Cancelled | Lone Jack, MO | -8 | — |
| 2016-08-26 | *Shriner's Smoke on the Ohio Cancelled | Evansville, IN | -8 | — |
| 2016-09-16 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | Salisbury, NC | 13 | 68 |
| 2016-09-16 | 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Oroville, CA | 13 | 61 |
| 2016-09-16 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off | Ponca City, OK | 13 | 43 |
| 2016-09-16 | Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier) | Lawrenceville, GA | 13 | 39 |
| 2016-09-16 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | Kearney, MO | 13 | 35 |
| 2016-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest | Denison, IA | 13 | 34 |
| 2016-09-16 | Battle of the Brisket | Mission, KS | 13 | 33 |
| 2016-09-16 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Carrollton, KY | 13 | 31 |
| 2016-09-16 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Madison, WI | 13 | 30 |
| 2016-09-16 | KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-Off | Worthington, MN | 13 | 29 |
| 2016-09-16 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | Nampa, ID | 13 | 25 |
| 2016-09-16 | Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship | Pine Bluff, AR | 13 | 21 |
| 2016-09-16 | Butler Chambers Barbeque & Huckster's Day | Butler, MO | 13 | 21 |
| 2016-09-16 | Nebo Fall Festival and BBQ Competition | Nebo, KY | 13 | 20 |
| 2016-09-16 | *Currituck Heritage Festival | Powells Point, NC | 13 | 16 |
| 2016-09-16 | Richland Pig Fest Cancelled | Richland, GA | 13 | — |
| 2016-09-16 | Taste of Autumn BBQ Championship Cancelled | Spearfish, SD | 13 | — |
| 2016-09-16 | * Gills & Grills Bass and BBQ Festival Cancelled | Dayton, TN | 13 | — |
| 2016-09-17 | * Que by the Sea | Seaside Heights, NJ | 14 | 44 |
| 2016-09-17 | Table Rock Boats and Bones | Kimberling City, MO | 14 | 43 |
| 2016-09-17 | Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland | Nikiaas, Belgium, BE | 14 | 29 |
| 2016-08-20 | EUregio Barbecue Festival | Waldfeutch-Haaren/NRW, NR | -14 | 28 |
| 2016-09-17 | *Mazomanie BBQ Fest | Mazomanie, WI | 14 | 21 |
| 2016-08-20 | Illinois BBQ Fest at Hillcrest Event Center | Orion, IL | -14 | 12 |
| 2016-08-20 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Waldfeutch-Haaren, | -14 | — |
| 2016-08-20 | Pilgrim's 2nd Annual Cook-Off(BACKYARD) | Russellville, AL | -14 | — |
| 2016-08-20 | KC Kosher BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Overland Park, KS | -14 | — |
| 2016-09-17 | Pete Warner - BBQ Fundamentals | Marietta, GA | 14 | — |
| 2016-08-19 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval | Madison, IN | -15 | 63 |
| 2016-08-19 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | Excelsior Springs, MO | -15 | 56 |
| 2016-08-19 | Hudson Valley Ribfest | New Paltz, NY | -15 | 52 |
| 2016-08-19 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest | Cape Girardeau, MO | -15 | 51 |
| 2016-08-19 | Stand by Your Grill | Fulton, MS | -15 | 40 |
| 2016-08-19 | Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier) | Athens, GA | -15 | 39 |
| 2016-08-19 | SMSU Smokefest | Marshall, MN | -15 | 37 |
| 2016-08-19 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | Emporia, KS | -15 | 33 |
| 2016-08-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | South Windsor, CT | -15 | 26 |
| 2016-08-19 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | -15 | 26 |
| 2016-08-19 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | Winnipeg, R3C5S5 | -15 | 25 |
| 2016-08-19 | Oaktown Throwdown BBQ | Oakland, CA | -15 | 21 |
| 2016-08-19 | 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival | Long Beach, CA | -15 | 18 |
| 2016-08-19 | Estonian BBQ Festival Cancelled | Vanamoisa,Saue vald,Harju mk, EE | -15 | — |
| 2016-08-19 | Stokin' the Fire BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Birmingham, AL | -15 | — |
| 2016-08-18 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cape Girardeau, 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.
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.