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 10, 2016 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
21
sanctioned contests
In the window
117
±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 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
- 12 Oct 22
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-10 Your weekend | Philadelphia's Inaugural Fire Up HOPE | Devon, PA | 0 | 33 |
| 2016-09-10 Your weekend | Farm Meat | Dongen, NL | 0 | 27 |
| 2016-09-10 Your weekend | Brixia 4 Star Championship | Brescia, IT | 0 | 26 |
| 2016-09-10 Your weekend | BBQ off the Bypass | Langley, British of Columbia, BC | 0 | 18 |
| 2016-09-10 Your weekend | *St. Louis 1st Annual Kosher BBQ Cookoff( COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Olivette, MO | 0 | 8 |
| 2016-09-10 | Burger Battle at the View(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Cancelled | Gulfport, MS | 0 | — |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | Independence, MO | -1 | 76 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | Grand Junction, CO | -1 | 49 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | Beak Week BBQ Challenge | Goldsboro, NC | -1 | 44 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest | Decatur, AL | -1 | 41 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | *Derby BBQ Festival | Derby, KS | -1 | 38 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | Puckaway Pigfest | Montello, WI | -1 | 37 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll | Vermillion, SD | -1 | 34 |
| 2016-09-09 | Fiddle 'N Pig Shindig Cancelled | Fort Mill, SC | -1 | 32 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Kansas City, MO | -1 | 30 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff | Cookeville, TN | -1 | 30 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | International Goat Days Championship BBQ | Millington, TN | -1 | 29 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | 12th Annual Recovery Fest/7th Annual BBQ State Championship State championship | Richmond, VA | -1 | 25 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | *Balloons, Blues & BBQ | Bloomington, IN | -1 | 20 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | Nostrano Garlic Festival Presents: Great Maine BBQ Challenge at Smuggler's Den Campground | Southwest Harbor, ME | -1 | 20 |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Brescia, | -1 | — |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Richmond, VA | -1 | — |
| 2016-09-09 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Grand Junction, CO | -1 | — |
| 2016-09-16 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | Salisbury, NC | 6 | 68 |
| 2016-09-16 | 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Oroville, CA | 6 | 61 |
| 2016-09-16 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off | Ponca City, OK | 6 | 43 |
| 2016-09-16 | Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier) | Lawrenceville, GA | 6 | 39 |
| 2016-09-16 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | Kearney, MO | 6 | 35 |
| 2016-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest | Denison, IA | 6 | 34 |
| 2016-09-16 | Battle of the Brisket | Mission, KS | 6 | 33 |
| 2016-09-16 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Carrollton, KY | 6 | 31 |
| 2016-09-16 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Madison, WI | 6 | 30 |
| 2016-09-16 | KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-Off | Worthington, MN | 6 | 29 |
| 2016-09-16 | Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | Nampa, ID | 6 | 25 |
| 2016-09-16 | Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship | Pine Bluff, AR | 6 | 21 |
| 2016-09-16 | Butler Chambers Barbeque & Huckster's Day | Butler, MO | 6 | 21 |
| 2016-09-16 | Nebo Fall Festival and BBQ Competition | Nebo, KY | 6 | 20 |
| 2016-09-16 | *Currituck Heritage Festival | Powells Point, NC | 6 | 16 |
| 2016-09-16 | Richland Pig Fest Cancelled | Richland, GA | 6 | — |
| 2016-09-16 | Taste of Autumn BBQ Championship Cancelled | Spearfish, SD | 6 | — |
| 2016-09-16 | * Gills & Grills Bass and BBQ Festival Cancelled | Dayton, TN | 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 |
| 2016-09-17 | * Que by the Sea | Seaside Heights, NJ | 7 | 44 |
| 2016-09-17 | Table Rock Boats and Bones | Kimberling City, MO | 7 | 43 |
| 2016-09-03 | BBQ on the Bow | Calgary, Alberta, CA | -7 | 35 |
| 2016-09-03 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke | Geneva, NY | -7 | 35 |
| 2016-09-17 | Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland | Nikiaas, Belgium, BE | 7 | 29 |
| 2016-09-17 | *Mazomanie BBQ Fest | Mazomanie, WI | 7 | 21 |
| 2016-09-03 | Big Muddy Brew n Que(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Winona, MN | -7 | 20 |
| 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 | — |
| 2016-09-17 | Pete Warner - BBQ Fundamentals | Marietta, GA | 7 | — |
| 2016-09-02 | Smokin' Brew BBQ Cancelled | Parker, CO | -8 | 51 |
| 2016-09-02 | 6th Annual Smokin' In the Bogs | Warrens, WI | -8 | 32 |
| 2016-09-02 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Ypsilanti, MI | -8 | 30 |
| 2016-09-02 | Homecoming 2016 | Vernon, IN | -8 | 26 |
| 2016-09-02 | *Low Country Hog Fest | Charleston, SC | -8 | 26 |
| 2016-09-02 | Rockin Apples Festival | Appleton City, MO | -8 | 23 |
| 2016-09-02 | Beach Boogie & BBQ Festival | Myrtle Beach, SC | -8 | 17 |
| 2016-09-02 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2016-09-01 | Table Captain Class | Appleton City, MO | -9 | — |
| 2016-09-01 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Appleton City, MO | -9 | — |
| 2016-09-23 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship State championship | Shawnee, KS | 13 | 111 |
| 2016-09-23 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | Murphysboro, IL | 13 | 64 |
| 2016-09-23 | Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff | Clarence, NY | 13 | 54 |
| 2016-09-23 | Bikes Blues and BBQ | Fayetteville, AR | 13 | 43 |
| 2016-09-23 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Cancelled | Vidalia, LA | 13 | 42 |
| 2016-09-23 | Grillin and Chillin | Owensboro, KY | 13 | 39 |
| 2016-09-23 | Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest | Junction City, KS | 13 | 39 |
| 2016-09-23 | Smoke in the Park | Lemoyne, PA | 13 | 38 |
| 2016-09-23 | *Porktober Que | Dothan, AL | 13 | 36 |
| 2016-09-23 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge | Newton, NC | 13 | 31 |
| 2016-09-23 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Midwest City, OK | 13 | 30 |
| 2016-09-23 | Marshall County Blazin'BBQ & Bluegrass Cancelled | Plymouth, IN | 13 | 27 |
| 2016-09-23 | Carnivores Classic | Missoula, MT | 13 | 25 |
| 2016-09-23 | Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash | Bryant, AR | 13 | 25 |
| 2016-09-23 | Smokin Butts & Tires (GBC Qualifier) | Conyers, GA | 13 | 25 |
| 2016-09-23 | Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too! | Cape Charles, VA | 13 | 22 |
| 2016-09-23 | Smoking in the Golden Valley | Clinton, MO | 13 | 22 |
| 2016-09-23 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Herten, | 13 | — |
| 2016-09-23 | Table Captain Class | Waltrop, | 13 | — |
| 2016-09-23 | BB Brew for Hope (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Ft.Collins, CO | 13 | — |
| 2016-09-23 | *Q In the Lou Cancelled | St. Louis, MO | 13 | — |
| 2016-09-24 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 | Waltrop NRW, DE | 14 | 67 |
| 2016-09-24 | Red White and Que | Cresskill, NJ | 14 | 41 |
| 2016-08-27 | Regahfest 2016 | Den Hagg, NL | -14 | 35 |
| 2016-09-24 | Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Blue Island, IL | 14 | 23 |
| 2016-08-27 | Chris Marks - BBQ Boot Camp | Sellersburg, IN | -14 | — |
| 2016-09-24 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Waltrop, | 14 | — |
| 2016-09-24 | First Tennessee Bank Muletown BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD) | Columbia, TN | 14 | — |
| 2016-08-26 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Lubbock, TX | -15 | 72 |
| 2016-08-26 | New Holland Summer Fest | New Holland, PA | -15 | 66 |
| 2016-08-26 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | Paola, KS | -15 | 61 |
| 2016-09-25 | Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff (COMPETITOR'S ONLY) | Clarence, NY | 15 | 54 |
| 2016-08-26 | 9th Annual Big Island BBQ | Albert Lea, MN | -15 | 48 |
| 2016-08-26 | 5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque | Washington Island, WI | -15 | 42 |
| 2016-08-26 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Kennesaw, GA | -15 | 38 |
| 2016-08-26 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | Wendover, NV | -15 | 37 |
| 2016-08-26 | Grill Games | Kenosha, WI | -15 | 37 |
| 2016-08-26 | Smokin' On Oak | Bonner Springs, KS | -15 | 37 |
| 2016-08-26 | BBQ on the Bricks | Kearney, NE | -15 | 34 |
| 2016-08-26 | Ribstock | Marne, MI | -15 | 32 |
| 2016-08-26 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club | Franklin, TN | -15 | 31 |
| 2016-08-26 | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ | Hill City, SD | -15 | 31 |
| 2016-08-26 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | N. Charleston, SC | -15 | 30 |
| 2016-08-26 | Boydton's Big Bad BBQ | Boydton, VA | -15 | 28 |
| 2016-08-26 | Grills 'N' Grilles(presented by the United Way of Nevada Country) | Penn Valley, CA | -15 | 28 |
| 2016-08-26 | *Downtown BBQ Showdown(BACKYARD ONLY) | Meridian, MS | -15 | 22 |
| 2016-08-26 | Smoke on the River Bands, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) | Ceres, CA | -15 | 22 |
| 2016-08-26 | The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest | Fleischmanns, NY | -15 | 15 |
| 2016-08-26 | Smoke in the Valley | Pikeville, TN | -15 | 12 |
| 2016-08-26 | * Oak Grove BBQ and Lemonade Cancelled | Lone Jack, MO | -15 | — |
| 2016-08-26 | *Shriner's Smoke on the Ohio Cancelled | Evansville, IN | -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.
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