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, November 5, 2016 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 24 Sep 24
- 12 Oct 1
- 20 Oct 8
- 11 Oct 15
- 12 Oct 22
- 6 Oct 29
- 6 Nov 5
- 10 Nov 12
- 6 Nov 19
- 0 Nov 26
- 7 Dec 3
- 3 Dec 10
- 0 Dec 17
The weekend of Nov 26 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2016 | Certified BBQ Judging Class Cancelled | Boca Raton, FL | Same day | — |
| Nov 5, 2016 Your weekend |
Pete Warner - BBQ Fundamentals | Marietta, GA | Same day | — |
| Nov 4, 2016 Your weekend |
Hog Happnin' | Shelby, NC | 1 day before | 56 |
| Nov 4, 2016 Your weekend |
Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier) | Winder, GA | 1 day before | 33 |
| Nov 4, 2016 Your weekend |
World BBQ Festival | Peoria, AZ | 1 day before | 31 |
| Nov 3, 2016 Your weekend |
Table Captain Class | Peoria, AZ | 2 days before | — |
| Nov 3, 2016 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Peoria, AZ | 2 days before | — |
| Nov 11, 2016 | World Barbecue Championship | Orange Beach, AL | 6 days after | 89 |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full) | Indio, CA | 6 days after | 38 |
| Nov 11, 2016 | 2nd Annual Brew B-Q | Nashville, TN | 6 days after | 25 |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off | Mt. Pleasant, NC | 6 days after | 25 |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown | Mt. Pleasant, SC | 6 days after | 25 |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Tuffy Stone - Cool Smoke Cooking School - CLASS FULL | Richmond, VA | 6 days after | — |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School | Hoboken, GA | 6 days after | — |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Rod Gray - Pellet Envy Cooking Class | Overland Park, KS | 6 days after | — |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Kansas City, KS | 7 days before | 557 |
| Oct 29, 2016 | Second Annual Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Dallas, TX | 7 days before | 7 |
| Oct 29, 2016 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (Comp #2) (GBC Qualifier) Cancelled | Rome, GA | 7 days before | — |
| Nov 12, 2016 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Salt Lake City, UT | 7 days after | — |
| Nov 12, 2016 | Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School | Hoboken, GA | 7 days after | — |
| Nov 12, 2016 | Six Flags Great Adventure Thrillin' & Grillin' BBQ Competition Cancelled | Jackson, NJ | 7 days after | — |
| Oct 28, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) | Kansas City, KS | 8 days before | 180 |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Dickson County Smoke Fest | Dickson, TN | 8 days before | 40 |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Rock Springs BBQ Bash Cancelled | Black Canyon City, AZ | 8 days before | — |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (Comp #1) (GBC Qualifier) Cancelled | Rome, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Commander Brew N Que Cancelled | Ocean City, MD | 8 days before | — |
| Oct 27, 2016 | USA Barbecue Championship | Laughlin, NV | 9 days before | 36 |
| Oct 27, 2016 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Kansas City, KS | 9 days before | — |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) | Cumming, GA | 13 days after | 47 |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Plant City Pig Jam | Plant City, FL | 13 days after | 38 |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Bar-B-Cure | Knoxville, TN | 13 days after | 29 |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Mission Q (BACKYARD) | Tuscumbia, AL | 13 days after | 18 |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Al Bahr Shrine Blues Brews & BBQ's Cancelled | Oceanside, CA | 13 days after | — |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 days after | — |
| Nov 19, 2016 | Que'n in Cumming (Day 2) | Cumming, GA | 14 days after | 37 |
| Oct 22, 2016 | Pete Warner - BBQ Fundamentals | Marietta, GA | 14 days before | — |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 15 days before | 96 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Boo-B-Que | Rehobeth Beach, DE | 15 days before | 67 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off | Union Grove, WI | 15 days before | 51 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) | Lynchburg, TN | 15 days before | 41 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition | San Francisco, CA | 15 days before | 38 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Border War Barbeque | Osawatomie, KS | 15 days before | 38 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Festival ( Cancelled) | Cleveland, GA | 15 days before | 31 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | FortGibson, OK | 15 days before | 28 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 2016 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q | Independence, MO | 15 days before | 15 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Certified BBQ Judging Class (JUDGES CLASS IS FULL) | Lynchburg, TN | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 20, 2016 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Union Grove, WI | 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.