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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, February 18, 2017 · 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.
- 1 Jan 7
- 5 Jan 14
- 3 Jan 21
- 6 Jan 28
- 8 Feb 4
- 1 Feb 11
- 4 Feb 18
- 9 Feb 25
- 8 Mar 4
- 11 Mar 11
- 8 Mar 18
- 15 Mar 25
- 17 Apr 1
The weekend of Jan 7 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is National Western BBQ Throwdown.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2017 Your weekend |
Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach | Rio Grande, PR | Same day | 23 |
| Feb 17, 2017 Your weekend |
The Smithfield Guinea Pig | Indio, CA | 1 day before | 49 |
| Feb 17, 2017 Your weekend |
Downtown BBQ Throwdown | Boca Raton, FL | 1 day before | 26 |
| Feb 16, 2017 Your weekend |
Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (JUDGES FULL) | Huntsville, TX | 2 days before | 41 |
| Feb 24, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Daphne, AL | 6 days after | 28 |
| Feb 24, 2017 | Bud & BBQ (JUDGING IS FULL) | Meridian, MS | 6 days after | 22 |
| Feb 24, 2017 | Donny Teel - Buffalo's BBQ | Sperry, OK | 6 days after | — |
| Feb 24, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Laurens, SC | 6 days after | — |
| Feb 11, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CANCELLED | Cedar Park, TX | 7 days before | — |
| Feb 25, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | San Jose, Costa Rica | 7 days after | — |
| Feb 25, 2017 | Table Captain Class | Lunteren, Netherlands | 7 days after | — |
| Feb 25, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Westmont, IL | 7 days after | — |
| Feb 25, 2017 | Table Captain Class | Laurens, SC | 7 days after | — |
| Feb 25, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Lunteren, Netherlands | 7 days after | — |
| Mar 3, 2017 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Lawrenceville, GA | 13 days after | 63 |
| Mar 3, 2017 | The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown | Brunswick, MD | 13 days after | 50 |
| Mar 3, 2017 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship | Onamia, MN | 13 days after | 47 |
| Mar 3, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Shreveport, LA | 13 days after | 29 |
| Mar 3, 2017 | Bodagetta BBQ | Auburn, AL | 13 days after | 25 |
| Feb 4, 2017 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Melbourne, Australia | 14 days before | 43 |
| Mar 4, 2017 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 14 days after | 18 |
| Feb 4, 2017 | Table Captain Class | Wichita, KS | 14 days before | — |
| Feb 4, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Sint Niklaas, Belgium | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 4, 2017 | Table Captain Class | Peoria, IL | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 4, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Peoria, IL | 14 days after | — |
| Feb 3, 2017 | Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) | Humble, TX | 15 days before | 136 |
| Feb 3, 2017 | Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (Teams & Judges Full) | Young Harris, GA | 15 days before | 41 |
| Feb 3, 2017 | Smokin' Triggers Cooking Class | Hammond, LA | 15 days before | — |
| Feb 2, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Melbourne, Australia | 16 days before | — |
| Feb 2, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Humble, TX | 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.