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.
Busier than the weekends around it Saturday, March 25, 2017 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 1 Feb 11
- 4 Feb 18
- 9 Feb 25
- 8 Mar 4
- 11 Mar 11
- 8 Mar 18
- 15 Mar 25
- 17 Apr 1
- 16 Apr 8
- 9 Apr 15
- 19 Apr 22
- 26 Apr 29
- 28 May 6
The weekend of Feb 11 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Certified BBQ Judging Class - CANCELLED.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2017 Your weekend |
Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) | Shawnee, OK | Same day | 77 |
| Mar 25, 2017 Your weekend |
Table Captain Class | Canandaigua, NY | Same day | — |
| Mar 25, 2017 Your weekend |
Table Captain Class | Johnston, IA | Same day | — |
| Mar 25, 2017 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Johnston, IA | Same day | — |
| Mar 25, 2017 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Canandaigua, NY | Same day | — |
| Mar 24, 2017 Your weekend |
Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) | Shawnee, OK | 1 day before | 87 |
| Mar 24, 2017 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 64 |
| Mar 24, 2017 Your weekend |
Hammond BBQ | Hammond, LA | 1 day before | 55 |
| Mar 24, 2017 Your weekend |
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Reno, NV | 1 day before | 30 |
| Mar 24, 2017 Your weekend |
Smoked & Sauced a BBQ for Badges | Spring Hill, KS | 1 day before | 27 |
| Mar 24, 2017 Your weekend |
13th Annual Triple B Festival Blackwater, BBQ & Bands | Crestview, FL | 1 day before | 8 |
| Mar 24, 2017 Your weekend |
Mike Davis - Lotta Bull BBQ Tell All | Crossville, IL | 1 day before | — |
| Mar 26, 2017 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Brookhaven, MS | 1 day after | — |
| Mar 26, 2017 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Ninove, Belgium | 1 day after | — |
| Mar 23, 2017 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Crestview, FL | 2 days before | — |
| Mar 30, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Stillwater, OK | 5 days after | — |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship | Arcadia, CA | 6 days after | 77 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | Cedar Park, TX | 6 days after | 70 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | Pleasant Hill, MO | 6 days after | 59 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | The Ironman | Greencastle, PA | 6 days after | 59 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest | Savannah, TN | 6 days after | 48 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | Stillwater, OK | 6 days after | 37 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Jack Town Throw Down | Jackson, MS | 6 days after | 34 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Renton, WA | 6 days after | 30 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | The Carolina Grand BBQ Contest Cancelled | Winston Salem, NC | 6 days after | — |
| Mar 18, 2017 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 | Tupelo, MS | 7 days before | 45 |
| Apr 1, 2017 | Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce | Gravette, AR | 7 days after | 37 |
| Apr 1, 2017 | Smoking Hot BBQ Nassau | Nassau, Bahamas | 7 days after | 7 |
| Mar 18, 2017 | Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School | Hoboken, GA | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 18, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Lee's Summit, MO | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 1, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cary, NC | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 1, 2017 | Table Captain Class | Cary, NC | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 1, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Auggen, Germany | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 1, 2017 | Fergolicious BBQ - Backyard Ptimaster Class | Gardner, KS | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 1, 2017 | Table Captain Class | Kearney, NE | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 1, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Kearney, NE | 7 days after | — |
| Mar 17, 2017 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | Tupelo, MS | 8 days before | 68 |
| Mar 17, 2017 | Smokin in the Square | Pensacola, FL | 8 days before | 38 |
| Mar 17, 2017 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD) (TEAMS FULL) | Hartselle, AL | 8 days before | 33 |
| Mar 17, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Tucson, AZ | 8 days before | 29 |
| Mar 17, 2017 | Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School | Hoboken, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) | Osage City, KS | 13 days after | 100 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Smithville, MO | 13 days after | 54 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Boss Frogs BBQ | Hurlock, MD | 13 days after | 45 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | CCS Fest | Indianapolis, IN | 13 days after | 45 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | NYC BBQ Cookoff | Staten Island, NY | 13 days after | 43 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL) | Bowling Green, KY | 13 days after | 40 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Chillin n Grillin BBQ Festival | Sands Springs, OK | 13 days after | 33 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Salt Lake City, UT | 13 days after | 29 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Smoke on the Falls | Gadsden, AL | 13 days after | 28 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Seventh Annual Bull Moose | Somerville, TN | 13 days after | 27 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Brunskwick BBQ Beach Bash (GBC QUALIFIER) | Brunswick, GA | 13 days after | 25 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | A Que of their Own Cancelled | Evansville, IN | 13 days after | — |
| Apr 8, 2017 | Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival | Perth, Australia | 14 days after | 22 |
| Apr 8, 2017 | Barn Burner BBQ | Chilliwack, BC | 14 days after | 19 |
| Apr 8, 2017 | Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 | Wels, Austria | 14 days after | 14 |
| Mar 11, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judgin Class - CANCELLED | Owatonna, MN | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 11, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - CANCELLED | Bixby, OK | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 11, 2017 | Fergolicious BBQ - Competition Pitmaster Class | Collinsville, IL | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 11, 2017 | Table Captain Class | Riverside, CA | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 11, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Riverside, CA | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 11, 2017 | Pete Warner - BBQ Fundamentals | Marietta, GA | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 8, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Perth, Australia | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 8, 2017 | Pete Warner - BBQ Fundamentals | Marietta, GA | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 10, 2017 | Flames on the Flint | Bainbridge, GA | 15 days before | 67 |
| Mar 10, 2017 | Smoke on the Shores | Nashville, TN | 15 days before | 62 |
| Mar 10, 2017 | Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off | Great Bend, KS | 15 days before | 34 |
| Mar 10, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | White Settlement, TX | 15 days before | 30 |
| Mar 8, 2017 | Big 12 Big Q (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 17 days before | 13 |
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.
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