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, April 1, 2017 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 14 May 13
The weekend of Feb 18 is the quietest in range: 4 contests. The biggest thing on it is The Smithfield Guinea Pig.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-01 Your weekend | *Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce | Gravette, AR | 0 | 37 |
| 2017-04-01 Your weekend | Smoking Hot BBQ Nassau | Nassau, 00745 | 0 | 7 |
| 2017-04-01 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Cary, NC | 0 | — |
| 2017-04-01 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Cary, NC | 0 | — |
| 2017-04-01 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Auggen, | 0 | — |
| 2017-04-01 Your weekend | Fergolicious BBQ - Backyard Ptimaster Class | Gardner, KS | 0 | — |
| 2017-04-01 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Kearney, NE | 0 | — |
| 2017-04-01 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Kearney, NE | 0 | — |
| 2017-03-31 Your weekend | 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship | Arcadia, CA | -1 | 77 |
| 2017-03-31 Your weekend | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | Cedar Park, TX | -1 | 70 |
| 2017-03-31 Your weekend | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief(TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | Pleasant Hill, MO | -1 | 59 |
| 2017-03-31 Your weekend | The Ironman | Greencastle, PA | -1 | 59 |
| 2017-03-31 Your weekend | Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest | Savannah, TN | -1 | 48 |
| 2017-03-31 Your weekend | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | Stillwater, OK | -1 | 37 |
| 2017-03-31 Your weekend | *Jack Town Throw Down | Jackson, MS | -1 | 34 |
| 2017-03-31 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Renton, WA | -1 | 30 |
| 2017-03-31 | The Carolina Grand BBQ Contest Cancelled | Winston Salem, NC | -1 | — |
| 2017-03-30 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Stillwater, OK | -2 | — |
| 2017-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) | Osage City, KS | 6 | 100 |
| 2017-04-07 | The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Smithville, MO | 6 | 54 |
| 2017-04-07 | Boss Frogs BBQ | Hurlock, MD | 6 | 45 |
| 2017-04-07 | *CCS Fest | Indianapolis, IN | 6 | 45 |
| 2017-04-07 | NYC BBQ Cookoff | Staten Island, NY | 6 | 43 |
| 2017-04-07 | First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off(TEAMS FULL) | Bowling Green, KY | 6 | 40 |
| 2017-04-07 | Chillin n Grillin BBQ Festival | Sands Springs, OK | 6 | 33 |
| 2017-04-07 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Salt Lake City, UT | 6 | 29 |
| 2017-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls | Gadsden, AL | 6 | 28 |
| 2017-04-07 | Seventh Annual Bull Moose | Somerville, TN | 6 | 27 |
| 2017-04-07 | Brunskwick BBQ Beach Bash(GBC QUALIFIER) | Brunswick, GA | 6 | 25 |
| 2017-03-26 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Brookhaven, MS | -6 | — |
| 2017-03-26 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Ninove, | -6 | — |
| 2017-04-07 | *A Que of their Own Cancelled | Evansville, IN | 6 | — |
| 2017-03-25 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off(Day 2) | Shawnee, OK | -7 | 77 |
| 2017-04-08 | *Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival | Perth, 8008 | 7 | 22 |
| 2017-04-08 | Barn Burner BBQ | Chilliwack, BC | 7 | 19 |
| 2017-04-08 | Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 | Wels, 4072 | 7 | 14 |
| 2017-03-25 | Table Captain Class | Canandaigua, NY | -7 | — |
| 2017-03-25 | Table Captain Class | Johnston, IA | -7 | — |
| 2017-03-25 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Johnston, IA | -7 | — |
| 2017-03-25 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Canandaigua, NY | -7 | — |
| 2017-04-08 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Perth, | 7 | — |
| 2017-04-08 | Pete Warner - BBQ Fundamentals | Marietta, GA | 7 | — |
| 2017-03-24 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) | Shawnee, OK | -8 | 87 |
| 2017-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back | Urbanna, VA | -8 | 64 |
| 2017-03-24 | Hammond BBQ | Hammond, LA | -8 | 55 |
| 2017-03-24 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Reno, NV | -8 | 30 |
| 2017-03-24 | Smoked & Sauced a BBQ for Badges | Spring Hill, KS | -8 | 27 |
| 2017-03-24 | 13th Annual Triple B Festival Blackwater, BBQ & Bands | Crestview, FL | -8 | 8 |
| 2017-03-24 | Mike Davis - Lotta Bull BBQ Tell All | Crossville, IL | -8 | — |
| 2017-03-23 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Crestview, FL | -9 | — |
| 2017-04-12 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Lubbock, TX | 11 | — |
| 2017-04-13 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Lubbock, TX | 12 | — |
| 2017-04-14 | *Interstate BBQ Festival | Hagerstown, MD | 13 | 58 |
| 2017-04-14 | 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off | Kings Mountain, NC | 13 | 49 |
| 2017-04-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Fort Collins, CO | 13 | 30 |
| 2017-04-14 | *2017 Smokin' in the Forest | Millington, TN | 13 | 14 |
| 2017-04-14 | Grilln-N-Chilln Memorial (BACKYARD ONLY) | Gurley, AL | 13 | — |
| 2017-03-18 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 | Tupelo, MS | -14 | 45 |
| 2017-04-15 | Eastern BBQ Contest | Ninove, Belgium, g400 | 14 | 41 |
| 2017-03-18 | Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School | Hoboken, GA | -14 | — |
| 2017-03-18 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Lee's Summit, MO | -14 | — |
| 2017-04-15 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Clayton, CA | 14 | — |
| 2017-03-17 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | Tupelo, MS | -15 | 68 |
| 2017-03-17 | Smokin in the Square | Pensacola, FL | -15 | 38 |
| 2017-03-17 | *Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD)(TEAMS FULL) | Hartselle, AL | -15 | 33 |
| 2017-03-17 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Tucson, AZ | -15 | 29 |
| 2017-03-17 | Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School | Hoboken, GA | -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.
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.