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, July 22, 2017 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
12
sanctioned contests
In the window
79
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 27 Jun 10
- 27 Jun 17
- 24 Jun 24
- 9 Jul 1
- 17 Jul 8
- 14 Jul 15
- 12 Jul 22
- 15 Jul 29
- 17 Aug 5
- 16 Aug 12
- 19 Aug 19
- 28 Aug 26
- 17 Sep 2
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2017 Your weekend |
2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | Bad Bellingen, Germany | Same day | 40 |
| Jul 22, 2017 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Layton, UT | Same day | — |
| Jul 21, 2017 Your weekend |
Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | Mason City, IA | 1 day before | 49 |
| Jul 21, 2017 Your weekend |
Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) | Peoria, IL | 1 day before | 48 |
| Jul 21, 2017 Your weekend |
WNC BBQ Festival (Smokin in the Valley) | Maggie Valley, NC | 1 day before | 47 |
| Jul 21, 2017 Your weekend |
Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest | Arvada, CO | 1 day before | 46 |
| Jul 21, 2017 Your weekend |
Riverfest Community Festival | Bellevue, NE | 1 day before | 46 |
| Jul 21, 2017 Your weekend |
BBQ & BREWS | Birch Run, MI | 1 day before | 37 |
| Jul 21, 2017 Your weekend |
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Eagan, MN | 1 day before | 30 |
| Jul 21, 2017 Your weekend |
Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship | Galax, VA | 1 day before | 25 |
| Jul 21, 2017 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Square | Vernon, IN | 1 day before | 25 |
| Jul 21, 2017 | Smoking in the Woods Cancelled | Kingdom City, MO | 1 day before | 18 |
| Jul 21, 2017 Your weekend |
Smokin' Triggers Cooking Class | Hammond, LA | 1 day before | — |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Racing for the BBQ | Lee's Summit, MO | 6 days after | 54 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Smoke in the Grove (JUDGES FULL) | Spring Grove, PA | 6 days after | 51 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest | Dodge City, KS | 6 days after | 43 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL) | Vista, CA | 6 days after | 40 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | EffingHam-Jam | Effingham, IL | 6 days after | 35 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Ankeny, IA | 6 days after | 30 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | The Great Adirondack BBQ | Old Forge, NY | 6 days after | 30 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off | Hartselle, AL | 6 days after | 27 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | Iola, KS | 6 days after | 27 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest | Dyersburg, TN | 6 days after | 26 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge | Gilroy, CA | 6 days after | 26 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | Summerville, SC | 6 days after | 25 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Fire on the Mountain | Leburn, KY | 6 days after | 13 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Looftlighter 2017 Barbecue Competition Cancelled | Hoganas, Sweden | 6 days after | — |
| Jul 15, 2017 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 | Green Bay, WI | 7 days before | 49 |
| Jul 29, 2017 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival | Windsor, VT | 7 days after | 30 |
| Jul 15, 2017 | Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest | Old Orchard Beach, ME | 7 days before | 29 |
| Jul 15, 2017 | Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues | Auburn, NY | 7 days before | 25 |
| Jul 15, 2017 | 2017 Clayton BBQ Cook-off a KCBS (Competitor Series) event Sponsored by the CBCA | Clayton, CA | 7 days before | 18 |
| Jul 15, 2017 | Harry Soo - Slap Yo Daddy BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | 7 days before | — |
| Jul 29, 2017 | Binghamton BBQ Bash (COMPETITOR'S) (JUDGES FULL) | Johnson City, NY | 7 days after | — |
| Jul 14, 2017 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | Mayetta, KS | 8 days before | 58 |
| Jul 14, 2017 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1 | Green Bay, WI | 8 days before | 58 |
| Jul 14, 2017 | Cookin On Kampeska | Watertown, SD | 8 days before | 48 |
| Jul 14, 2017 | The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig | Cummings, GA | 8 days before | 41 |
| Jul 14, 2017 | BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! | Waterloo, IA | 8 days before | 33 |
| Jul 14, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | South Bend, IN | 8 days before | 27 |
| Jul 14, 2017 | Chillin & Grillin In The Glades | Wise, VA | 8 days before | 26 |
| Jul 14, 2017 | Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ | Burlington, KS | 8 days before | 26 |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Fergolicious BBQ - Backyard Pitmaster Class | Fargo, ND | 9 days before | — |
| Aug 3, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Asheboro, NC | 12 days after | — |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival | Dillard, GA | 13 days after | 57 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1 | Omaha, NE | 13 days after | 54 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Pigs & Pedals | Asheboro, NC | 13 days after | 46 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ | Alamosa, CO | 13 days after | 44 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ | Laurie, MO | 13 days after | 40 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest Cancelled | Rossville, KS | 13 days after | 38 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Pit at the Park | Macungie, PA | 13 days after | 32 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition | Cincinnati, OH | 13 days after | 32 |
| Jul 9, 2017 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In (Day 2) | Jamestown, TN | 13 days before | 30 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | South Windsor, CT | 13 days after | 30 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Badger Brews & Que | Port Washington, WI | 13 days after | 30 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | All American BBQ Throwdown | Westland, MI | 13 days after | 29 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Smithfield BBQ Classic | Smithfield, VA | 13 days after | 28 |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Ottawa, ON | 13 days after | — |
| Aug 5, 2017 | Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 | Omaha, NE | 14 days after | 50 |
| Aug 5, 2017 | Capital BBQ Festival | Ottawa, ON | 14 days after | 42 |
| Jul 8, 2017 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) | Jamestown, TN | 14 days before | 36 |
| Jul 8, 2017 | Red White Blue and Que Presented by Lucas Oil Speedway | Wheatland, MO | 14 days before | 31 |
| Jul 8, 2017 | Vienna BBQ Days | Vienna, Austria | 14 days before | 20 |
| Jul 8, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Susanville, CA | 14 days before | — |
| Aug 5, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Shawnee, KS | 14 days after | — |
| Aug 5, 2017 | Table Captain Class | Ottawa, ON | 14 days after | — |
| Jul 7, 2017 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 15 days before | 67 |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | Petaluma, CA | 15 days before | 50 |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | Kettering, OH | 15 days before | 41 |
| Jul 7, 2017 | I love Barbecue & Music Festival | Lake Placid, NY | 15 days before | 40 |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge | Warrensburg, MO | 15 days before | 35 |
| Jul 7, 2017 | 16th Annual Bordertown Bash | Fort Smith, AR | 15 days before | 31 |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Indianapolis, IN | 15 days before | 30 |
| Jul 7, 2017 | 10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | Wellsville, MO | 15 days before | 25 |
| Jul 7, 2017 | BBQ on the Elbow at the Calgary Stampede | Calgary, Canada | 15 days before | 23 |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Table Captain Class | Vienna, Austria | 15 days before | — |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Vienna, Austria | 15 days before | — |
| Aug 6, 2017 | Adath Israel Kosher BBQ Contestant and Festival (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Cancelled | Cincinnati, OH | 15 days after | — |
| Jul 6, 2017 | SC Festival of Discovery (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | Greenwood, SC | 16 days before | 89 |
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.