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 · everywhere, because no place is set

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

*Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

In the window

±2 weeks either side

The weekends around yours

How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	Days off	Field
2017-07-22 Your weekend	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Bad Bellingen, 79418	0	40
2017-07-22 Your weekend	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Layton, UT	0	—
2017-07-21 Your weekend	*Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Mason City, IA	-1	49
2017-07-21 Your weekend	*Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)	Peoria, IL	-1	48
2017-07-21 Your weekend	WNC BBQ Festival(Smokin in the Valley)	Maggie Valley, NC	-1	47
2017-07-21 Your weekend	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest	Arvada, CO	-1	46
2017-07-21 Your weekend	Riverfest Community Festival	Bellevue, NE	-1	46
2017-07-21 Your weekend	*BBQ & BREWS	Birch Run, MI	-1	37
2017-07-21 Your weekend	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Eagan, MN	-1	30
2017-07-21 Your weekend	Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship	Galax, VA	-1	25
2017-07-21 Your weekend	Smoke on the Square	Vernon, IN	-1	25
2017-07-21	Smoking in the Woods Cancelled	Kingdom City, MO	-1	18
2017-07-21 Your weekend	Smokin' Triggers Cooking Class	Hammond, LA	-1	—
2017-07-28	*Racing for the BBQ	Lee's Summit, MO	6	54
2017-07-28	*Smoke in the Grove(JUDGES FULL)	Spring Grove, PA	6	51
2017-07-28	Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest	Dodge City, KS	6	43
2017-07-28	8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic(JUDGES FULL)	Vista, CA	6	40
2017-07-28	EffingHam-Jam	Effingham, IL	6	35
2017-07-28	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Ankeny, IA	6	30
2017-07-28	*The Great Adirondack BBQ	Old Forge, NY	6	30
2017-07-28	*Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off	Hartselle, AL	6	27
2017-07-28	Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ	Iola, KS	6	27
2017-07-28	*BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest	Dyersburg, TN	6	26
2017-07-28	Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge	Gilroy, CA	6	26
2017-07-28	Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)	Summerville, SC	6	25
2017-07-28	*Fire on the Mountain	Leburn, KY	6	13
2017-07-28	Looftlighter 2017 Barbecue Competition Cancelled	Hoganas, 18155	6	—
2017-07-15	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2	Green Bay, WI	-7	49
2017-07-29	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	WINDSOR, VT	7	30
2017-07-15	*Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest	Old Orchard Beach, ME	-7	29
2017-07-15	*Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues	Auburn, NY	-7	25
2017-07-15	*2017 Clayton BBQ Cook-off a KCBS(Competitor Series) event Sponsored by the CBCA	Clayton, CA	-7	18
2017-07-15	Harry Soo - Slap Yo Daddy BBQ 101	Diamond Bar, CA	-7	—
2017-07-29	*Binghamton BBQ Bash(COMPETITOR'S) (JUDGES FULL)	Johnson City, NY	7	—
2017-07-14	*Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	Mayetta, KS	-8	58
2017-07-14	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1	Green Bay, WI	-8	58
2017-07-14	Cookin On Kampeska	Watertown, SD	-8	48
2017-07-14	The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig	Cummings, GA	-8	41
2017-07-14	*BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO!	Waterloo, IA	-8	33
2017-07-14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	South Bend, IN	-8	27
2017-07-14	*Chillin & Grillin In The Glades	Wise, VA	-8	26
2017-07-14	Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ	Burlington, KS	-8	26
2017-07-13	Fergolicious BBQ - Backyard Pitmaster Class	Fargo, ND	-9	—
2017-08-03	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Asheboro, NC	12	—
2017-08-04	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival	Dillard, GA	13	57
2017-08-04	Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1	Omaha, NE	13	54
2017-08-04	*Pigs & Pedals	Asheboro, NC	13	46
2017-08-04	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	Alamosa, CO	13	44
2017-08-04	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	Laurie, MO	13	40
2017-08-04	*Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest Cancelled	Rossville, KS	13	38
2017-08-04	*Pit at the Park	Macungie, PA	13	32
2017-08-04	*Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition	Cincinnati, OH	13	32
2017-07-09	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In (Day 2)	Jamestown, TN	-13	30
2017-08-04	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	South Windsor, CT	13	30
2017-08-04	Badger Brews & Que	Port Washington, WI	13	30
2017-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown	Westland, MI	13	29
2017-08-04	Smithfield BBQ Classic	Smithfield, VA	13	28
2017-08-04	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Ottawa, ON	13	—
2017-08-05	Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2	Omaha, NE	14	50
2017-08-05	Capital BBQ Festival	Ottawa, ON	14	42
2017-07-08	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1)	Jamestown, TN	-14	36
2017-07-08	Red White Blue and Que Presented by Lucas Oil Speedway	Wheatland, MO	-14	31
2017-07-08	Vienna BBQ Days	Vienna ,	-14	20
2017-07-08	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Susanville, CA	-14	—
2017-08-05	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Shawnee, KS	14	—
2017-08-05	Table Captain Class	Ottawa, ON	14	—
2017-07-07	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	North Wildwood, NJ	-15	67
2017-07-07	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival	Petaluma, CA	-15	50
2017-07-07	*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	Kettering, OH	-15	41
2017-07-07	I love Barbecue & Music Festival	Lake Placid, NY	-15	40
2017-07-07	Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge	Warrensburg, MO	-15	35
2017-07-07	*16th Annual Bordertown Bash	Fort Smith, AR	-15	31
2017-07-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Indianapolis, IN	-15	30
2017-07-07	10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff	Wellsville, MO	-15	25
2017-07-07	*BBQ on the Elbow at the Calgary Stampede	Calgary, T2 W 3J6	-15	23
2017-07-07	Table Captain Class	Vienna,	-15	—
2017-07-07	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Vienna,	-15	—
2017-08-06	Adath Israel Kosher BBQ Contestant and Festival (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Cancelled	CINCINNATI, OH	15	—
2017-07-06	SC Festival of Discovery(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)	Greenwood, SC	-16	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. 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.