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 29, 2017 · everywhere, because no place is set

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

*Racing for the BBQ

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±2 weeks either side

The weekends around yours

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

The weekend of Jul 1 is the quietest in range: 9 contests. The biggest thing on it is Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional).

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	Days off	Field
2017-07-29 Your weekend	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	WINDSOR, VT	0	30
2017-07-29 Your weekend	*Binghamton BBQ Bash(COMPETITOR'S) (JUDGES FULL)	Johnson City, NY	0	—
2017-07-28 Your weekend	*Racing for the BBQ	Lee's Summit, MO	-1	54
2017-07-28 Your weekend	*Smoke in the Grove(JUDGES FULL)	Spring Grove, PA	-1	51
2017-07-28 Your weekend	Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest	Dodge City, KS	-1	43
2017-07-28 Your weekend	8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic(JUDGES FULL)	Vista, CA	-1	40
2017-07-28 Your weekend	EffingHam-Jam	Effingham, IL	-1	35
2017-07-28 Your weekend	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Ankeny, IA	-1	30
2017-07-28 Your weekend	*The Great Adirondack BBQ	Old Forge, NY	-1	30
2017-07-28 Your weekend	*Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off	Hartselle, AL	-1	27
2017-07-28 Your weekend	Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ	Iola, KS	-1	27
2017-07-28 Your weekend	*BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest	Dyersburg, TN	-1	26
2017-07-28 Your weekend	Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge	Gilroy, CA	-1	26
2017-07-28 Your weekend	Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)	Summerville, SC	-1	25
2017-07-28 Your weekend	*Fire on the Mountain	Leburn, KY	-1	13
2017-07-28	Looftlighter 2017 Barbecue Competition Cancelled	Hoganas, 18155	-1	—
2017-08-03	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Asheboro, NC	5	—
2017-08-04	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival	Dillard, GA	6	57
2017-08-04	Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -1	Omaha, NE	6	54
2017-08-04	*Pigs & Pedals	Asheboro, NC	6	46
2017-08-04	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	Alamosa, CO	6	44
2017-08-04	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	Laurie, MO	6	40
2017-08-04	*Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest Cancelled	Rossville, KS	6	38
2017-08-04	*Pit at the Park	Macungie, PA	6	32
2017-08-04	*Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition	Cincinnati, OH	6	32
2017-08-04	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	South Windsor, CT	6	30
2017-08-04	Badger Brews & Que	Port Washington, WI	6	30
2017-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown	Westland, MI	6	29
2017-08-04	Smithfield BBQ Classic	Smithfield, VA	6	28
2017-08-04	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Ottawa, ON	6	—
2017-08-05	Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2	Omaha, NE	7	50
2017-08-05	Capital BBQ Festival	Ottawa, ON	7	42
2017-07-22	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Bad Bellingen, 79418	-7	40
2017-07-22	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Layton, UT	-7	—
2017-08-05	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Shawnee, KS	7	—
2017-08-05	Table Captain Class	Ottawa, ON	7	—
2017-07-21	*Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Mason City, IA	-8	49
2017-07-21	*Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)	Peoria, IL	-8	48
2017-07-21	WNC BBQ Festival(Smokin in the Valley)	Maggie Valley, NC	-8	47
2017-07-21	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest	Arvada, CO	-8	46
2017-07-21	Riverfest Community Festival	Bellevue, NE	-8	46
2017-07-21	*BBQ & BREWS	Birch Run, MI	-8	37
2017-07-21	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Eagan, MN	-8	30
2017-07-21	Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship	Galax, VA	-8	25
2017-07-21	Smoke on the Square	Vernon, IN	-8	25
2017-07-21	Smoking in the Woods Cancelled	Kingdom City, MO	-8	18
2017-07-21	Smokin' Triggers Cooking Class	Hammond, LA	-8	—
2017-08-06	Adath Israel Kosher BBQ Contestant and Festival (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Cancelled	CINCINNATI, OH	8	—
2017-08-11	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Bel Air, MD	13	47
2017-08-11	Smokin in McMinnville	McMinnville, TN	13	35
2017-08-11	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	Franklin, NC	13	34
2017-08-11	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	N. Charleston, SC	13	27
2017-08-11	*Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff	Conroe, TX	13	26
2017-08-11	*Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash	Winston, MO	13	25
2017-08-11	*Casa Grab, Root & Growl	Woodward, OK	13	25
2017-08-11	Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River	Ceres, CA	13	21
2017-08-11	Tuffy Stone - Cool Smoke Cook School	Richmond, VA	13	—
2017-08-11	Northwood Triple Crown(BACKYARD)	Antigo, WI	13	—
2017-08-11	Birdy's Pitmaster BBQ Competition Cancelled	Kohler, WI	13	—
2017-07-15	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2	Green Bay, WI	-14	49
2017-07-15	*Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest	Old Orchard Beach, ME	-14	29
2017-07-15	*Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues	Auburn, NY	-14	25
2017-07-15	*2017 Clayton BBQ Cook-off a KCBS(Competitor Series) event Sponsored by the CBCA	Clayton, CA	-14	18
2017-08-12	Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown	North Battleford, SK	14	18
2017-08-12	New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton	New London, CT	14	14
2017-08-12	Seward County Fair Rib Rally(COMPETITOR'S SERIES)	Seward, NE	14	10
2017-07-15	Harry Soo - Slap Yo Daddy BBQ 101	Diamond Bar, CA	-14	—
2017-08-12	Certified BBQ Judging Class	Delphi, IN	14	—
2017-08-12	Harry Soo - Slap Yo Daddy BBQ 101	Diamond BAr, CA	14	—
2017-08-12	*Vine Street BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)(JUDGES FULL)	Park Ridge, IL	14	—
2017-07-14	*Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	Mayetta, KS	-15	58
2017-07-14	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1	Green Bay, WI	-15	58
2017-07-14	Cookin On Kampeska	Watertown, SD	-15	48
2017-07-14	The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig	Cummings, GA	-15	41
2017-07-14	*BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO!	Waterloo, IA	-15	33
2017-07-14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	South Bend, IN	-15	27
2017-07-14	*Chillin & Grillin In The Glades	Wise, VA	-15	26
2017-07-14	Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ	Burlington, KS	-15	26
2017-07-13	Fergolicious BBQ - Backyard Pitmaster Class	Fargo, ND	-16	—

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.