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, September 16, 2017 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
21
sanctioned contests
In the window
107
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 17 Aug 5
- 16 Aug 12
- 19 Aug 19
- 28 Aug 26
- 17 Sep 2
- 22 Sep 9
- 21 Sep 16
- 23 Sep 23
- 14 Sep 30
- 19 Oct 7
- 19 Oct 14
- 12 Oct 21
- 6 Oct 28
The weekend of Oct 28 is the quietest in range: 6 contests. The biggest thing on it is Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-16 Your weekend | Table Rock Boats and Bones | Kimberling, MO | 0 | 47 |
| 2017-09-16 Your weekend | Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017 | Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 0 | 31 |
| 2017-09-16 Your weekend | *Slovenia BBQ Open | Medvode, | 0 | 25 |
| 2017-09-16 Your weekend | *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL) | Ridgeland, MS | 0 | 17 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | Salisbury, NC | -1 | 63 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Oroville, CA | -1 | 48 |
| 2017-09-15 | Battle of the Brisket Cancelled | Mission, KS | -1 | 44 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | Smoke on the Water New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | Atlantic City, NJ | -1 | 42 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest | Decatur, AL | -1 | 39 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | Rock'n Ribville (GBC QUALIFIER) | Lawrenceville, GA | -1 | 39 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off | Ponca City, OK | -1 | 38 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | Kearney, MO | -1 | 37 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Carrollton, KY | -1 | 33 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Madison, WI | -1 | 30 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | *Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival | Boise, ID | -1 | 28 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-Off | Worthington, MN | -1 | 27 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | *Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days | Butler, MO | -1 | 26 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | *Currituck Heritage Festival | Powells Point, NC | -1 | 25 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL) | Ridgeland, MS | -1 | 22 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | *Smokin on the White | Batesville, AR | -1 | 17 |
| 2017-09-15 Your weekend | *Grillin'@Gator Grounds | Bunkie, LA | -1 | 7 |
| 2017-09-15 | Taste of Autumn BBQ Championship Cancelled | Taste of Autumn BBQ Championsh, SD | -1 | — |
| 2017-09-15 | *Marshall County Blazin' BBQ & Bluegrass Cancelled | Plymouth, IN | -1 | — |
| 2017-09-14 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Ridgeland, MS | -2 | — |
| 2017-09-22 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque State championship | Shawnee, KS | 6 | 112 |
| 2017-09-22 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 | Waltrop NRW, Germany, | 6 | 66 |
| 2017-09-22 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | Murphysboro, IL | 6 | 55 |
| 2017-09-22 | Oinktoberfest | Clarence, NY | 6 | 53 |
| 2017-09-22 | Smoke in the Park | Lemoyne, PA | 6 | 44 |
| 2017-09-22 | *Que by the Sea | Seaside Heights, NJ | 6 | 43 |
| 2017-09-22 | Grilling & Chillin BBQ | Owensboro, KY | 6 | 42 |
| 2017-09-22 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge | Newton, NC | 6 | 41 |
| 2017-09-22 | Bikes, Blues and BBQ | Fayetteville, AR | 6 | 38 |
| 2017-09-22 | Tri City BBQ Fest | Denison, IA | 6 | 37 |
| 2017-09-22 | *Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival | Junction City, KS | 6 | 35 |
| 2017-09-22 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Edmond, OK | 6 | 30 |
| 2017-09-22 | *Great Maine BBQ Challenge | Bangor, ME | 6 | 29 |
| 2017-09-22 | Smokin in The Hills (Limited to the first 25 teams) | Hillsboro, OH | 6 | 25 |
| 2017-09-22 | BBBrew For Hope | Ft.Collins, CO | 6 | 25 |
| 2017-09-22 | *The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com | Grand Haven, MI | 6 | 24 |
| 2017-09-22 | First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)(JUDGES FULL) | Columbia, TN | 6 | 22 |
| 2017-09-22 | *Smoke in the Valley | Pikeville, TN | 6 | 19 |
| 2017-09-22 | Smoke & Soul Fest | Casper, WY | 6 | 18 |
| 2017-09-22 | Table Captain Class | Waltrop, | 6 | — |
| 2017-09-22 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Waltrop, | 6 | — |
| 2017-09-22 | Smokin Up Layton Hill Cancelled | Layton, UT | 6 | — |
| 2017-09-22 | *Garden City Fall Festival BBQ Contest Cancelled | Garden City, MO | 6 | — |
| 2017-09-09 | Farm Meat | Dongen, 5106NC | -7 | 38 |
| 2017-09-09 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship | Randolph, VT | -7 | 32 |
| 2017-09-23 | *Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Blue Island, IL | 7 | 18 |
| 2017-09-09 | *Italian Barbecue Championship 2017 | Perugia, 06129 | -7 | 15 |
| 2017-09-09 | Harry Soo - Slap Yo Daddy BBQ 101 | Oakland, CA | -7 | — |
| 2017-09-09 | Kansas City Kosher BBQ Championship (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Overland Park, KS | -7 | — |
| 2017-09-23 | *Heart of Arkansas BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Lonoke, AR | 7 | — |
| 2017-09-23 | Harry Soo - Slap Yo Daddy BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | 7 | — |
| 2017-09-08 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | Millington, TN | -8 | 42 |
| 2017-09-08 | *Beak Week BBQ Challenge | Goldsboro, NC | -8 | 39 |
| 2017-09-08 | 13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship State championship | Richmond, VA | -8 | 35 |
| 2017-09-08 | Tony Stone-Cookeville Cook-off | Cookeville, TN | -8 | 34 |
| 2017-09-08 | Puckaway Pigfest | Montello, WI | -8 | 31 |
| 2017-09-08 | Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll | Vermillion, SD | -8 | 31 |
| 2017-09-08 | *Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) | Derby, KS | -8 | 29 |
| 2017-09-08 | *Smoke On The Ohio(JUDGES FULL) | Mt.Vernon, IN | -8 | 29 |
| 2017-09-08 | *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | Silver Lake, MI | -8 | 28 |
| 2017-09-08 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | Grand Jct, CO | -8 | 28 |
| 2017-09-08 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Kansas City, MO | -8 | 28 |
| 2017-09-08 | *Hot Pursuit BBQ | Shawnee, OK | -8 | 27 |
| 2017-09-08 | Hog Wild West BBQ Contest | Leavenworth, KS | -8 | 25 |
| 2017-09-08 | Table Captain Class | Richmond, VA | -8 | — |
| 2017-09-08 | Table Captain Class | Perugia, | -8 | — |
| 2017-09-08 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Perugia, | -8 | — |
| 2017-09-08 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2017-09-28 | Table Captain Class | Dothan, AL | 12 | — |
| 2017-09-28 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Dothan, AL | 12 | — |
| 2017-09-29 | *Smoke On the Trails | Gardner, KS | 13 | 64 |
| 2017-09-29 | Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival | Payson, AZ | 13 | 36 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | Jonesboro, AR | 13 | 33 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Unruly Country Brew N' Que Festival(JUDGES FULL) | Sonora, CA | 13 | 30 |
| 2017-09-29 | Porktober Que | Dothan, AL | 13 | 30 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Smokin-in-Sapulpa 4th Annual BBQ | Sapulpa, OK | 13 | 30 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Smoking in the Golden Valley | Clinton, MO | 13 | 29 |
| 2017-09-29 | BBQ in the Badlands | Glendive, MT | 13 | 26 |
| 2017-09-29 | LuLu's Brew & Que | Brighton, CO | 13 | 25 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Dells BBQ Bash(BACKYARD ONLY) | Wisconsin Dells, WI | 13 | 25 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash | Bryant, AR | 13 | 19 |
| 2017-09-29 | Q in The Lou Cancelled | St.Louis, MO | 13 | — |
| 2017-09-29 | Free State BBQ Showdown Cancelled | Westminster, MD | 13 | — |
| 2017-09-02 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | Bedford, TX | -14 | 46 |
| 2017-09-02 | BBQ on the Bow | Calgary, T2W3J6 | -14 | 42 |
| 2017-09-02 | 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest | Zeewolde Flevoland, | -14 | 32 |
| 2017-09-30 | *Red, White and Que | Cresskill, NJ | 14 | 31 |
| 2017-09-02 | *Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Cancelled | Geneva, NY | -14 | 30 |
| 2017-09-02 | Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge | Omaha, NE | -14 | 29 |
| 2017-09-02 | Big Muddy Brew N Que | Winona, MN | -14 | 21 |
| 2017-09-02 | *Redwood Coast Grills Gone Wild | Crescent City, CA | -14 | 15 |
| 2017-09-02 | Blues, Views & BBQ Festival's Cookin' for a Cause(COMPETITOR | Westport, CT | -14 | — |
| 2017-09-02 | *Weston Sizzlers Cancelled | Weston, MO | -14 | — |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Kansas City, KS | -15 | 407 |
| 2017-09-01 | PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival( TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) State championship | Lebanon, OH | -15 | 40 |
| 2017-09-01 | 7th Annual Smokin' In The Bogs | Warrens, WI | -15 | 29 |
| 2017-09-01 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Traverse City, MI | -15 | 27 |
| 2017-09-01 | *Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | Myrtle Beach, SC | -15 | 25 |
| 2017-09-01 | Smoke the Town | Leon, IA | -15 | 16 |
| 2017-08-31 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) | Kansas City, KS | -16 | 129 |
| 2017-08-31 | Table Captain Class | Kansas City, KS | -16 | — |
| 2017-08-31 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Kansas City, KS | -16 | — |
| 2017-08-31 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Lebanon, OH | -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.
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