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.
Busier than the weekends around it Saturday, October 14, 2017 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
19
sanctioned contests
In the window
78
±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 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
- 1 Nov 4
- 6 Nov 11
- 5 Nov 18
- 0 Nov 25
The weekend of Nov 25 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2017 Your weekend |
Tallya BBQ Fesztival | Tallya, Hungary | Same day | 40 |
| Oct 14, 2017 Your weekend |
Bay State BBQ Championship | Monson, MA | Same day | 30 |
| Oct 14, 2017 Your weekend |
Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que (JUDGES FULL) (OKBS Qulifyer ) | Muskogee, OK | Same day | 18 |
| Oct 14, 2017 Your weekend |
Nile Beer-B-Q | Billings, MT | Same day | 17 |
| Oct 14, 2017 | West Texas King of Meat BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Odessa, TX | Same day | — |
| Oct 14, 2017 Your weekend |
Table Captain Class | Muskogee, OK | Same day | — |
| Oct 14, 2017 | Blues,Brew & BBQ (BACKYARD) Cancelled | Prince Fredrick, MD | Same day | — |
| Oct 13, 2017 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Cancelled | Dana Point, CA | 1 day before | 90 |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
OC BBQ Competition | Costa Messa, CA | 1 day before | 56 |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
14th Annual Cookin on the Kaw | Desoto, KS | 1 day before | 55 |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | Rocky Mount, NC | 1 day before | 50 |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ | Arthur, IL | 1 day before | 41 |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | Chelsea, MI | 1 day before | 32 |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest | Woodstock, VA | 1 day before | 30 |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
Grillin & chillin BBQ cook-off | Waxhaw, NC | 1 day before | 29 |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Lyons, GA | 1 day before | 29 |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
Anchor City Cook Off | Centralia, MO | 1 day before | 27 |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival | Duncanville, TX | 1 day before | 18 |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
Table Captain Class | Tallya, Hungary | 1 day before | — |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Tallya, Hungary | 1 day before | — |
| Oct 13, 2017 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging Class | Muskogee, OK | 1 day before | — |
| Oct 11, 2017 Your weekend |
Holmes Drywall Supply, Inc (BACKYARD ONLY INVITE ONLY) | Kansas City, MO | 3 days before | 8 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Boo-B-Que | Rehobeth Beach, DE | 6 days after | 69 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off | Union Grove, WI | 6 days after | 52 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ | Harper, KS | 6 days after | 47 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Nelsonville, OH | 6 days after | 39 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival | Lenoir, NC | 6 days after | 39 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-off | Munfordville, KY | 6 days after | 36 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Mid-South BBQ Festival | Mount Pleasant, TN | 6 days after | 28 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | 2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q | Independence, MO | 6 days after | 25 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | Hattiesburg, MS | 6 days after | 19 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Logandale Fall Festival | Logandale, NV | 6 days after | 18 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Willis BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Willis, TX | 6 days after | — |
| Oct 7, 2017 | 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off | Hoofddorp, Netherlands | 7 days before | 47 |
| Oct 21, 2017 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship | West Kingston, RI | 7 days after | 24 |
| Oct 7, 2017 | Leavenworth Break-out BBQ ( Cancelled) | Leavenworth, KS | 7 days before | 22 |
| Oct 7, 2017 | Smoke on the Water (BACKYARD ONLY) | Guntersville, AL | 7 days before | — |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 15th Annual Conecuh Sausage Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Evergreen, AL | 7 days after | — |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | Independence, MO | 8 days before | 76 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | National Pro BBQ Tour Championship | Bentonville, AR | 8 days before | 50 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | Springfield, KY | 8 days before | 44 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Keystone Classic BBQ | Harrisburg, PA | 8 days before | 39 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | BBQ & Blues on the Levee | Helena, AR | 8 days before | 30 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | Decatur, IL | 8 days before | 30 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Que & Cruz | Louisa, VA | 8 days before | 28 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Squealin in the Square (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | Laurens, SC | 8 days before | 26 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival | Greenfield, MA | 8 days before | 25 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship | Sheridan, AR | 8 days before | 25 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Roast N Boast BBQ | Columbus, MS | 8 days before | 25 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Devon Grube Memorial BBQ Classic | Virginia Beach, VA | 8 days before | 23 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Harbor-Que | Winthrop Harbor, IL | 8 days before | 23 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Wisconsin Colorfest & BBQ Bash | Turtle Lake, WI | 8 days before | 19 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Clarksville BBQ Bash (COMPETITOR'S SERIES ) | Clarksville, TN | 8 days before | 15 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Red Rocks Country Club BBQ Championship Cancelled | Morrison, CO | 8 days before | — |
| Oct 6, 2017 | All Fired Up (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Heathsville, VA | 8 days before | — |
| Oct 4, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bentonville, AR | 10 days before | — |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 13 days after | 95 |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Border War Barbeque | Osawatomie, KS | 13 days after | 46 |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) | Lynchburg, TN | 13 days after | 42 |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Smokin the Fort BBQ & Blue Grass Festival | Fort Gibson, OK | 13 days after | 32 |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Lynchburg, TN | 13 days after | — |
| Sep 30, 2017 | Red, White and Que | Cresskill, NJ | 14 days before | 31 |
| Oct 28, 2017 | Third Annual Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Dallas, TX | 14 days after | — |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Smoke On the Trails | Gardner, KS | 15 days before | 64 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival | Payson, AZ | 15 days before | 36 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | Jonesboro, AR | 15 days before | 33 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Unruly Country Brew N' Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) | Sonora, CA | 15 days before | 30 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Porktober Que | Dothan, AL | 15 days before | 30 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Smokin-in-Sapulpa 4th Annual BBQ | Sapulpa, OK | 15 days before | 30 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Smoking in the Golden Valley | Clinton, MO | 15 days before | 29 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | BBQ in the Badlands | Glendive, MT | 15 days before | 26 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | LuLu's Brew & Que | Brighton, CO | 15 days before | 25 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Dells BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Wisconsin Dells, WI | 15 days before | 25 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash | Bryant, AR | 15 days before | 19 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Q in The Lou Cancelled | St.Louis, MO | 15 days before | — |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Free State BBQ Showdown Cancelled | Westminster, MD | 15 days before | — |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Table Captain Class | Dothan, AL | 16 days before | — |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Dothan, AL | 16 days before | — |
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.