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 · everywhere, because no place is set
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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 | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-14 Your weekend | *Tallya BBQ Fesztival | Tallya, | 0 | 40 |
| 2017-10-14 Your weekend | Bay State BBQ Championship | Monson, MA | 0 | 30 |
| 2017-10-14 Your weekend | *Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que(JUDGES FULL) (OKBS Qulifyer ) | Muskogee, OK | 0 | 18 |
| 2017-10-14 Your weekend | *Nile Beer-B-Q | Billings, MT | 0 | 17 |
| 2017-10-14 | *West Texas King of Meat BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Odessa, TX | 0 | — |
| 2017-10-14 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Muskogee, OK | 0 | — |
| 2017-10-14 | Blues,Brew & BBQ(BACKYARD) Cancelled | Prince Fredrick, MD | 0 | — |
| 2017-10-13 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Cancelled | Dana Point, CA | -1 | 90 |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | *OC BBQ Competition | Costa Messa, CA | -1 | 56 |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | 14th Annual Cookin on the Kaw | Desoto, KS | -1 | 55 |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | Rocky Mount, NC | -1 | 50 |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ | Arthur, IL | -1 | 41 |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | *Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | Chelsea, MI | -1 | 32 |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | *Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest | Woodstock, VA | -1 | 30 |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | *Grillin & chillin BBQ cook-off | Waxhaw, NC | -1 | 29 |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Lyons, GA | -1 | 29 |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | Anchor City Cook Off | Centralia, MO | -1 | 27 |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival | Duncanville, TX | -1 | 18 |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Tallya, | -1 | — |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Tallya, | -1 | — |
| 2017-10-13 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Muskogee, OK | -1 | — |
| 2017-10-11 Your weekend | Holmes Drywall Supply, Inc(BACKYARD ONLY INVITE ONLY) | Kansas City, MO | -3 | 8 |
| 2017-10-20 | Boo-B-Que | Rehobeth Beach, DE | 6 | 69 |
| 2017-10-20 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off | Union Grove, WI | 6 | 52 |
| 2017-10-20 | *Harper County Bullseye BBQ | Harper, KS | 6 | 47 |
| 2017-10-20 | *Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Nelsonville, OH | 6 | 39 |
| 2017-10-20 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival | Lenoir, NC | 6 | 39 |
| 2017-10-20 | *Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-off | Munfordville, KY | 6 | 36 |
| 2017-10-20 | Mid-South BBQ Festival | Mount Pleasant, TN | 6 | 28 |
| 2017-10-20 | 2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q | Independence, MO | 6 | 25 |
| 2017-10-20 | *Downtown BBQ Showdown | Hattiesburg, MS | 6 | 19 |
| 2017-10-20 | *Logandale Fall Festival | Logandale, NV | 6 | 18 |
| 2017-10-20 | *Willis BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Willis, TX | 6 | — |
| 2017-10-07 | 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off | Hoofddorp, 6515 DE | -7 | 47 |
| 2017-10-21 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship | West Kingston, RI | 7 | 24 |
| 2017-10-07 | *Leavenworth Break-out BBQ( Cancelled) | Leavenworth, KS | -7 | 22 |
| 2017-10-07 | Smoke on the Water(BACKYARD ONLY) | Guntersville, AL | -7 | — |
| 2017-10-21 | 15th Annual Conecuh Sausage Festival(BACKYARD ONLY) | Evergreen, AL | 7 | — |
| 2017-10-06 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | Independence, MO | -8 | 76 |
| 2017-10-06 | National Pro BBQ Tour Championship | Bentonville, AR | -8 | 50 |
| 2017-10-06 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | Springfield, KY | -8 | 44 |
| 2017-10-06 | Keystone Classic BBQ | Harrisburg, PA | -8 | 39 |
| 2017-10-06 | *BBQ & Blues on the Levee | Helena, AR | -8 | 30 |
| 2017-10-06 | *Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) | Decatur, IL | -8 | 30 |
| 2017-10-06 | Que & Cruz | Louisa, VA | -8 | 28 |
| 2017-10-06 | Squealin in the Square(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | Laurens, SC | -8 | 26 |
| 2017-10-06 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival | Greenfield, MA | -8 | 25 |
| 2017-10-06 | *Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship | Sheridan, AR | -8 | 25 |
| 2017-10-06 | *Roast N Boast BBQ | Columbus, MS | -8 | 25 |
| 2017-10-06 | *Devon Grube Memorial BBQ Classic | Virginia Beach, VA | -8 | 23 |
| 2017-10-06 | *Harbor-Que | Winthrop Harbor, IL | -8 | 23 |
| 2017-10-06 | *Wisconsin Colorfest & BBQ Bash | Turtle Lake, WI | -8 | 19 |
| 2017-10-06 | *Clarksville BBQ Bash (COMPETITOR'S SERIES ) | Clarksville, TN | -8 | 15 |
| 2017-10-06 | Red Rocks Country Club BBQ Championship Cancelled | Morrison, CO | -8 | — |
| 2017-10-06 | All Fired Up (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Heathsville, VA | -8 | — |
| 2017-10-04 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Bentonville, AR | -10 | — |
| 2017-10-27 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 13 | 95 |
| 2017-10-27 | Border War Barbeque | Osawatomie, KS | 13 | 46 |
| 2017-10-27 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) | Lynchburg, TN | 13 | 42 |
| 2017-10-27 | Smokin the Fort BBQ & Blue Grass Festival | Fort Gibson, OK | 13 | 32 |
| 2017-10-27 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Lynchburg, TN | 13 | — |
| 2017-09-30 | *Red, White and Que | Cresskill, NJ | -14 | 31 |
| 2017-10-28 | Third Annual Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship(COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Dallas, TX | 14 | — |
| 2017-09-29 | *Smoke On the Trails | Gardner, KS | -15 | 64 |
| 2017-09-29 | Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival | Payson, AZ | -15 | 36 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | Jonesboro, AR | -15 | 33 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Unruly Country Brew N' Que Festival(JUDGES FULL) | Sonora, CA | -15 | 30 |
| 2017-09-29 | Porktober Que | Dothan, AL | -15 | 30 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Smokin-in-Sapulpa 4th Annual BBQ | Sapulpa, OK | -15 | 30 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Smoking in the Golden Valley | Clinton, MO | -15 | 29 |
| 2017-09-29 | BBQ in the Badlands | Glendive, MT | -15 | 26 |
| 2017-09-29 | LuLu's Brew & Que | Brighton, CO | -15 | 25 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Dells BBQ Bash(BACKYARD ONLY) | Wisconsin Dells, WI | -15 | 25 |
| 2017-09-29 | *Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash | Bryant, AR | -15 | 19 |
| 2017-09-29 | Q in The Lou Cancelled | St.Louis, MO | -15 | — |
| 2017-09-29 | Free State BBQ Showdown Cancelled | Westminster, MD | -15 | — |
| 2017-09-28 | Table Captain Class | Dothan, AL | -16 | — |
| 2017-09-28 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Dothan, AL | -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.