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, May 19, 2018 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

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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 Apr 14 is the quietest in range: 10 contests. The biggest thing on it is The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	vs. your date	Field
May 19, 2018 Your weekend	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	Hoofddorp, Netherlands	Same day	60
May 19, 2018 Your weekend	Tasty Expo BBQ Battle of the Grill (BACKYARD ONLY)	Overland Park, KS	Same day	12
May 19, 2018 Your weekend	Harry Soo - Slap Yo Daddy BBQ 101	Diamond Bar, CA	Same day	—
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke	Morgantown, PA	1 day before	47
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass	Sevierville, TN	1 day before	43
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition	Valley, NE	1 day before	42
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival	Ayden, NC	1 day before	38
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	23rd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort	Platte City, MO	1 day before	37
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	Salt City BBQ Festival	Syracuse, NY	1 day before	34
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival State championship	Lima, OH	1 day before	32
May 18, 2018	Boats, Bands, & BBQ Cancelled	Pueblo, CO	1 day before	32
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off	Chesapeake, VA	1 day before	27
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	BBQ 4 ASTOP	Fond du Lac, WI	1 day before	27
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival	Langley, OK	1 day before	26
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	Smoke on the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY)	Brookwood, AL	1 day before	16
May 18, 2018 Your weekend	Southern Utah BBQ Festival	Washington, UT	1 day before	15
May 18, 2018	Spring out to Sunset Cancelled	Valparaiso, IN	1 day before	—
May 25, 2018	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	Evans, GA	6 days after	72
May 25, 2018	Shepherd's Smokin Summer Kick Off	Branson, MO	6 days after	50
May 25, 2018	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1)	Westmont, IL	6 days after	49
May 25, 2018	Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	Gettysburg, PA	6 days after	35
May 25, 2018	Best Dam Barbeque	Boulder City, NV	6 days after	30
May 25, 2018	Big Bear Memorial Weekend BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	Big Bear Lake, CA	6 days after	29
May 25, 2018	Burnt Ends Oklahoma Barbeque Championship	Oklahoma City, OK	6 days after	24
May 25, 2018	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)	Burton Upon Trent, United Kingdom	6 days after	24
May 25, 2018	10th Annual Gillett Heritage Days Festival BBQ cook off	Gillett, AR	6 days after	18
May 25, 2018	The Stith Family Farms BACKYARD BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Elizabethtown, KY	6 days after	7
May 25, 2018	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	6 days after	—
May 26, 2018	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2)	Westmont, IL	7 days after	60
May 12, 2018	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)	Hasselt, Belgium	7 days before	51
May 12, 2018	BBQ Jamboree Double Day 2	Fredericksburg, VA	7 days before	38
May 26, 2018	BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)	North Bend, OR	7 days after	35
May 26, 2018	Brew N Q	Burton Upon Trent, United Kingdom	7 days after	34
May 12, 2018	Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch	Aldersyde, Canada	7 days before	30
May 26, 2018	CSU BBQ Showdown	Estes Park, CO	7 days after	20
May 11, 2018	Minnesota in May	Falcon Heights, MN	8 days before	70
May 11, 2018	The Grasshopper '18 (formerly Kansas 10x10) (JUDGES FULL)	De Soto, KS	8 days before	56
May 11, 2018	BBQ Jamboree Double Day 1	Fredericksburg, VA	8 days before	45
May 11, 2018	Hawgin on Lanier (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled	Gainesville, GA	8 days before	45
May 11, 2018	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF State championship	Waynesboro, GA	8 days before	42
May 11, 2018	Roman Roast on the River	Rome, GA	8 days before	39
May 11, 2018	BBQ in the Bluffs	Council Bluffs, IA	8 days before	39
May 11, 2018	Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1)	Hasselt, Belgium	8 days before	37
May 11, 2018	Rockin BBQ	Warsaw, IN	8 days before	37
May 11, 2018	Wild West BBQ Cook Off	Lamar, CO	8 days before	26
May 11, 2018	Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY)	Arab, AL	8 days before	—
May 11, 2018	Boro Backyard BBQ Brawl (BACKYARD ONLY)	Murfreesboro, TN	8 days before	—
May 10, 2018	Table Captain Class	Lee's Summit, MO	9 days before	—
May 10, 2018	Table Captain Class	Kansas City, MO	9 days before	—
Jun 1, 2018	Smokin' On The Summit Cancelled	Lee's Summit, MO	13 days after	68
Jun 1, 2018	Que for the Troops	Levittown, PA	13 days after	61
Jun 1, 2018	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival	Norco, CA	13 days after	57
Jun 1, 2018	Kelley Wilson BBQ	Kansas City, MO	13 days after	48
Jun 1, 2018	Smokin In Steele	Owatonna, MN	13 days after	45
Jun 1, 2018	Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAMS FULL)	Marysville, KS	13 days after	42
Jun 1, 2018	Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES)	Lincoln, IL	13 days after	40
Jun 1, 2018	McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual ( JUDGES FULL)	McLouth, KS	13 days after	36
Jun 1, 2018	Piggin In The Park	Woodruff, SC	13 days after	34
Jun 1, 2018	The Original SD BBQ Championships	Huron, SD	13 days after	33
Jun 1, 2018	Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	Claremore, OK	13 days after	30
Jun 1, 2018	7th Annual Smokin on the Lake	Monroe City, MO	13 days after	29
Jun 1, 2018	Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival	Quebec City, Canada	13 days after	22
Jun 1, 2018	PigMania Shelby Mansfield KOA RV Resort	Shelby, OH	13 days after	18
Jun 1, 2018	Conquer The Grill Cancelled	Coudersport, PA	13 days after	15
Jun 1, 2018	Friends Of OBR Pitmaster Challenge (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)	Louisville, KY	13 days after	14
Jun 1, 2018	Smoke on the Water USA Barbecue Championship Cancelled	Pine Bluff, AR	13 days after	—
Jun 2, 2018	Sun BBQ Fest	Uncasville, CT	14 days after	59
May 5, 2018	The Masters In May (DAY 2)	Appleton, WI	14 days before	54
May 5, 2018	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	Ridgefield, CT	14 days before	40
May 5, 2018	Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest	Crownsville, MD	14 days before	37
May 5, 2018	Smoke on the Water	Liberty, IN	14 days before	28
May 5, 2018	Atlanta BBQ Festival	Atlanta, GA	14 days before	27
May 5, 2018	The Brave Fires of Scotland	Aberlour Scotland, United Kingdom	14 days before	11
May 5, 2018	The Pearl City Picnic ( Competitor's Series)	Muscatine, IA	14 days before	—
May 5, 2018	Pete Warner - Que University BBQ Cooking School	Marietta, GA	14 days before	—
May 4, 2018	Jiggy With the Piggy	Kannapolis, NC	15 days before	70
May 4, 2018	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival	Bixby, OK	15 days before	68
May 4, 2018	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	Huntsville, AL	15 days before	61
May 4, 2018	The Masters In May ( DAY 1)	Appleton, WI	15 days before	54
May 4, 2018	City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown	Show Low, AZ	15 days before	52
May 4, 2018	Sertoma 48 BBQ	Lawrence, KS	15 days before	41
May 4, 2018	Route 66 Smoke Out	Dwight, IL	15 days before	38
May 4, 2018	Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q	St. Joseph, MO	15 days before	37
May 4, 2018	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship	Elk Grove, CA	15 days before	35
May 4, 2018	Brew, Blues, & Bar-B-Q	Lansing, KS	15 days before	29
May 4, 2018	37th Annual Kennett Jaycee's	Kennett, MO	15 days before	25
May 4, 2018	BBQ in The Valley	Jamestown, NY	15 days before	25
May 4, 2018	Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)	Meridian, MS	15 days before	22
May 4, 2018	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival	Brookhaven, MS	15 days before	19
May 4, 2018	Colombia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest Cancelled	Columbia, MO	15 days before	18
May 4, 2018	UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series)	Kansas City, MO	15 days before	14
May 4, 2018	Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)	Riverside, CA	15 days before	—
May 4, 2018	Table Captain Class - CANCELLED	Jamestown, NY	15 days before	—
Jun 3, 2018	Table Captain Class	Norco, CA	15 days after	—

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.

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