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 14, 2018 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 16 Jun 2
- 18 Jun 9
- 24 Jun 16
- 22 Jun 23
- 10 Jun 30
- 6 Jul 7
- 19 Jul 14
- 8 Jul 21
- 13 Jul 28
- 11 Aug 4
- 18 Aug 11
- 20 Aug 18
- 24 Aug 25
The weekend of Jul 7 is the quietest in range: 6 contests. The biggest thing on it is Johnson County BBQ Challenge (JUDGES FULL).
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2018 Your weekend |
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | North Wildwood, NJ | Same day | 64 |
| Jul 14, 2018 Your weekend |
Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 | Green Bay, WI | Same day | 49 |
| Jul 14, 2018 Your weekend |
Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 2 | Jamestown, TN | Same day | 32 |
| Jul 14, 2018 Your weekend |
Vienna BBQ Days | Vienna, Austria | Same day | 15 |
| Jul 14, 2018 Your weekend |
Binghamton BBQ Bash (COMPETITOR'S) | Johnson City, NY | Same day | — |
| Jul 14, 2018 Your weekend |
Pete Warner - Que University BBQ Cooking School | Marietta, GA | Same day | — |
| Jul 13, 2018 Your weekend |
Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1 | Green Bay, WI | 1 day before | 54 |
| Jul 13, 2018 Your weekend |
Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | Mayetta, KS | 1 day before | 48 |
| Jul 13, 2018 Your weekend |
Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | Kettering, OH | 1 day before | 40 |
| Jul 13, 2018 Your weekend |
Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 1 | Jamestown, TN | 1 day before | 40 |
| Jul 13, 2018 Your weekend |
9th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL) | Vista, CA | 1 day before | 37 |
| Jul 13, 2018 Your weekend |
17th Annual Bordertown Bash | Fort Smith, AR | 1 day before | 32 |
| Jul 13, 2018 Your weekend |
Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic | Niagara Falls, ON | 1 day before | 24 |
| Jul 13, 2018 Your weekend |
1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) | Cameron, MO | 1 day before | 24 |
| Jul 13, 2018 Your weekend |
Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition | Draper, UT | 1 day before | 21 |
| Jul 13, 2018 Your weekend |
2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off | Clayton, CA | 1 day before | 19 |
| Jul 13, 2018 Your weekend |
The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival | Coeur d' Alene, ID | 1 day before | 19 |
| Jul 12, 2018 Your weekend |
SC Festival Of Discovery | Greenwood, SC | 2 days before | 89 |
| Jul 16, 2018 Your weekend |
Fergolicious University of Que Competition Class | Denver, CO | 2 days after | — |
| Jul 20, 2018 | Cookin On Kampeska | Watertown, SD | 6 days after | 45 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) | Peoria, IL | 6 days after | 43 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! | Waterloo, IA | 6 days after | 42 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades (JUDGES FULL) | Wise, VA | 6 days after | 29 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest | Dyersburg, TN | 6 days after | 25 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | National Pitmaster Championship Cancelled | Cumming, GA | 6 days after | — |
| Jul 21, 2018 | 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | Bad Bellingen, Germany | 7 days after | 48 |
| Jul 21, 2018 | Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues | Auburn, NY | 7 days after | 31 |
| Jul 21, 2018 | Barn Burner BBQ | Chilliwack, BC | 7 days after | 18 |
| Jul 7, 2018 | Pure Q | Bellerive, Tasmania, Australia | 7 days before | 10 |
| Jul 7, 2018 | Smokin in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Whitwell, TN | 7 days before | — |
| Jul 7, 2018 | RiverFest Red White & Que Cancelled | Bellevue, NE | 7 days before | — |
| Jul 21, 2018 | South Carolina Peach Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Gaffney, SC | 7 days after | — |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge (JUDGES FULL) | Warrensburg, MO | 8 days before | 47 |
| Jul 6, 2018 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Lake Placid, NY | 8 days before | 39 |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | Petaluma, CA | 8 days before | 38 |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Back To Mayberry | Rodney, IA | 8 days before | 26 |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Ceramic City Jazz, Blues, & BBQ Festival | East Liverpool, OH | 8 days before | 10 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Racing for the BBQ | Lee's Summit, MO | 13 days after | 66 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Smoke in the Grove | Spring Grove, PA | 13 days after | 54 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | BBBrew For Hope | Fort Collins, CO | 13 days after | 35 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | EffingHam-Jam | Effingham, IL | 13 days after | 30 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off | Hartselle, AL | 13 days after | 27 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | Iola, KS | 13 days after | 27 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest | Dodge City, KS | 13 days after | 27 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Canadian County CASA's All Fired Up for Kids BBQ | El Reno, OK | 13 days after | 23 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Fire on the Mountain | Leburn, KY | 13 days after | 13 |
| Jul 28, 2018 | Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge | Gilroy, CA | 14 days after | 34 |
| Jul 28, 2018 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival | Windsor, VT | 14 days after | 34 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | BBQ an der Burg 2018 | Geestland, Germany | 14 days before | 30 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | I-39 Smokin Car Show | Minonk, IL | 14 days before | 29 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP | Gaiarine, Italy | 14 days before | 18 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | Fergolicious University of Que Competition Class | Valley Park, MO | 14 days before | — |
| Jul 28, 2018 | Fergolicious University of Que Competition Class | Fargo, ND | 14 days after | — |
| Jul 28, 2018 | Harry Soo - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | 14 days after | — |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Freedom Fest BBQ Cook-Off | Willard, MO | 15 days before | 52 |
| Jun 29, 2018 | York County BBQ Festival | Delta, PA | 15 days before | 33 |
| Jun 29, 2018 | PigMania Hilliard State Championship BBQ & Music Festival State championship | Hilliard, OH | 15 days before | 33 |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Grillin and Chillin Cancelled | Chillicothe, MO | 15 days before | 31 |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Elkmont, AL | 15 days before | 20 |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Traeger NorUt State Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | 15 days before | 19 |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Grillin' in Grafton Cancelled | Grafton, WI | 15 days before | — |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Chuckwagaon BBQ Cook-off Cancelled | Los Angeles, CA | 15 days before | — |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Cool Smoke Cook School | Richmond, VA | 15 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.