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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, July 21, 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.
- 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
- 12 Sep 1
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2018 Your weekend |
3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | Bad Bellingen, Germany | Same day | 48 |
| Jul 21, 2018 Your weekend |
Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues | Auburn, NY | Same day | 31 |
| Jul 21, 2018 Your weekend |
Barn Burner BBQ | Chilliwack, BC | Same day | 18 |
| Jul 21, 2018 | South Carolina Peach Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Gaffney, SC | Same day | — |
| Jul 20, 2018 Your weekend |
Cookin On Kampeska | Watertown, SD | 1 day before | 45 |
| Jul 20, 2018 Your weekend |
Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) | Peoria, IL | 1 day before | 43 |
| Jul 20, 2018 Your weekend |
BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! | Waterloo, IA | 1 day before | 42 |
| Jul 20, 2018 Your weekend |
Chillin & Grillin in the Glades (JUDGES FULL) | Wise, VA | 1 day before | 29 |
| Jul 20, 2018 Your weekend |
BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest | Dyersburg, TN | 1 day before | 25 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | National Pitmaster Championship Cancelled | Cumming, GA | 1 day before | — |
| Jul 16, 2018 | Fergolicious University of Que Competition Class | Denver, CO | 5 days before | — |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Racing for the BBQ | Lee's Summit, MO | 6 days after | 66 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Smoke in the Grove | Spring Grove, PA | 6 days after | 54 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | BBBrew For Hope | Fort Collins, CO | 6 days after | 35 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | EffingHam-Jam | Effingham, IL | 6 days after | 30 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off | Hartselle, AL | 6 days after | 27 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | Iola, KS | 6 days after | 27 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest | Dodge City, KS | 6 days after | 27 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Canadian County CASA's All Fired Up for Kids BBQ | El Reno, OK | 6 days after | 23 |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Fire on the Mountain | Leburn, KY | 6 days after | 13 |
| Jul 14, 2018 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 7 days before | 64 |
| Jul 14, 2018 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 | Green Bay, WI | 7 days before | 49 |
| Jul 28, 2018 | Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge | Gilroy, CA | 7 days after | 34 |
| Jul 28, 2018 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival | Windsor, VT | 7 days after | 34 |
| Jul 14, 2018 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 2 | Jamestown, TN | 7 days before | 32 |
| Jul 14, 2018 | Vienna BBQ Days | Vienna, Austria | 7 days before | 15 |
| Jul 14, 2018 | Binghamton BBQ Bash (COMPETITOR'S) | Johnson City, NY | 7 days before | — |
| Jul 14, 2018 | Pete Warner - Que University BBQ Cooking School | Marietta, GA | 7 days before | — |
| Jul 28, 2018 | Fergolicious University of Que Competition Class | Fargo, ND | 7 days after | — |
| Jul 28, 2018 | Harry Soo - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ 101 | Diamond Bar, CA | 7 days after | — |
| Jul 13, 2018 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1 | Green Bay, WI | 8 days before | 54 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | Mayetta, KS | 8 days before | 48 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | Kettering, OH | 8 days before | 40 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 1 | Jamestown, TN | 8 days before | 40 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | 9th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL) | Vista, CA | 8 days before | 37 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | 17th Annual Bordertown Bash | Fort Smith, AR | 8 days before | 32 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic | Niagara Falls, ON | 8 days before | 24 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | 1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) | Cameron, MO | 8 days before | 24 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition | Draper, UT | 8 days before | 21 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off | Clayton, CA | 8 days before | 19 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival | Coeur d' Alene, ID | 8 days before | 19 |
| Jul 12, 2018 | SC Festival Of Discovery | Greenwood, SC | 9 days before | 89 |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Pigs & Pedals | Asheboro, NC | 13 days after | 48 |
| Aug 3, 2018 | San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ | Alamosa, CO | 13 days after | 41 |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown | Westland, MI | 13 days after | 39 |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ | Laurie, MO | 13 days after | 35 |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition | Cincinnati, OH | 13 days after | 35 |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Pit at the Park | Macungie, PA | 13 days after | 25 |
| Aug 4, 2018 | Red White Blue and Que Presented by Lucas Oil Speedway | Wheatland, MO | 14 days after | 37 |
| Aug 4, 2018 | Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY) | Warsaw, MO | 14 days after | 20 |
| Aug 4, 2018 | Adath Israel 2nd Annual BBQ & Festival (KOSHER SERIES) | Cincinnati, OH | 14 days after | 14 |
| Jul 7, 2018 | Pure Q | Bellerive, Tasmania, Australia | 14 days before | 10 |
| Jul 7, 2018 | Smokin in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Whitwell, TN | 14 days before | — |
| Jul 7, 2018 | RiverFest Red White & Que Cancelled | Bellevue, NE | 14 days before | — |
| Aug 4, 2018 | Pete Warner - Que University BBQ Cooking School | Marietta, GA | 14 days after | — |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge (JUDGES FULL) | Warrensburg, MO | 15 days before | 47 |
| Jul 6, 2018 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Lake Placid, NY | 15 days before | 39 |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival | Petaluma, CA | 15 days before | 38 |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Back To Mayberry | Rodney, IA | 15 days before | 26 |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Ceramic City Jazz, Blues, & BBQ Festival | East Liverpool, OH | 15 days before | 10 |
| Aug 5, 2018 | Cambridge Rib Fest at the Keystone Grill (Competitor's Series) | Cambridge, WI | 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.
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.