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 28, 2018 · everywhere, because no place is set

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

*Racing for the BBQ

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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 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	Days off	Field
2018-07-28 Your weekend	*Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge	Gilroy, CA	0	34
2018-07-28 Your weekend	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	WINDSOR, VT	0	34
2018-07-28 Your weekend	Fergolicious University of Que Competition Class	Fargo, ND	0	—
2018-07-28 Your weekend	Harry Soo - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ 101	Diamond Bar, CA	0	—
2018-07-27 Your weekend	*Racing for the BBQ	Lee's Summit, MO	-1	66
2018-07-27 Your weekend	Smoke in the Grove	Spring Grove, PA	-1	54
2018-07-27 Your weekend	BBBrew For Hope	Fort Collins, CO	-1	35
2018-07-27 Your weekend	*EffingHam-Jam	Effingham, IL	-1	30
2018-07-27 Your weekend	*Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off	Hartselle, AL	-1	27
2018-07-27 Your weekend	Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ	Iola, KS	-1	27
2018-07-27 Your weekend	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest	Dodge City, KS	-1	27
2018-07-27 Your weekend	*Canadian County CASA's All Fired Up for Kids BBQ	El Reno, OK	-1	23
2018-07-27 Your weekend	*Fire on the Mountain	Leburn, KY	-1	13
2018-08-03	Pigs & Pedals	Asheboro, NC	6	48
2018-08-03	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	Alamosa, CO	6	41
2018-08-03	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown	Westland, MI	6	39
2018-08-03	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	Laurie, MO	6	35
2018-08-03	*Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition	Cincinnati, OH	6	35
2018-08-03	*Pit at the Park	Macungie, PA	6	25
2018-07-21	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Bad Bellingen, 79415	-7	48
2018-08-04	Red White Blue and Que Presented by Lucas Oil Speedway	Wheatland, MO	7	37
2018-07-21	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues	Auburn, NY	-7	31
2018-08-04	*Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY)	Warsaw, MO	7	20
2018-07-21	Barn Burner BBQ	Chilliwack, BC	-7	18
2018-08-04	Adath Israel 2nd Annual BBQ & Festival (KOSHER SERIES)	Cincinnati, OH	7	14
2018-07-21	*South Carolina Peach Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled	Gaffney, SC	-7	—
2018-08-04	Pete Warner - Que University BBQ Cooking School	Marietta, GA	7	—
2018-07-20	*Cookin On Kampeska	Watertown, SD	-8	45
2018-07-20	*Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown(JUDGES FULL)	Peoria, IL	-8	43
2018-07-20	BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO!	Waterloo, IA	-8	42
2018-07-20	*Chillin & Grillin in the Glades (JUDGES FULL)	Wise, VA	-8	29
2018-07-20	*BBQ-Fest Cooking Contest	Dyersburg, TN	-8	25
2018-07-20	National Pitmaster Championship Cancelled	Cumming, GA	-8	—
2018-08-05	*Cambridge Rib Fest at the Keystone Grill (Competitor's Series)	Cambridge, WI	8	—
2018-07-16	Fergolicious University of Que Competition Class	Denver, CO	-12	—
2018-08-10	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	Franklin, NC	13	51
2018-08-10	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Bel Air, MD	13	38
2018-08-10	26th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska	Arlington, NE	13	30
2018-08-10	Smokin in McMinnville	McMinnville, TN	13	28
2018-08-10	Smoke in the Park (BACK YARD ONLY)	Glencoe, AL	13	27
2018-08-10	*Big Blue Barbecue	Shelbyville, IN	13	27
2018-08-10	*Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash	Winston, MO	13	25
2018-08-10	Route 66 Barbeque Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)	Springfield, MO	13	19
2018-08-10	*Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River Cancelled	Ceres, CA	13	—
2018-08-10	*Farm B Que Cancelled	Spirit Lake, IA	13	—
2018-08-10	Smokin' Triggers Cooking Class	New Orleans, LA	13	—
2018-08-10	Buffalo's BBQ Cooking Class	Sperry, OK	13	—
2018-08-10	BBQ Boot Camp 101 (Chicken & Ribs)	Indianapolis, IN	13	—
2018-08-10	Mark Lambert - Barbecue Live Cooking Class	Memphis, TN	13	—
2018-07-14	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	North Wildwood, NJ	-14	64
2018-07-14	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2	Green Bay, WI	-14	49
2018-07-14	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 2	Jamestown, TN	-14	32
2018-08-11	*Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park	Saco, ME	14	30
2018-08-11	Wild West Fest On Fire	Zbilje, Medvode, 1215	14	21
2018-07-14	Vienna BBQ Days	Vienna , 1210	-14	15
2018-08-11	*Northwoods Triple Crown(BACKYARD ONLY)	Antigo, WI	14	10
2018-08-11	Seward County Fair Rib Rally (COMPETITORS SERIES)	Seward, NE	14	6
2018-07-14	*Binghamton BBQ Bash(COMPETITOR'S)	Johnson City, NY	-14	—
2018-07-14	Pete Warner - Que University BBQ Cooking School	Marietta, GA	-14	—
2018-08-11	Harry Soo - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ 101	Diamond Bar, CA	14	—
2018-08-11	Tailgating Class	Indianapolis, IN	14	—
2018-07-13	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1	Green Bay, WI	-15	54
2018-07-13	*Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	Mayetta, KS	-15	48
2018-07-13	*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	Kettering, OH	-15	40
2018-07-13	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 1	Jamestown, TN	-15	40
2018-07-13	9th Annual Vista BBQ Classic(JUDGES FULL)	Vista, CA	-15	37
2018-07-13	*17th Annual Bordertown Bash	Fort Smith, AR	-15	32
2018-07-13	*Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic	Niagara Falls, ON	-15	24
2018-07-13	*1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off(JUDGES FULL)	Cameron, MO	-15	24
2018-07-13	Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition	Draper, UT	-15	21
2018-07-13	*2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off	Clayton, CA	-15	19
2018-07-13	*The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival	Coeur d' Alene, ID	-15	19
2018-07-12	SC Festival Of Discovery	Greenwood, SC	-16	89

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.