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, September 15, 2018 · everywhere, because no place is set

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

467

39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

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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 Oct 27 is the quietest in range: 9 contests. The biggest thing on it is Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL).

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	Days off	Field
2018-09-15 Your weekend	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Kansas City, KS	0	467
2018-09-15 Your weekend	Het 5DE BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland	Sint Niklaas, 9100	0	31
2018-09-15 Your weekend	The Chidlow BBQ Festival	Chidlow, Wa, 6556	0	23
2018-09-14 Your weekend	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)	Kansas City, KS	-1	164
2018-09-14 Your weekend	*Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	Mears, MI	-1	48
2018-09-14 Your weekend	4th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship	Oroville, CA	-1	43
2018-09-14 Your weekend	America's Finest BBQ State Championship State championship	San Diego, CA	-1	40
2018-09-14 Your weekend	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out	Kearney, MO	-1	35
2018-09-14 Your weekend	*Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival	Decatur, AL	-1	32
2018-09-14 Your weekend	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	Salisbury, NC	-1	29
2018-09-14 Your weekend	Smoke & Soul Fest	Casper, WY	-1	28
2018-09-14 Your weekend	Bands & BBQ at the Point	Carrollton, KY	-1	27
2018-09-14 Your weekend	KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-Off	Worthington, MN	-1	25
2018-09-14 Your weekend	*Tunes, Brews & BBQ's	Penn Yan, NY	-1	14
2018-09-21	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque State championship	Shawnee, KS	6	107
2018-09-21	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	Murphysboro, IL	6	59
2018-09-21	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge	Newton, NC	6	45
2018-09-21	Grilling & Chillin BBQ	Owensboro, KY	6	37
2018-09-21	Rock'n Ribville	Lawrenceville, GA	6	33
2018-09-21	*Smokin in The Hills	Hillsboro, OH	6	30
2018-09-21	*Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off	Ponca City, OK	6	29
2018-09-21	*The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	Grand Haven, MI	6	28
2018-09-21	*Tri City BBQ Fest	Denison, IA	6	27
2018-09-21	Roast N Boast	Columbus, MS	6	17
2018-09-21	*First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)(JUDGES FULL)	Columbia, TN	6	13
2018-09-21	*Smoke in the Valley	Pikeville, TN	6	12
2018-09-21	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	6	—
2018-09-21	Table Captain Class	Waltrop,	6	—
2018-09-22	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018	Waltrop,	7	73
2018-09-22	Oinktoberfest	Clarence, NY	7	51
2018-09-22	*Que by the Sea	Seaside Heights, NJ	7	43
2018-09-08	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	Dongen, 5106NC	-7	40
2018-09-22	Table Rock Boats and Bones	Kimberling, MO	7	35
2018-09-08	Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Randolph, VT	-7	33
2018-09-22	*Great Maine BBQ Challenge	Bangor, ME	7	27
2018-09-22	*Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)	Blue Island, IL	7	16
2018-09-08	Smoke on the Quiet Waters	Devon, EX37 9HZ	-7	13
2018-09-08	Harry Soo - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ 101	Diamond Bar, CA	-7	—
2018-09-08	Table Captain Class	Atherington, Devon,	-7	—
2018-09-22	*Garden City Fall Festival BBQ Contest Cancelled	Garden City, MO	7	—
2018-09-22	Pete Warner - Que University BBQ Cooking School	Marietta, GA	7	—
2018-09-07	International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL)	Millington, TN	-8	34
2018-09-07	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Grand Jct, CO	-8	32
2018-09-07	Puckaway Pigfest	Montello, WI	-8	31
2018-09-07	Perimeter Community BBQ & Festival	Atlanta, GA	-8	31
2018-09-07	*14th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship State championship	Richmond, VA	-8	29
2018-09-07	*Smoke On The Ohio(JUDGES FULL)	Mt.Vernon, IN	-8	28
2018-09-07	*Hot Pursuit BBQ Cancelled	Shawnee, OK	-8	27
2018-09-07	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll	Vermillion, SD	-8	25
2018-09-07	Hog Wild West BBQ Contest	Leavenworth, KS	-8	25
2018-09-07	*Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival	Boise, ID	-8	25
2018-09-07	*Butler Chambers Of Commerce BBQ & Hucksters Days	Butler, MO	-8	19
2018-09-07	*Smokin on the White	Batesville, AR	-8	17
2018-09-07	*Harvest On Fire at The Winery(JUDGES FULL)	Marshall, IL	-8	16
2018-09-07	NGS Steak Contest - Smoke On The Ohio (Teams & Judges Full)	Mt. Vernon, IN	-8	—
2018-09-28	*Smoke On the Trails	Gardner, KS	13	68
2018-09-28	*Bikes, Blues and BBQ	Fayetteville, AR	13	49
2018-09-28	*Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival	Jonesboro, AR	13	45
2018-09-28	Smithfield BBQ Classic	Richmond, VA	13	41
2018-09-28	Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival	Payson, AZ	13	40
2018-09-28	Smoke in the Park	Lemoyne, PA	13	31
2018-09-28	*Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Mason City, IA	13	29
2018-09-28	*Rock The Grill	Rock Hill, SC	13	27
2018-09-28	BBQ in the Badlands	Glendive, MT	13	26
2018-09-28	*Dells BBQ Bash(BACKYARD ONLY)	Wisconsin Dell, WI	13	25
2018-09-28	*Smoking in the Golden Valley	Clinton, MO	13	25
2018-09-28	*Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Cancelled	Bryant, AR	13	20
2018-09-28	*Oaky Smokey At Oak Hills Cancelled	Girard, IL	13	—
2018-09-01	2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest	Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM	-14	44
2018-09-01	BBQ on the Bow	Calgary, T2W3J6	-14	43
2018-09-01	*Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge	Omaha, NE	-14	34
2018-09-01	*Fire it up Frostproof!	Frostproof, FL	-14	24
2018-09-01	DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship	Victoria,Australia, 3775	-14	24
2018-09-01	*Big Muddy Brew N Que	Winona, MN	-14	22
2018-09-29	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018	Graz, 8010	14	19
2018-09-01	*Redwood Coast Grills Gone Wild Cancelled	Crescent City, CA	-14	15
2018-09-29	*New Albany BBQ Competition(BACKYARD ONLY)	New Albany, IN	14	8
2018-09-29	Kincaid Fair Smoke Off(BACKYARD ONLY)	Kincaid, KS	14	6
2018-09-01	Blues, Views and BBQ Festival's Cookin' for a Cause(COMPETITOR'S SERIES)	Westport, CT	-14	—
2018-08-31	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Bedford, TX	-15	74
2018-08-31	PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival State championship	Lebanon, OH	-15	46
2018-08-31	*West Virginia BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	Ranson, WV	-15	40
2018-08-31	Smokin in the Bogs	Warrens, WI	-15	25
2018-08-31	Smokin' & Stokin' Trussville(BACKYARD ONLY)	Trussville, AL	-15	—
2018-10-02	*Holmes Drywall Supply BBQ Cook-off (INVITATIONAL ONLY GRILLING SERIES)	Kansas City, MO	17	8

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.

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