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, October 6, 2018 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Independence Fire & Ice 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 Nov 17 is the quietest in range: 3 contests. The biggest thing on it is Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	vs. your date	Field
Oct 6, 2018 Your weekend	Rib's and Bibs	Topeka, KS	Same day	37
Oct 6, 2018 Your weekend	Harbor-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)	Winthrop Harbor, IL	Same day	7
Oct 6, 2018 Your weekend	Pete Warner - Que University BBQ Cooking School	Marietta, GA	Same day	—
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	Independence Fire & Ice BBQ	Independence, MO	1 day before	56
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship State championship	Harrisburg, PA	1 day before	42
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	Springfield, KY	1 day before	42
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	SMOKEToBERFEST	Ottumwa, IA	1 day before	40
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	Greenfield, MA	1 day before	31
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	Harbor-Que	Winthrop Harbor, IL	1 day before	28
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	Squealin in the Square	Laurens, SC	1 day before	27
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship	Sheridan, AR	1 day before	26
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	Wisconsin Colorfest & BBQ Bash	Turtle Lake, WI	1 day before	26
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	Que & Cruz	Louisa, VA	1 day before	25
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	BBQ & Blues on the Levee (JUDGES FULL)	Helena, AR	1 day before	25
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Decatur, IL	1 day before	—
Oct 5, 2018	Smoke On Water St. BBQ Championship Cancelled	Henderson, NV	1 day before	—
Oct 5, 2018	Smoke on the Water (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled	Guntersville, AL	1 day before	—
Oct 5, 2018 Your weekend	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	1 day before	—
Oct 2, 2018	Holmes Drywall Supply BBQ Cook-off (INVITATIONAL ONLY GRILLING SERIES)	Kansas City, MO	4 days before	8
Oct 12, 2018	15th Annual Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest	Desoto, KS	6 days after	69
Oct 12, 2018	Temecula State BBQ Championship	Temecula, CA	6 days after	46
Oct 12, 2018	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ	Arthur, IL	6 days after	45
Oct 12, 2018	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	Rocky Mount, NC	6 days after	39
Oct 12, 2018	Smoke & Ale Fall Festival	Chelsea, MI	6 days after	38
Oct 12, 2018	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Cancelled	Woodstock, VA	6 days after	36
Oct 12, 2018	Anchor City Cook Off	Centralia, MO	6 days after	33
Oct 12, 2018	Pigs in the Pit	Alton, VA	6 days after	30
Oct 12, 2018	Grills N Grills Cancelled	Penn Valley, CA	6 days after	27
Oct 12, 2018	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival	Lyons, GA	6 days after	26
Oct 12, 2018	Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off	Waxhaw, NC	6 days after	26
Oct 12, 2018	Bay State BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)	Monson, MA	6 days after	26
Oct 12, 2018	Smoke the Town Cancelled	Leon, IA	6 days after	16
Oct 12, 2018	Butler Fest 2018	Butler, AL	6 days after	13
Oct 13, 2018	Tallya BBQ Festival	Tallya, Hungary	7 days after	38
Oct 13, 2018	Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que	Muskogee, OK	7 days after	26
Sep 29, 2018	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018	Graz, Austria	7 days before	19
Oct 13, 2018	Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2)	Monson, MA	7 days after	18
Oct 13, 2018	NILE Beer B Q Cancelled	Billings, MT	7 days after	17
Oct 13, 2018	Bataille Sur La Sorgue	L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France	7 days after	16
Oct 13, 2018	Smoke & Ale Fall Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Chelsea, MI	7 days after	13
Sep 29, 2018	New Albany BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)	New Albany, IN	7 days before	8
Sep 29, 2018	Kincaid Fair Smoke Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Kincaid, KS	7 days before	6
Sep 28, 2018	Smoke On the Trails	Gardner, KS	8 days before	68
Sep 28, 2018	Bikes, Blues and BBQ	Fayetteville, AR	8 days before	49
Sep 28, 2018	Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival	Jonesboro, AR	8 days before	45
Sep 28, 2018	Smithfield BBQ Classic	Richmond, VA	8 days before	41
Sep 28, 2018	Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival	Payson, AZ	8 days before	40
Sep 28, 2018	Smoke in the Park	Lemoyne, PA	8 days before	31
Sep 28, 2018	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Mason City, IA	8 days before	29
Sep 28, 2018	Rock The Grill	Rock Hill, SC	8 days before	27
Sep 28, 2018	BBQ in the Badlands	Glendive, MT	8 days before	26
Sep 28, 2018	Dells BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)	Wisconsin Dell, WI	8 days before	25
Sep 28, 2018	Smoking in the Golden Valley	Clinton, MO	8 days before	25
Sep 28, 2018	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Cancelled	Bryant, AR	8 days before	20
Sep 28, 2018	Oaky Smokey At Oak Hills Cancelled	Girard, IL	8 days before	—
Oct 19, 2018	Boo-B-Que	Rehoboth Beach, DE	13 days after	73
Oct 19, 2018	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival	Westminster, CO	13 days after	48
Oct 19, 2018	Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off	Union Grove, WI	13 days after	42
Oct 19, 2018	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival	Lenoir, NC	13 days after	35
Oct 19, 2018	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Harper, KS	13 days after	33
Oct 19, 2018	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	Munfordville, KY	13 days after	29
Oct 19, 2018	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	Nelsonville, OH	13 days after	28
Oct 19, 2018	Mid-South BBQ Festival	Mount Pleasant, TN	13 days after	22
Oct 19, 2018	Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown	Lebanon, MO	13 days after	21
Oct 19, 2018	2018 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q Cancelled	Independence, MO	13 days after	20
Oct 19, 2018	Logandale Fall Festival Cancelled	Logandale, NV	13 days after	18
Oct 19, 2018	Clarksville BBQ Bash (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL)	Clarksville, TN	13 days after	15
Oct 19, 2018	Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival Cancelled	Duncanville, TX	13 days after	—
Oct 19, 2018	BarnBQ Cancelled	Topeka, KS	13 days after	—
Sep 22, 2018	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018	Waltrop, Germany	14 days before	73
Sep 22, 2018	Oinktoberfest	Clarence, NY	14 days before	51
Sep 22, 2018	Que by the Sea	Seaside Heights, NJ	14 days before	43
Oct 20, 2018	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	West Kingston, RI	14 days after	37
Sep 22, 2018	Table Rock Boats and Bones	Kimberling, MO	14 days before	35
Sep 22, 2018	Great Maine BBQ Challenge	Bangor, ME	14 days before	27
Oct 20, 2018	SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN	Goldschlagiplatz, Switzerland	14 days after	20
Sep 22, 2018	Barbeque on the Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)	Blue Island, IL	14 days before	16
Oct 20, 2018	3rd Annual St. Louis Kosher BBQ Competition (KOSHER SERIES)	Olivette, MO	14 days after	9
Sep 22, 2018	Garden City Fall Festival BBQ Contest Cancelled	Garden City, MO	14 days before	—
Sep 22, 2018	Pete Warner - Que University BBQ Cooking School	Marietta, GA	14 days before	—
Oct 20, 2018	Holy Cow Kosher BBQ & Festival (KOSHER SERIES)	Garden City, NY	14 days after	—
Sep 21, 2018	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque State championship	Shawnee, KS	15 days before	107
Sep 21, 2018	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	Murphysboro, IL	15 days before	59
Sep 21, 2018	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge	Newton, NC	15 days before	45
Sep 21, 2018	Grilling & Chillin BBQ	Owensboro, KY	15 days before	37
Sep 21, 2018	Rock'n Ribville	Lawrenceville, GA	15 days before	33
Sep 21, 2018	Smokin in The Hills	Hillsboro, OH	15 days before	30
Sep 21, 2018	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off	Ponca City, OK	15 days before	29
Sep 21, 2018	The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	Grand Haven, MI	15 days before	28
Sep 21, 2018	Tri City BBQ Fest	Denison, IA	15 days before	27
Sep 21, 2018	Roast N Boast	Columbus, MS	15 days before	17
Sep 21, 2018	First Tennessee Bank Bluegrass & BBQ (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL)	Columbia, TN	15 days before	13
Sep 21, 2018	Smoke in the Valley	Pikeville, TN	15 days before	12
Sep 21, 2018	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	15 days before	—
Sep 21, 2018	Table Captain Class	Waltrop, Germany	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.