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 27, 2018 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 14 Sep 15
- 21 Sep 22
- 15 Sep 29
- 16 Oct 6
- 16 Oct 13
- 14 Oct 20
- 9 Oct 27
- 7 Nov 3
- 8 Nov 10
- 3 Nov 17
- 1 Nov 24
- 2 Dec 1
- 1 Dec 8
The weekend of Nov 24 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Table Captain Class.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2018 Your weekend |
Fourth Annual Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship (KOSHER SERIES) | Dallas, TX | Same day | — |
| Oct 27, 2018 Your weekend |
Holiday Meat Class | Indianapolis, IN | Same day | — |
| Oct 26, 2018 Your weekend |
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) | Lynchburg, TN | 1 day before | 102 |
| Oct 26, 2018 Your weekend |
Border War Barbeque | Osawatomie, KS | 1 day before | 56 |
| Oct 26, 2018 Your weekend |
Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) | Lynchburg, TN | 1 day before | 41 |
| Oct 26, 2018 Your weekend |
10th Annual Smokin the Fort BBQ & Music Festival | Fort Gibson, OK | 1 day before | 27 |
| Oct 26, 2018 Your weekend |
October BBQ Contest (Test) | Lebanon, MO | 1 day before | — |
| Oct 26, 2018 Your weekend |
October BBQ Contest (test) - JUDGING | Oswego, IL | 1 day before | — |
| Oct 26, 2018 Your weekend |
BBQ Boot Camp 102 (Butts & Briskets) | Indianapolis, IN | 1 day before | — |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 1 (JUDGES FULL) | Indio, CA | 6 days after | 33 |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Currituck Heritage Festival | Currituck, NC | 6 days after | 25 |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival Cancelled | Myrtle Beach, SC | 6 days after | 23 |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Brew & Que on the Shrine Lake | Summerville, SC | 6 days after | 15 |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Roarin Lions Smokin BBQ Cancelled | Statham, GA | 6 days after | — |
| Oct 20, 2018 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | West Kingston, RI | 7 days before | 37 |
| Nov 3, 2018 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL) | Indio, CA | 7 days after | 33 |
| Nov 3, 2018 | Smokin on the Water | Bayswater, Australia | 7 days after | 23 |
| Oct 20, 2018 | SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN | Goldschlagiplatz, Switzerland | 7 days before | 20 |
| Oct 20, 2018 | 3rd Annual St. Louis Kosher BBQ Competition (KOSHER SERIES) | Olivette, MO | 7 days before | 9 |
| Oct 20, 2018 | Holy Cow Kosher BBQ & Festival (KOSHER SERIES) | Garden City, NY | 7 days before | — |
| Nov 3, 2018 | Westland All American BBQ Throwdown | Westland, MI | 7 days after | — |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Boo-B-Que | Rehoboth Beach, DE | 8 days before | 73 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival | Westminster, CO | 8 days before | 48 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off | Union Grove, WI | 8 days before | 42 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival | Lenoir, NC | 8 days before | 35 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ | Harper, KS | 8 days before | 33 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | Munfordville, KY | 8 days before | 29 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Nelsonville, OH | 8 days before | 28 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Mid-South BBQ Festival | Mount Pleasant, TN | 8 days before | 22 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown | Lebanon, MO | 8 days before | 21 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | 2018 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q Cancelled | Independence, MO | 8 days before | 20 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Logandale Fall Festival Cancelled | Logandale, NV | 8 days before | 18 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Clarksville BBQ Bash (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (JUDGES FULL) | Clarksville, TN | 8 days before | 15 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival Cancelled | Duncanville, TX | 8 days before | — |
| Oct 19, 2018 | BarnBQ Cancelled | Topeka, KS | 8 days before | — |
| Nov 5, 2018 | Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars | Cranbourne Victoria, Australia | 9 days after | 21 |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) | Concord, NC | 13 days after | 56 |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) | Concord, NC | 13 days after | 44 |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Smoke EM IF You Got EM | Springfield, MO | 13 days after | 30 |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Oath BBQ Championship Contest Cancelled | Sealy, TX | 13 days after | — |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School | Hoboken, GA | 13 days after | — |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 days after | — |
| Oct 13, 2018 | Tallya BBQ Festival | Tallya, Hungary | 14 days before | 38 |
| Oct 13, 2018 | Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que | Muskogee, OK | 14 days before | 26 |
| Oct 13, 2018 | Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2) | Monson, MA | 14 days before | 18 |
| Oct 13, 2018 | NILE Beer B Q Cancelled | Billings, MT | 14 days before | 17 |
| Oct 13, 2018 | Bataille Sur La Sorgue | L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France | 14 days before | 16 |
| Oct 13, 2018 | Smoke & Ale Fall Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, MI | 14 days before | 13 |
| Nov 10, 2018 | Pete Warner - Que University BBQ Cooking School | Marietta, GA | 14 days after | — |
| Nov 10, 2018 | Sticky Jar Open Sauce Contest by Spicin Foods (Judges full) | Kansas City, MO | 14 days after | — |
| Nov 10, 2018 | Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School | Hoboken, GA | 14 days after | — |
| Oct 12, 2018 | 15th Annual Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest | Desoto, KS | 15 days before | 69 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Temecula State BBQ Championship | Temecula, CA | 15 days before | 46 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ | Arthur, IL | 15 days before | 45 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | Rocky Mount, NC | 15 days before | 39 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Smoke & Ale Fall Festival | Chelsea, MI | 15 days before | 38 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Cancelled | Woodstock, VA | 15 days before | 36 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Anchor City Cook Off | Centralia, MO | 15 days before | 33 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Pigs in the Pit | Alton, VA | 15 days before | 30 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Grills N Grills Cancelled | Penn Valley, CA | 15 days before | 27 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | Lyons, GA | 15 days before | 26 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off | Waxhaw, NC | 15 days before | 26 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Bay State BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | Monson, MA | 15 days before | 26 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Smoke the Town Cancelled | Leon, IA | 15 days before | 16 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Butler Fest 2018 | Butler, AL | 15 days before | 13 |
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.