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, November 17, 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.
- 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
- 1 Dec 15
- 0 Dec 22
- 2 Dec 29
The weekend of Dec 22 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2018 | The National BBQ Cup ( Day 2) Cancelled | Cumming, GA | Same day | 80 |
| Nov 16, 2018 | The National BBQ Cup ( Day 1, Contest B) Cancelled | Cumming, GA | 1 day before | 80 |
| Nov 16, 2018 | The National BBQ Cup ( Day 1, Contest A) Cancelled | Cumming, GA | 1 day before | 80 |
| Nov 16, 2018 Your weekend |
Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam | Plant City, FL | 1 day before | 44 |
| Nov 16, 2018 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown | Mt. Pleasant, SC | 1 day before | 25 |
| Nov 16, 2018 Your weekend |
Mission Q (BACKYARD ONLY) | Tuscumbia, AL | 1 day before | 18 |
| Nov 10, 2018 | Pete Warner - Que University BBQ Cooking School | Marietta, GA | 7 days before | — |
| Nov 10, 2018 | Sticky Jar Open Sauce Contest by Spicin Foods (Judges full) | Kansas City, MO | 7 days before | — |
| Nov 10, 2018 | Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School | Hoboken, GA | 7 days before | — |
| Nov 24, 2018 | Table Captain Class | Deurne, Netherlands | 7 days after | — |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) | Concord, NC | 8 days before | 56 |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) | Concord, NC | 8 days before | 44 |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Smoke EM IF You Got EM | Springfield, MO | 8 days before | 30 |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Oath BBQ Championship Contest Cancelled | Sealy, TX | 8 days before | — |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Paul Kirk - Lang BBQ Smokers Q-School | Hoboken, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Nov 5, 2018 | Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars | Cranbourne Victoria, Australia | 12 days before | 21 |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Christmas on the River | Demoplis, AL | 13 days after | 29 |
| Nov 30, 2018 | The Smithfield King of the Smoker (INVITATIONAL ONLY) COMPETITOR'S Series | Coachella, CA | 13 days after | 24 |
| Nov 3, 2018 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL) | Indio, CA | 14 days before | 33 |
| Nov 3, 2018 | Smokin on the Water | Bayswater, Australia | 14 days before | 23 |
| Nov 3, 2018 | Westland All American BBQ Throwdown | Westland, MI | 14 days before | — |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 1 (JUDGES FULL) | Indio, CA | 15 days before | 33 |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Currituck Heritage Festival | Currituck, NC | 15 days before | 25 |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival Cancelled | Myrtle Beach, SC | 15 days before | 23 |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Brew & Que on the Shrine Lake | Summerville, SC | 15 days before | 15 |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Roarin Lions Smokin BBQ Cancelled | Statham, GA | 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.