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.
Busier than the weekends around it Saturday, April 6, 2019 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 2 Feb 23
- 3 Mar 2
- 3 Mar 9
- 5 Mar 16
- 11 Mar 23
- 5 Mar 30
- 14 Apr 6
- 7 Apr 13
- 6 Apr 20
- 19 Apr 27
- 18 May 4
- 13 May 11
- 9 May 18
The weekend of Feb 23 is the quietest in range: 2 contests. The biggest thing on it is Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2019 Your weekend |
Smoke On the Border State championship | Gravette, AR | Same day | 29 |
| Apr 6, 2019 Your weekend |
Smokin in the city | Perth WA, Australia | Same day | 19 |
| Apr 6, 2019 Your weekend |
4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition | Wels, Austria | Same day | 16 |
| Apr 5, 2019 Your weekend |
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 1 day before | 61 |
| Apr 5, 2019 Your weekend |
VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits State championship | Overland Park, KS | 1 day before | 53 |
| Apr 5, 2019 Your weekend |
The Ironman | Greencastle, PA | 1 day before | 42 |
| Apr 5, 2019 Your weekend |
CCSFest State championship | Indianapois, IN | 1 day before | 40 |
| Apr 5, 2019 Your weekend |
Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon State championship | Stillwater, OK | 1 day before | 34 |
| Apr 5, 2019 Your weekend |
Operation Stand Down KY II Annual Smoke off State championship | Franklin, KY | 1 day before | 28 |
| Apr 5, 2019 Your weekend |
NYC BBQ Cookoff State championship | Staten Island, NY | 1 day before | 26 |
| Apr 5, 2019 Your weekend |
9th Annual Bull Moose State championship | Millington, TN | 1 day before | 25 |
| Apr 5, 2019 Your weekend |
Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | 1 day before | 18 |
| Apr 5, 2019 Your weekend |
3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition | Wels, Austria | 1 day before | 16 |
| Apr 5, 2019 Your weekend |
Blues Brew & BBQ (NBBQL COMPETITOR Series) | Springfiled, MO | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Smoke In the Springs State championship | Osage City, KS | 6 days after | 104 |
| Apr 12, 2019 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake State championship | Smithville, MO | 6 days after | 54 |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 6 days after | 30 |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Fire it up Frostproof! State championship | Frostproof, FL | 6 days after | 25 |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 6 days after | — |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 2 State championship | Arcadia, CA | 7 days before | 47 |
| Apr 13, 2019 | Meat the East | Hengelo, Netherlands | 7 days after | 41 |
| Mar 30, 2019 | Spring Break BBQ Contest | Lommel, Belgium | 7 days before | 40 |
| Apr 13, 2019 | 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition | Tirol, Austria | 7 days after | 28 |
| Mar 29, 2019 | 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1 State championship | Arcadia, CA | 8 days before | 70 |
| Mar 29, 2019 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest State championship | Savannah, TN | 8 days before | 29 |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Pellet Envy Cooking Class | 8 days before | — | |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Interstate BBQ Festival State championship | Hagerstown, MD | 13 days after | 54 |
| Apr 19, 2019 | High on the Hog Festival State championship | Winchester, TN | 13 days after | 39 |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Pork-A-Palooza | Weatherford, OK | 13 days after | 33 |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1 | Ninove, Belgium | 13 days after | 25 |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Pellet Envy Cooking Class | 13 days after | — | |
| Mar 23, 2019 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 State championship | Shawnee, OK | 14 days before | 62 |
| Mar 23, 2019 | BBQ Gives Back-IV (DAY 2) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 14 days before | 52 |
| Apr 20, 2019 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 | Ninove, Belgium | 14 days after | 29 |
| Mar 23, 2019 | Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2 | Torreglia, Italy | 14 days before | 25 |
| Mar 23, 2019 | BBQFest Costa Rica 2019 | San Jose, Costa Rica | 14 days before | 22 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 State championship | Shawnee, OK | 15 days before | 74 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 15 days before | 63 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Hammond BBQ State championship | Hammond, LA | 15 days before | 48 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition State championship | Franklin, IN | 15 days before | 29 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 | Torreglia, Italy | 15 days before | 20 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Smoke On the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY) | Brookwood, AL | 15 days before | 17 |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Smoke Me Silly Cooking Class | 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.
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