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.
The busiest weekend in range Saturday, April 27, 2019 · everywhere, because no place is set
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.
- 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
- 16 May 25
- 15 Jun 1
- 17 Jun 8
The weekend of Mar 16 is the quietest in range: 5 contests. The biggest thing on it is Qlathe BBQ Championship.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-27 Your weekend | New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 0 | 43 |
| 2019-04-27 Your weekend | 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 | Salzburg, 5020 | 0 | 26 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship State championship | Lodi, CA | -1 | 48 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) | Florence, AL | -1 | 45 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | BBQ Capital Cook Off State championship | Lexington, NC | -1 | 43 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | -1 | 42 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival State championship | Springfield, MO | -1 | 40 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | LuLu's Brew & Que State championship | Brighton, CO | -1 | 40 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | BBQ, Bikes and Blues State championship | Washington, MO | -1 | 39 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ State championship | Enid, OK | -1 | 39 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | Sertoma 48 BBQ State championship | Lawrence, KS | -1 | 38 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | BBQ Boogie & Blues State championship | Calhoun, GA | -1 | 33 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | Q for a Cause State championship | Papillion, NE | -1 | 32 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition State championship | Lanexa, VA | -1 | 32 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | -1 | 31 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | Marietta River City BBQ State championship | Marietta, OH | -1 | 26 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | Smokin For Garrett State championship | Boonville, IN | -1 | 26 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Contest State championship | Manawa, WI | -1 | 26 |
| 2019-04-26 Your weekend | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019 | Marketplate, 51545 | -1 | 24 |
| 2019-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy State championship | Kannapolis, NC | 6 | 60 |
| 2019-05-03 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival State championship | 6 | 56 | |
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ State championship | Huntsville, AL | 6 | 54 |
| 2019-05-03 | 7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down State championship | Show Low, AZ | 6 | 45 |
| 2019-05-03 | Masters In May Day 1 State championship | Bancroft, WI | 6 | 42 |
| 2019-05-03 | Apple Blossom BBQ Made with Uncommon Character State championship | St. Joseph, MO | 6 | 39 |
| 2019-05-03 | Brew, Blue & Bar-B-Q State championship | Lansing, KS | 6 | 37 |
| 2019-05-03 | BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) State championship | Fredericksburg, VA | 6 | 34 |
| 2019-05-03 | Route 66 Smoke Out State championship | Dwight, IL | 6 | 33 |
| 2019-05-03 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship State championship | Elk Grove, CA | 6 | 27 |
| 2019-05-03 | 38th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff State championship | Kennett, MO | 6 | 25 |
| 2019-05-03 | UMB Smokin Vault BBQ Contest(Invitational Competitor's Series) | Kansas City, MO | 6 | 16 |
| 2019-05-03 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY) | Elk Grove, CA | 6 | 15 |
| 2019-05-04 | Masters in May Day 2 State championship | Bancroft, WI | 7 | 40 |
| 2019-05-04 | BBQ Jamboree (Day 2) State championship | Fredericksburg, VA | 7 | 33 |
| 2019-04-20 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 | Ninove, 9600 | -7 | 29 |
| 2019-05-04 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival State championship | Ridgefield, CT | 7 | 29 |
| 2019-05-04 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Liberty, IN | 7 | 26 |
| 2019-05-04 | Spit in the Hills | Chidlow,Western, 6556 | 7 | 21 |
| 2019-04-19 | Interstate BBQ Festival State championship | Hagerstown, MD | -8 | 54 |
| 2019-04-19 | High on the Hog Festival State championship | Winchester, TN | -8 | 39 |
| 2019-04-19 | Pork-A-Palooza | Weatherford, OK | -8 | 33 |
| 2019-04-19 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1 | Ninove, 9600 | -8 | 25 |
| 2019-04-19 | Pellet Envy Cooking Class | -8 | — | |
| 2019-05-10 | Minnesota in May State championship | 13 | 57 | |
| 2019-05-10 | Grasshopper '19 State championship | DeSoto, KS | 13 | 53 |
| 2019-05-10 | Rockin BBQ State championship | Warsaw, IN | 13 | 42 |
| 2019-05-10 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF State championship | Waynesboro, GA | 13 | 42 |
| 2019-05-10 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) State championship | Plainview, TX | 13 | 38 |
| 2019-05-10 | Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz State championship | Marion, AR | 13 | 30 |
| 2019-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | 13 | 28 |
| 2019-05-10 | City Of Springs BBQ Championship State championship | Sulphur, OK | 13 | 25 |
| 2019-05-10 | Queen Mary Waterfront Cook-Off State championship | Long Beach, CA | 13 | 12 |
| 2019-05-11 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI | Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 | 14 | 49 |
| 2019-04-13 | Meat the East | Hengelo, 7534 MK | -14 | 41 |
| 2019-05-11 | Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Murfreesboro, TN | 14 | 41 |
| 2019-04-13 | 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition | Tirol, A-6380 | -14 | 28 |
| 2019-05-11 | BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia | Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, 33040 | 14 | 23 |
| 2019-05-11 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) State championship | Plainview, TX | 14 | 21 |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke In the Springs State championship | Osage City, KS | -15 | 104 |
| 2019-04-12 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake State championship | Smithville, MO | -15 | 54 |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | -15 | 30 |
| 2019-04-12 | Fire it up Frostproof! State championship | Frostproof, FL | -15 | 25 |
| 2019-04-12 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | -15 | — |
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.
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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