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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, May 18, 2019 · everywhere, because no place is set
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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 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
- 15 Jun 15
- 18 Jun 22
- 8 Jun 29
The weekend of Apr 20 is the quietest in range: 6 contests. The biggest thing on it is Interstate BBQ Festival.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-18 Your weekend | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Plymouth, MA | 0 | 28 |
| 2019-05-18 Your weekend | Transylvanian BBQ Festival | Covasna County, 520008 | 0 | 17 |
| 2019-05-17 Your weekend | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke State championship | Morgantown, PA | -1 | 44 |
| 2019-05-17 Your weekend | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass State championship | Sevierville, TN | -1 | 43 |
| 2019-05-17 Your weekend | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival State championship | Ayden, NC | -1 | 36 |
| 2019-05-17 Your weekend | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Plymouth, MA | -1 | 27 |
| 2019-05-17 Your weekend | Stills and Grills Fest | North Wilkesboro, NC | -1 | 21 |
| 2019-05-17 Your weekend | Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition State championship | Valparaiso, IN | -1 | 20 |
| 2019-05-17 Your weekend | 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) | Riverside, CA | -1 | 16 |
| 2019-05-24 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival State championship | Evans, GA | 6 | 72 |
| 2019-05-24 | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 State championship | Westmont, IL | 6 | 40 |
| 2019-05-24 | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 1 State championship | Gettysburg, PA | 6 | 33 |
| 2019-05-24 | The Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | 6 | 29 |
| 2019-05-24 | Brew N Q Invitational | Leicestershire, LE672FY | 6 | 26 |
| 2019-05-24 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival State championship | Brookhaven, MS | 6 | 26 |
| 2019-05-24 | Big Bear Grill & Chill State championship | Big Bear Lake, CA | 6 | 25 |
| 2019-05-24 | 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off | Conroe, TX | 6 | 24 |
| 2019-05-24 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | 6 | — | |
| 2019-05-11 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI | Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 | -7 | 49 |
| 2019-05-25 | Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 State championship | Westmont, IL | 7 | 48 |
| 2019-05-25 | Capital BBQ Festival | Ottawa, ON | 7 | 43 |
| 2019-05-11 | Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Murfreesboro, TN | -7 | 41 |
| 2019-05-25 | Brew N Q Open | Leicestershire, LE672FY | 7 | 34 |
| 2019-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | 7 | 34 |
| 2019-05-25 | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2 State championship | Gettysburg, PA | 7 | 32 |
| 2019-05-11 | BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia | Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, 33040 | -7 | 23 |
| 2019-05-25 | Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ | Mountain View, AB | 7 | 22 |
| 2019-05-11 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) State championship | Plainview, TX | -7 | 21 |
| 2019-05-25 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival-Judging State championship | Brookhaven, MS | 7 | — |
| 2019-05-10 | Minnesota in May State championship | -8 | 57 | |
| 2019-05-10 | Grasshopper '19 State championship | DeSoto, KS | -8 | 53 |
| 2019-05-10 | Rockin BBQ State championship | Warsaw, IN | -8 | 42 |
| 2019-05-10 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF State championship | Waynesboro, GA | -8 | 42 |
| 2019-05-10 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) State championship | Plainview, TX | -8 | 38 |
| 2019-05-10 | Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz State championship | Marion, AR | -8 | 30 |
| 2019-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | -8 | 28 |
| 2019-05-10 | City Of Springs BBQ Championship State championship | Sulphur, OK | -8 | 25 |
| 2019-05-10 | Queen Mary Waterfront Cook-Off State championship | Long Beach, CA | -8 | 12 |
| 2019-05-31 | Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) State championship | Kansas City, MO | 13 | 56 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 13 | 49 |
| 2019-05-31 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) State championship | Norco, CA | 13 | 49 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smokin In Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | 13 | 43 |
| 2019-05-31 | 8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition State championship | Valley, NE | 13 | 39 |
| 2019-05-31 | Original SD BBQ Championship State championship | Huron, SD | 13 | 37 |
| 2019-05-31 | Up In Smoke on the Square State championship | Lincoln, IL | 13 | 36 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smokin' Bike Fest State championship | Peachtree City, GA | 13 | 31 |
| 2019-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | 13 | 29 |
| 2019-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | 13 | 25 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smokin on the Lake State championship | Monroe City, MO | 13 | 25 |
| 2019-05-31 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | LaFayette, GA | 13 | 22 |
| 2019-05-31 | Throwdown in the Vineyards State championship | Murphy, CA | 13 | 20 |
| 2019-05-31 | Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest State championship | Rice Lake, WI | 13 | 19 |
| 2019-06-01 | Sun BBQFest State championship | Uncasville, CT | 14 | 61 |
| 2019-05-04 | Masters in May Day 2 State championship | Bancroft, WI | -14 | 40 |
| 2019-05-04 | BBQ Jamboree (Day 2) State championship | Fredericksburg, VA | -14 | 33 |
| 2019-05-04 | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival State championship | Ridgefield, CT | -14 | 29 |
| 2019-05-04 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Liberty, IN | -14 | 26 |
| 2019-05-04 | Spit in the Hills | Chidlow,Western, 6556 | -14 | 21 |
| 2019-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy State championship | Kannapolis, NC | -15 | 60 |
| 2019-05-03 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival State championship | -15 | 56 | |
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ State championship | Huntsville, AL | -15 | 54 |
| 2019-05-03 | 7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down State championship | Show Low, AZ | -15 | 45 |
| 2019-05-03 | Masters In May Day 1 State championship | Bancroft, WI | -15 | 42 |
| 2019-05-03 | Apple Blossom BBQ Made with Uncommon Character State championship | St. Joseph, MO | -15 | 39 |
| 2019-05-03 | Brew, Blue & Bar-B-Q State championship | Lansing, KS | -15 | 37 |
| 2019-05-03 | BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) State championship | Fredericksburg, VA | -15 | 34 |
| 2019-05-03 | Route 66 Smoke Out State championship | Dwight, IL | -15 | 33 |
| 2019-05-03 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship State championship | Elk Grove, CA | -15 | 27 |
| 2019-05-03 | 38th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff State championship | Kennett, MO | -15 | 25 |
| 2019-05-03 | UMB Smokin Vault BBQ Contest(Invitational Competitor's Series) | Kansas City, MO | -15 | 16 |
| 2019-05-03 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY) | Elk Grove, CA | -15 | 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.
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.