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, May 25, 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.
- 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
- 7 Jul 6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-25 Your weekend | Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 State championship | Westmont, IL | 0 | 48 |
| 2019-05-25 Your weekend | Capital BBQ Festival | Ottawa, ON | 0 | 43 |
| 2019-05-25 Your weekend | Brew N Q Open | Leicestershire, LE672FY | 0 | 34 |
| 2019-05-25 Your weekend | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | 0 | 34 |
| 2019-05-25 Your weekend | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2 State championship | Gettysburg, PA | 0 | 32 |
| 2019-05-25 Your weekend | Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ | Mountain View, AB | 0 | 22 |
| 2019-05-25 Your weekend | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival-Judging State championship | Brookhaven, MS | 0 | — |
| 2019-05-24 Your weekend | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival State championship | Evans, GA | -1 | 72 |
| 2019-05-24 Your weekend | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 State championship | Westmont, IL | -1 | 40 |
| 2019-05-24 Your weekend | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 1 State championship | Gettysburg, PA | -1 | 33 |
| 2019-05-24 Your weekend | The Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | -1 | 29 |
| 2019-05-24 Your weekend | Brew N Q Invitational | Leicestershire, LE672FY | -1 | 26 |
| 2019-05-24 Your weekend | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival State championship | Brookhaven, MS | -1 | 26 |
| 2019-05-24 Your weekend | Big Bear Grill & Chill State championship | Big Bear Lake, CA | -1 | 25 |
| 2019-05-24 Your weekend | 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off | Conroe, TX | -1 | 24 |
| 2019-05-24 Your weekend | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | -1 | — | |
| 2019-05-31 | Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) State championship | Kansas City, MO | 6 | 56 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 6 | 49 |
| 2019-05-31 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) State championship | Norco, CA | 6 | 49 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smokin In Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | 6 | 43 |
| 2019-05-31 | 8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition State championship | Valley, NE | 6 | 39 |
| 2019-05-31 | Original SD BBQ Championship State championship | Huron, SD | 6 | 37 |
| 2019-05-31 | Up In Smoke on the Square State championship | Lincoln, IL | 6 | 36 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smokin' Bike Fest State championship | Peachtree City, GA | 6 | 31 |
| 2019-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | 6 | 29 |
| 2019-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | 6 | 25 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smokin on the Lake State championship | Monroe City, MO | 6 | 25 |
| 2019-05-31 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | LaFayette, GA | 6 | 22 |
| 2019-05-31 | Throwdown in the Vineyards State championship | Murphy, CA | 6 | 20 |
| 2019-05-31 | Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest State championship | Rice Lake, WI | 6 | 19 |
| 2019-06-01 | Sun BBQFest State championship | Uncasville, CT | 7 | 61 |
| 2019-05-18 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Plymouth, MA | -7 | 28 |
| 2019-05-18 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival | Covasna County, 520008 | -7 | 17 |
| 2019-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke State championship | Morgantown, PA | -8 | 44 |
| 2019-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass State championship | Sevierville, TN | -8 | 43 |
| 2019-05-17 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival State championship | Ayden, NC | -8 | 36 |
| 2019-05-17 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Plymouth, MA | -8 | 27 |
| 2019-05-17 | Stills and Grills Fest | North Wilkesboro, NC | -8 | 21 |
| 2019-05-17 | Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition State championship | Valparaiso, IN | -8 | 20 |
| 2019-05-17 | 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) | Riverside, CA | -8 | 16 |
| 2019-06-07 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | 13 | 51 |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge State championship | Kansas City, KS | 13 | 46 |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | 13 | 39 |
| 2019-06-07 | Buskers, Brews & BBQ State championship | Aurora, CO | 13 | 38 |
| 2019-06-07 | Separation Colonial BBQ Competition State championship | New Castle, DE | 13 | 36 |
| 2019-06-07 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Roanoke, WV | 13 | 31 |
| 2019-06-07 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue State championship | Beardstown, IL | 13 | 25 |
| 2019-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 13 | 25 |
| 2019-06-07 | Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Meridian, MS | 13 | 22 |
| 2019-06-07 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ | Wagoner, OK | 13 | 21 |
| 2019-06-07 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 13 | 18 |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition | Hoofddorp, 2314CG | 14 | 55 |
| 2019-05-11 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI | Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 | -14 | 49 |
| 2019-05-11 | Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Murfreesboro, TN | -14 | 41 |
| 2019-06-08 | Beltway BBQ Showdown State championship | Upper Marlboro, MD | 14 | 37 |
| 2019-06-08 | Granite State BBQ Championship State championship | Hancock, NH | 14 | 29 |
| 2019-06-08 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest | Quebec, G1G 4C7 | 14 | 24 |
| 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 |
| 2019-06-08 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff | Pilot Butte, SK | 14 | 19 |
| 2019-05-10 | Minnesota in May State championship | -15 | 57 | |
| 2019-05-10 | Grasshopper '19 State championship | DeSoto, KS | -15 | 53 |
| 2019-05-10 | Rockin BBQ State championship | Warsaw, IN | -15 | 42 |
| 2019-05-10 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF State championship | Waynesboro, GA | -15 | 42 |
| 2019-05-10 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) State championship | Plainview, TX | -15 | 38 |
| 2019-05-10 | Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz State championship | Marion, AR | -15 | 30 |
| 2019-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | -15 | 28 |
| 2019-05-10 | City Of Springs BBQ Championship State championship | Sulphur, OK | -15 | 25 |
| 2019-06-09 | Lake Country BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY) | 15 | 22 | |
| 2019-05-10 | Queen Mary Waterfront Cook-Off State championship | Long Beach, CA | -15 | 12 |
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.