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, June 8, 2019 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
17
sanctioned contests
In the window
81
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 15 Jul 13
- 13 Jul 20
The weekend of Jul 6 is the quietest in range: 7 contests. The biggest thing on it is Johnson County BBQ Challenge.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2019 Your weekend |
Tony Stone BBQ Competition | Hoofddorp, Netherlands | Same day | 55 |
| Jun 8, 2019 Your weekend |
Beltway BBQ Showdown State championship | Upper Marlboro, MD | Same day | 37 |
| Jun 8, 2019 Your weekend |
Granite State BBQ Championship State championship | Hancock, NH | Same day | 29 |
| Jun 8, 2019 Your weekend |
Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest | Quebec, Canada | Same day | 24 |
| Jun 8, 2019 Your weekend |
Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff | Pilot Butte, SK | Same day | 19 |
| Jun 7, 2019 Your weekend |
Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | 1 day before | 51 |
| Jun 7, 2019 Your weekend |
Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge State championship | Kansas City, KS | 1 day before | 46 |
| Jun 7, 2019 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | 1 day before | 39 |
| Jun 7, 2019 Your weekend |
Buskers, Brews & BBQ State championship | Aurora, CO | 1 day before | 38 |
| Jun 7, 2019 Your weekend |
Separation Colonial BBQ Competition State championship | New Castle, DE | 1 day before | 36 |
| Jun 7, 2019 Your weekend |
Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Roanoke, WV | 1 day before | 31 |
| Jun 7, 2019 Your weekend |
Blues,Brews & Barbecue State championship | Beardstown, IL | 1 day before | 25 |
| Jun 7, 2019 Your weekend |
Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 1 day before | 25 |
| Jun 7, 2019 Your weekend |
Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Meridian, MS | 1 day before | 22 |
| Jun 9, 2019 Your weekend |
Lake Country BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 1 day after | 22 | |
| Jun 7, 2019 Your weekend |
Beats, Brews, & BBQ | Wagoner, OK | 1 day before | 21 |
| Jun 7, 2019 Your weekend |
The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 1 day before | 18 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge State championship | Frisco, CO | 6 days after | 55 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off State championship | Hernado, MS | 6 days after | 49 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Poosa-Q State championship | Montgomery, AL | 6 days after | 48 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | 6 days after | 38 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest State championship | Apex, NC | 6 days after | 38 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | 6 days after | 31 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival State championship | Barbourville, KY | 6 days after | 30 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Central Plains Ribfest State championship | Holdrege, NE | 6 days after | 30 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off State championship | Miles City, MT | 6 days after | 28 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Hartford Rib Off State championship | Hartford, CT | 6 days after | 27 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Hog Capital Challenge State championship | Kewanee, IL | 6 days after | 25 |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Smokin On The Buffalo State championship | Mannington, WV | 6 days after | 16 |
| Jun 1, 2019 | Sun BBQFest State championship | Uncasville, CT | 7 days before | 61 |
| Jun 15, 2019 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | Edmonton, Canada | 7 days after | 44 |
| Jun 15, 2019 | 514 BBQ | Saint-Léonard, QC | 7 days after | 23 |
| Jun 15, 2019 | BBQ Battle Finland | Tampere, Finland | 7 days after | 23 |
| May 31, 2019 | Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) State championship | Kansas City, MO | 8 days before | 56 |
| May 31, 2019 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 8 days before | 49 |
| May 31, 2019 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) State championship | Norco, CA | 8 days before | 49 |
| May 31, 2019 | Smokin In Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | 8 days before | 43 |
| May 31, 2019 | 8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition State championship | Valley, NE | 8 days before | 39 |
| May 31, 2019 | Original SD BBQ Championship State championship | Huron, SD | 8 days before | 37 |
| May 31, 2019 | Up In Smoke on the Square State championship | Lincoln, IL | 8 days before | 36 |
| May 31, 2019 | Smokin' Bike Fest State championship | Peachtree City, GA | 8 days before | 31 |
| May 31, 2019 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | 8 days before | 29 |
| May 31, 2019 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | 8 days before | 25 |
| May 31, 2019 | Smokin on the Lake State championship | Monroe City, MO | 8 days before | 25 |
| May 31, 2019 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | LaFayette, GA | 8 days before | 22 |
| May 31, 2019 | Throwdown in the Vineyards State championship | Murphy, CA | 8 days before | 20 |
| May 31, 2019 | Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest State championship | Rice Lake, WI | 8 days before | 19 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | 13 days after | 183 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship State championship | Santa Clara, CA | 13 days after | 56 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 State championship | Belvidere, IL | 13 days after | 50 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Bring'n Home the Bacon State championship | West Salem, WI | 13 days after | 37 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | 8th Annual Covington Cork & Pork Festival State championship | Covington, VA | 13 days after | 32 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off State championship | Auburn Hills, MI | 13 days after | 30 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Blount County BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | 13 days after | 27 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest State championship | Leadville, CO | 13 days after | 26 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Ribs on the River State championship | Louisiana, MO | 13 days after | 26 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Elkmont, AL | 13 days after | 23 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Ayr Charity BBQ | Ayr Ontario, Canada | 13 days after | 23 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Viva La BBQ Fest | San Juan, PR | 13 days after | 12 |
| May 25, 2019 | Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 State championship | Westmont, IL | 14 days before | 48 |
| Jun 22, 2019 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 State championship | Belvidere, IL | 14 days after | 45 |
| May 25, 2019 | Capital BBQ Festival | Ottawa, ON | 14 days before | 43 |
| May 25, 2019 | Brew N Q Open | Leicestershire, United Kingdom | 14 days before | 34 |
| May 25, 2019 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | 14 days before | 34 |
| May 25, 2019 | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2 State championship | Gettysburg, PA | 14 days before | 32 |
| Jun 22, 2019 | Giant National Capital BBQ Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 14 days after | 31 |
| Jun 22, 2019 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Absarokee, MT | 14 days after | 29 |
| Jun 22, 2019 | Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship State championship | Oklahoma City, OK | 14 days after | 27 |
| May 25, 2019 | Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ | Mountain View, AB | 14 days before | 22 |
| Jun 22, 2019 | HAVA Nagrilla 2019 (KOSHER SERIES) | Wynnewood, PA | 14 days after | 20 |
| Jun 22, 2019 | The War of Barbeque | Jesolo, Venezia, Italy | 14 days after | 19 |
| May 25, 2019 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival-Judging State championship | Brookhaven, MS | 14 days before | — |
| May 24, 2019 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival State championship | Evans, GA | 15 days before | 72 |
| May 24, 2019 | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 State championship | Westmont, IL | 15 days before | 40 |
| May 24, 2019 | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 1 State championship | Gettysburg, PA | 15 days before | 33 |
| May 24, 2019 | The Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | 15 days before | 29 |
| May 24, 2019 | Brew N Q Invitational | Leicestershire, United Kingdom | 15 days before | 26 |
| May 24, 2019 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival State championship | Brookhaven, MS | 15 days before | 26 |
| May 24, 2019 | Big Bear Grill & Chill State championship | Big Bear Lake, CA | 15 days before | 25 |
| May 24, 2019 | 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off | Conroe, TX | 15 days before | 24 |
| May 24, 2019 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | 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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