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, October 5, 2019 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 19 Aug 24
- 11 Aug 31
- 12 Sep 7
- 14 Sep 14
- 14 Sep 21
- 13 Sep 28
- 14 Oct 5
- 13 Oct 12
- 13 Oct 19
- 7 Oct 26
- 6 Nov 2
- 4 Nov 9
- 2 Nov 16
The weekend of Nov 16 is the quietest in range: 2 contests. The biggest thing on it is Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-05 Your weekend | Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019 | Graz, Messegelande, 8010 | 0 | 16 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Smoketoberfest State championship | Ottumwa, IA | -1 | 49 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Jim Beam BBQ Classic State championship | Springfield, KY | -1 | 42 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship State championship | Harrisburg, PA | -1 | 36 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Brew N Que-Perth 2019 | Ascot WA, 6104 | -1 | 30 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Que & Cruz State championship | Louisa, VA | -1 | 28 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown State championship | Lebanon, MO | -1 | 27 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship State championship | Sheridan, AR | -1 | 26 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ State championship | Greenfield, MA | -1 | 26 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Roast N Boast State championship | Columbus, MS | -1 | 25 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Swine At the Shrine Porktobertfest State championship | Savannah, GA | -1 | 24 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Squealin on the Square State championship | Laurens, SC | -1 | 19 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Kentucky's Fort Harrod Beef Festival Grill-Off (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Harrodsburg, KY | -1 | 12 |
| 2019-10-04 Your weekend | Hops and Hogs Festival | Huntersville, NC | -1 | 11 |
| 2019-10-11 | Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest(JUDGES FULL) State championship | DeSoto, KS | 6 | 51 |
| 2019-10-11 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ) State championship | Arthur, IL | 6 | 43 |
| 2019-10-11 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Jackson, NJ | 6 | 32 |
| 2019-10-11 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down State championship | Rocky Mount, NC | 6 | 32 |
| 2019-10-11 | Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off State championship | Waxhaw, NC | 6 | 27 |
| 2019-10-11 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival State championship | Lyons, GA | 6 | 27 |
| 2019-10-11 | Anchor City Cook off State championship | Centralia, MO | 6 | 25 |
| 2019-10-11 | Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que Cancelled State championship | Muskogee, OK | 6 | 22 |
| 2019-10-11 | BBQ & Blues on the Levee State championship | Helena, AR | 6 | 20 |
| 2019-10-11 | Butlerfest 2019(BACKYARD ONLY) | Butler, AL | 6 | 20 |
| 2019-10-11 | Smokin' & Stokin' Trussville (BACKYARD ONLY) | Trussville, AL | 6 | 17 |
| 2019-10-11 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 6 | — |
| 2019-09-28 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Hope Valley, RI | -7 | 36 |
| 2019-10-12 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Jackson, NJ | 7 | 30 |
| 2019-09-28 | West Bottoms BBQ Contest State championship | Kansas City, MO | -7 | 29 |
| 2019-10-12 | Caput Mundi BBQ Competition | Rome, 00153 | 7 | 8 |
| 2019-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship State championship | Shawnee, KS | -8 | 102 |
| 2019-09-27 | Smoke on the Trails State championship | Gardner, KS | -8 | 53 |
| 2019-09-27 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival State championship | Jonesboro, AR | -8 | 43 |
| 2019-09-27 | Smoke in the Park State championship | Lemoyne, PA | -8 | 40 |
| 2019-09-27 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge State championship | Newton, NC | -8 | 37 |
| 2019-09-27 | Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival State championship | Payson, AZ | -8 | 33 |
| 2019-09-27 | BBQ In The Badlands State championship | Glendive, MT | -8 | 25 |
| 2019-09-27 | New Albany Blues Brews and BBQ Festival State championship | New Albany, IN | -8 | 23 |
| 2019-09-27 | Kincaid Fair Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kincaid, KS | -8 | 7 |
| 2019-09-27 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2019-09-26 | KC Realty Royal (Competitor's Series)-Cancelled | Overland Park, KS | -9 | — |
| 2019-10-17 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival A State championship | Lenoir, NC | 12 | 15 |
| 2019-10-18 | Boo-B-Que State championship | Rehoboth Beach, DE | 13 | 63 |
| 2019-10-18 | Best of the Midwest State championship | Union Grove, WI | 13 | 52 |
| 2019-10-18 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition State championship | Westminster, CO | 13 | 46 |
| 2019-10-18 | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Roswell, GA | 13 | 32 |
| 2019-10-18 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Munfordville, KY | 13 | 31 |
| 2019-10-18 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival State championship | Nelsonville, OH | 13 | 28 |
| 2019-10-18 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ State championship | Harper, KS | 13 | 25 |
| 2019-10-18 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival B State championship | Lenoir, NC | 13 | 22 |
| 2019-10-18 | Fountains at Greenbriar Blaze Off State championship | Independence, MO | 13 | 13 |
| 2019-10-18 | National Head 2 Head Invitational Top 50 (Competitors Series) | Great Bend, KS | 13 | 7 |
| 2019-10-18 | Mid-South BBQ Festival and Competition Cancelled State championship | Mount Pleasant, TN | 13 | — |
| 2019-09-21 | Oinktoberfest State championship | Clarence, NY | -14 | 43 |
| 2019-09-21 | Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland | Sint Niklaas, 9100 | -14 | 36 |
| 2019-09-21 | Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown State championship | Kimberling City, MO | -14 | 28 |
| 2019-10-19 | Rock-N-Q on the planes State championship | Great Bend, KS | 14 | 28 |
| 2019-10-19 | Uncle Bubs BBQ Cooking Class | Collinsville, IL | 14 | — |
| 2019-09-20 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic State championship | Salisbury, NC | -15 | 56 |
| 2019-09-20 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook Off State championship | Murphysboro, IL | -15 | 54 |
| 2019-09-20 | 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship State championship | -15 | 44 | |
| 2019-09-20 | Smokin in The Hills State championship | -15 | 38 | |
| 2019-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest State championship | Denison, IA | -15 | 34 |
| 2019-09-20 | Grillin & Chillin BBQ State championship | Owensboro, KY | -15 | 34 |
| 2019-09-20 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out State championship | Kearney, MO | -15 | 31 |
| 2019-09-20 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com State championship | Grand Haven, MI | -15 | 28 |
| 2019-09-20 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Ponca City, OK | -15 | 28 |
| 2019-09-20 | Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival State championship | Grand Lake, CO | -15 | 25 |
| 2019-09-20 | Little Apple Classic Car & BBQ Cook Off State championship | Manhattan, KS | -15 | 24 |
| 2019-09-20 | Pork on the Plaza- Cancelled State championship | Fort Scott, KS | -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.