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 26, 2019 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
Biggest 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.
- 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
- 2 Nov 23
- 2 Nov 30
- 1 Dec 7
The weekend of Dec 7 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is COTR BBQ.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 Your weekend |
31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Lynchburg, TN | 1 day before | 97 |
| Oct 25, 2019 Your weekend |
Border War Barbeque State championship | Osawatomie, KS | 1 day before | 44 |
| Oct 25, 2019 Your weekend |
Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) | Lynchburg, TN | 1 day before | 42 |
| Oct 25, 2019 Your weekend |
Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships | Palmview, Australia | 1 day before | 26 |
| Oct 25, 2019 Your weekend |
Smokin' on the Square State championship | El Dorado, AR | 1 day before | 20 |
| Oct 25, 2019 Your weekend |
Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US) State championship | Wytheville, VA | 1 day before | 20 |
| Oct 24, 2019 Your weekend |
Fifth Annual Kosher BBQ Championship (KOSHER SERIES) | Dallas, TX | 2 days before | 11 |
| Nov 1, 2019 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival State championship | Indio, CA | 6 days after | 37 |
| Nov 1, 2019 | Currituck Heritage Bulls & BBQ Festival State championship | Powells Point, NC | 6 days after | 25 |
| Nov 1, 2019 | Brew & Que on the Shrine Lake State championship | Summerville, SC | 6 days after | 15 |
| Nov 1, 2019 | Viking Grillfestivalen State championship | Waco, TX | 6 days after | 15 |
| Nov 1, 2019 | West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Northport, AL | 6 days after | 15 |
| Oct 19, 2019 | Rock-N-Q on the planes State championship | Great Bend, KS | 7 days before | 28 |
| Oct 19, 2019 | Uncle Bubs BBQ Cooking Class | Collinsville, IL | 7 days before | — |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Boo-B-Que State championship | Rehoboth Beach, DE | 8 days before | 63 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Best of the Midwest State championship | Union Grove, WI | 8 days before | 52 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition State championship | Westminster, CO | 8 days before | 46 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Roswell, GA | 8 days before | 32 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Munfordville, KY | 8 days before | 31 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival State championship | Nelsonville, OH | 8 days before | 28 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ State championship | Harper, KS | 8 days before | 25 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival B State championship | Lenoir, NC | 8 days before | 22 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Fountains at Greenbriar Blaze Off State championship | Independence, MO | 8 days before | 13 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | National Head 2 Head Invitational Top 50 (Competitors Series) | Great Bend, KS | 8 days before | 7 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Mid-South BBQ Festival and Competition Cancelled State championship | Mount Pleasant, TN | 8 days before | — |
| Nov 4, 2019 | Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars | Cranbourne Melbourne, Australia | 9 days after | 28 |
| Oct 17, 2019 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival A State championship | Lenoir, NC | 9 days before | 15 |
| Nov 8, 2019 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) State championship | Concord, NC | 13 days after | 47 |
| Nov 8, 2019 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 13 days after | — |
| Nov 9, 2019 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) State championship | Concord, NC | 14 days after | 33 |
| Oct 12, 2019 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Jackson, NJ | 14 days before | 30 |
| Nov 9, 2019 | Smokin in the Valley | Herne Hill WA, Australia | 14 days after | 17 |
| Oct 12, 2019 | Caput Mundi BBQ Competition | Rome, Italy | 14 days before | 8 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) State championship | DeSoto, KS | 15 days before | 51 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights (CIBR-BBQ) State championship | Arthur, IL | 15 days before | 43 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Jackson, NJ | 15 days before | 32 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down State championship | Rocky Mount, NC | 15 days before | 32 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off State championship | Waxhaw, NC | 15 days before | 27 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival State championship | Lyons, GA | 15 days before | 27 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Anchor City Cook off State championship | Centralia, MO | 15 days before | 25 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que Cancelled State championship | Muskogee, OK | 15 days before | 22 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | BBQ & Blues on the Levee State championship | Helena, AR | 15 days before | 20 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Butler, AL | 15 days before | 20 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Smokin' & Stokin' Trussville (BACKYARD ONLY) | Trussville, AL | 15 days before | 17 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 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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