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.

Busier than the weekends around it Saturday, May 15, 2021 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

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sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

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±2 weeks either side

The weekends around yours

How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.

The weekend of Apr 3 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	vs. your date	Field
May 15, 2021 Your weekend	Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 State championship	Warsaw, IN	Same day	39
May 15, 2021 Your weekend	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) State championship	Plainview, TX	Same day	22
May 15, 2021 Your weekend	Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2	Mannington, WV	Same day	15
May 15, 2021 Your weekend	Transylvanian BBQ Festival 2nd Edition (POSTPONED)	Olteni, Covasna County, Romania	Same day	—
May 14, 2021 Your weekend	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke State championship	Morgantown, PA	1 day before	46
May 14, 2021 Your weekend	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF State championship	Waynesboro, GA	1 day before	42
May 14, 2021 Your weekend	Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 State championship	Warsaw, IN	1 day before	41
May 14, 2021 Your weekend	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) State championship	Plainview, TX	1 day before	33
May 14, 2021 Your weekend	Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest	Warsaw, IN	1 day before	32
May 14, 2021 Your weekend	Obion County Barbeque Cook Off State championship	Union City, TN	1 day before	31
May 14, 2021	Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition Cancelled State championship	Valparaiso, IN	1 day before	20
May 14, 2021 Your weekend	Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 State championship	Mannington, WV	1 day before	18
May 21, 2021	BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship	Perris, CA	6 days after	25
May 21, 2021	Twin States Barbecue Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)	Meridian, MS	6 days after	22
May 21, 2021	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 State championship	Evans, GA	6 days after	21
May 21, 2021	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class	Undilla, GA	6 days after	—
May 22, 2021	GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 State championship	Evans, GA	7 days after	21
May 7, 2021	Minnesota in May State championship	Cambridge, MN	8 days before	60
May 7, 2021	Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival State championship	Bixby, OK	8 days before	53
May 7, 2021	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship	Lamar, CO	8 days before	35
May 7, 2021	Minnesota in May - One Meat Contest - Ribs	Cambridge, MN	8 days before	29
May 7, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Franklin State championship	Franklin, NC	8 days before	17
May 4, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)	Kansas City, MO	11 days before	—
May 28, 2021	9th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition State championship	Valley, NE	13 days after	46
May 28, 2021	Brew'n'Q Open Cancelled	Coalville, Leicestershire, United Kingdom	13 days after	34
May 28, 2021	Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships State championship	Big Bear Lake, CA	13 days after	27
May 28, 2021	The Best Dam Barbeque State championship	Boulder City, NV	13 days after	26
May 2, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Rub Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)	Kansas City, MO	13 days before	—
May 28, 2021	9th Annual Smokin on the Lake (POSTPONED) State championship	Monroe City, MO	13 days after	—
May 28, 2021	The Great Georgia BBQ Festival (POSTPONED) State championship	Cumming, GA	13 days after	—
May 28, 2021	Hadi ShrinersFest Cancelled State championship	Evansville, IN	13 days after	—
May 1, 2021	Route 66 Smoke Out State championship	Dwight, IL	14 days before	44
May 1, 2021	Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff State championship	Columbia, MO	14 days before	39
May 1, 2021	Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival State championship	Brookhaven, MS	14 days before	38
May 1, 2021	39th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off State championship	Kennett, MO	14 days before	32
May 1, 2021	Smoke on the Water State championship	Liberty, IN	14 days before	27
May 29, 2021	Brew'n'Q Invitational Cancelled	Coalville, Leicestershire, United Kingdom	14 days after	26
May 1, 2021	Almost Heaven Rib Fest - One Meat Rib Contest A	Buckhannon, WV	14 days before	16
May 1, 2021	Almost Heaven Rib Fest - One Meat Rib Contest B	Buckhannon, WV	14 days before	15
May 1, 2021	City Of Springs BBQ Championship State championship	Sulphur, OK	14 days before	14
Apr 30, 2021	NYC BBQ Cookoff Cancelled State championship	Staten Island, NY	15 days before	35
May 30, 2021	Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest A	Omaha, NE	15 days after	21
May 30, 2021	Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest B	Omaha, NE	15 days after	20
May 30, 2021	Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest C	Omaha, NE	15 days after	18
Apr 30, 2021	8th Annual BBQ Throwdown Cancelled State championship	Show low, AZ	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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