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, June 18, 2022 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
18
sanctioned contests
In the window
75
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 12 May 7
- 19 May 14
- 13 May 21
- 8 May 28
- 15 Jun 4
- 12 Jun 11
- 18 Jun 18
- 17 Jun 25
- 11 Jul 2
- 6 Jul 9
- 12 Jul 16
- 13 Jul 23
- 14 Jul 30
The weekend of Jul 9 is the quietest in range: 6 contests. The biggest thing on it is South Carolina Festival of Discovery.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-18 Your weekend | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 State championship | Franklin, IN | 0 | 27 |
| 2022-06-18 Your weekend | BBQ Battle Finland (POSTPONED) | Tampere, 33840 | 0 | 23 |
| 2022-06-18 Your weekend | The War of Barbeque | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 0 | 15 |
| 2022-06-18 Your weekend | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 0 | 10 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 State championship | Franklin, IN | -1 | 42 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | York County BBQ Festival State championship | Delta, PA | -1 | 34 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest State championship | State Center, IA | -1 | 32 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Central Plains Ribfest (Steak) | Holdrege, NE | -1 | 30 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Central Plains Ribfest State championship | Holdrege, NE | -1 | 29 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" State championship | Kansas City, KS | -1 | 29 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Hoosier BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) | Franklin, IN | -1 | 25 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) | Morris, IL | -1 | 23 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Roanoke, WV | -1 | 20 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Logansport, IN | -1 | 14 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard) | Sioux City, IA | -1 | 13 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Clay County Juneteenth BBQ Contest (One Meat Ribs) | Liberty, MO | -1 | 13 |
| 2022-06-17 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging - ITALY | Isola della Scala, 37063 | -1 | — |
| 2022-06-16 Your weekend | Frisco BBQ Challenge State championship | Frisco, CO | -2 | 37 |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | 6 | 164 |
| 2022-06-24 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) State championship | Belvidere, IL | 6 | 36 |
| 2022-06-24 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | 6 | 29 |
| 2022-06-24 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff State championship | Miles City, MT | 6 | 26 |
| 2022-06-24 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - One Meat ribs | Belvidere, IL | 6 | 24 |
| 2022-06-24 | Lake Murvaul BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Carthage, TX | 6 | 16 |
| 2022-06-24 | Columbia Valley Smokeshow | Invermere, V0A1K0 | 6 | 11 |
| 2022-06-24 | Smokin Deltana BBQ Challenge (POSTPONED) | Delta Junction, AK | 6 | 6 |
| 2022-06-24 | Smokin Railroad Street BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (POSTPONED) | Elkmont, AL | 6 | — |
| 2022-06-24 | The Cache Smokeout at the American West Heritage Center (POSTPONED UNTIL 2023) State championship | Logan, UT | 6 | — |
| 2022-06-11 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -7 | 37 |
| 2022-06-25 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) State championship | Belvidere, IL | 7 | 32 |
| 2022-06-25 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 7 | 32 |
| 2022-06-25 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff State championship | Skowhegan, ME | 7 | 25 |
| 2022-06-25 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | 6669 MH Dodewaard, | 7 | 22 |
| 2022-06-25 | Central Maine BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Skowhegan, ME | 7 | 15 |
| 2022-06-25 | Backyard Grill Master Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 7 | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -8 | 39 |
| 2022-06-10 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -8 | 36 |
| 2022-06-10 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | -8 | 33 |
| 2022-06-10 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | -8 | 29 |
| 2022-06-10 | Montana BBQ Cook-off State championship | Absarokee, MT | -8 | 27 |
| 2022-06-10 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -8 | 26 |
| 2022-06-10 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | -8 | 23 |
| 2022-06-10 | Bourbon Capital BBQ Challenge & Distillers' Row Invitational State championship | New Haven, KY | -8 | 17 |
| 2022-06-10 | WV Coalfields Cookoff State championship | Welch, WV | -8 | 15 |
| 2022-06-10 | Cushing Chamber Annual BBQ and Blues Festival (INVITE ONLY) | Cushing, OK | -8 | 6 |
| 2022-06-10 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Pineridge Campground - BBQ Competition #2 Cancelled State championship | Roebuck, SC | -8 | — |
| 2022-06-26 | Green Mountain Grills Pellet Pit Master Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 8 | — |
| 2022-06-30 | Certified Barbeque Class - Sweet Home, OR | Sweet Home, OR | 12 | — |
| 2022-07-01 | Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge State championship | Lowell, AR | 13 | 30 |
| 2022-07-01 | The Art of BBQ State championship | Sterling, CO | 13 | 28 |
| 2022-07-01 | Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | 13 | 24 |
| 2022-07-01 | 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS) | Sparks, NV | 13 | 17 |
| 2022-07-01 | Certified BBQ Judging - LITHUANIA | Vilnius, 14200 | 13 | — |
| 2022-06-04 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Merrimack, NH | -14 | 37 |
| 2022-06-04 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) State championship | Greeley, CO | -14 | 34 |
| 2022-07-02 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 State championship | Sweet Home, OR | 14 | 34 |
| 2022-07-02 | 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sparks, NV | 14 | 17 |
| 2022-07-02 | Twin Smoke | Vilnius, LT | 14 | 15 |
| 2022-07-02 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Chicken) | Carmel , 6076 | 14 | 9 |
| 2022-07-02 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Ribs) | Carmel, 6076 | 14 | 9 |
| 2022-06-03 | Original SD BBQ Championship State championship | Huron, SD | -15 | 46 |
| 2022-06-03 | Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition State championship | Kansas City, MO | -15 | 41 |
| 2022-06-03 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition | Hoofddorp, 2134CG | -15 | 38 |
| 2022-06-03 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival State championship | Norco, CA | -15 | 37 |
| 2022-06-03 | Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) State championship | Owatonna, MN | -15 | 33 |
| 2022-06-03 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) State championship | Greeley, CO | -15 | 33 |
| 2022-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta | Bassano, AB | -15 | 31 |
| 2022-06-03 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | -15 | 30 |
| 2022-06-03 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival State championship | Covington, TN | -15 | 28 |
| 2022-06-03 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | -15 | 25 |
| 2022-06-03 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | -15 | 25 |
| 2022-06-03 | Country Invasion (POSTPONED) State championship | Wilmington, OH | -15 | — |
| 2022-06-03 | 3rd Annual Ironstone Throwdown in the Vineyards Cancelled State championship | Murphys, CA | -15 | — |
| 2022-06-02 | Original SD BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) | Huron, SD | -16 | 29 |
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.
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