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 1, 2022 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
14
sanctioned contests
In the window
87
±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 Aug 20
- 16 Aug 27
- 6 Sep 3
- 19 Sep 10
- 21 Sep 17
- 12 Sep 24
- 14 Oct 1
- 20 Oct 8
- 14 Oct 15
- 14 Oct 22
- 8 Oct 29
- 8 Nov 5
- 9 Nov 12
The weekend of Sep 3 is the quietest in range: 6 contests. The biggest thing on it is Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-01 Your weekend | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Southwick, MA | 0 | 33 |
| 2022-10-01 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Kapolei, HI | Kapolei, HI | 0 | — |
| 2022-10-01 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - KIDS QUE - Judging | Kansas City, KS | 0 | — |
| 2022-10-01 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES | Kansas City, KS | 0 | — |
| 2022-10-01 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES - Judging | Kansas City, KS | 0 | — |
| 2022-09-30 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights(CIBR-BBQ) Cancelled State championship | Arthur, IL | -1 | 45 |
| 2022-09-30 Your weekend | Monterrey BBQ Fest | San Pedro Garza Garcia, | -1 | 25 |
| 2022-09-30 | Squealin on the Square Cancelled State championship | Laurens, SC | -1 | 23 |
| 2022-09-30 Your weekend | 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival State championship | Payson, AZ | -1 | 21 |
| 2022-09-30 Your weekend | Vista BBQ Competition State championship | Altavista, VA | -1 | 17 |
| 2022-09-30 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - KIDS QUE | Kansas City, KS | -1 | — |
| 2022-10-02 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST - Judging | Kansas City, KS | 1 | — |
| 2022-09-29 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST State championship | Kansas City, KS | -2 | 505 |
| 2022-09-29 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST | Kansas City, KS | -2 | 249 |
| 2022-09-29 Your weekend | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Midland, TX | -2 | 64 |
| 2022-09-29 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Monterrey, N.L. Mexico | Monterrey, N.L., | -2 | — |
| 2022-10-06 | Certified Barbeque Class - Hermiston, OR | Hermiston, OR | 5 | — |
| 2022-10-07 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | Scottsboro, AL | 6 | 38 |
| 2022-10-07 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 | Tahlequah, OK | 6 | 32 |
| 2022-10-07 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival State championship | Lyons, GA | 6 | 30 |
| 2022-10-07 | Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL) State championship | Edgerton, KS | 6 | 29 |
| 2022-10-07 | Smoke & Soul Fest State championship | Casper, WY | 6 | 29 |
| 2022-10-07 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down State championship | Rocky Mount, NC | 6 | 27 |
| 2022-10-07 | Go Hog Wild BBQ State championship | Sheridan, AR | 6 | 26 |
| 2022-10-07 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship State championship | Harrisburg, PA | 6 | 26 |
| 2022-10-07 | Anchor City Cook Off (POSTPONED) State championship | Centralia, MO | 6 | 25 |
| 2022-10-07 | Hermiston Fall Fest, BBQ, Brews, & More State championship | Hermiston, OR | 6 | 19 |
| 2022-10-07 | BooBQ BarBQ'N for Boobies | Tomball, TX | 6 | 17 |
| 2022-10-07 | Meat Inferno (ONE MEAT RIBS) (JUDGING FULL) | Edgerton, KS | 6 | 13 |
| 2022-10-07 | TORO in Dante's Hell Competition - One Meat- Ribs | Pratovecchio Stia, 52015 | 6 | 12 |
| 2022-10-07 | The 18th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) State championship | Riverside, CA | 6 | 10 |
| 2022-10-07 | 2nd Annual Oscar Bothwell Memorial Scholarship Rib Rally (One Meat Ribs) | Oneonta, AL | 6 | 6 |
| 2022-10-07 | King Biscuit BBQ & Blues on the Levee (POSTPONED) State championship | Helena, AR | 6 | — |
| 2022-10-07 | All American Smoker Competition Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Bonifay, FL | 6 | — |
| 2022-10-07 | Meat Inferno (ONE MEAT RIBS) - Judging | Edgerton, KS | 6 | — |
| 2022-10-08 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 | Tahlequah, OK | 7 | 32 |
| 2022-09-24 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Ashland, VA | -7 | 18 |
| 2022-09-24 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 2) | Devon, | -7 | 10 |
| 2022-10-08 | TORO in Dante's Hell Competition | Pratovecchio Stia, 52015 | 7 | 10 |
| 2022-09-24 | Certified Barbeque Class - Westmont, IL Cancelled | Westmont, IL | -7 | — |
| 2022-10-08 | All American Smoker Competition Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Bonifay, FL | 7 | — |
| 2022-09-23 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship State championship | Shawnee, KS | -8 | 87 |
| 2022-09-23 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard State championship | Murphysboro, IL | -8 | 46 |
| 2022-09-23 | The Great Kearney BBQ Smoke-Out State championship | Fresno, CA | -8 | 43 |
| 2022-09-23 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival State championship | Jonesboro, AR | -8 | 33 |
| 2022-09-23 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge State championship | Connelly Springs, NC | -8 | 32 |
| 2022-09-23 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Ashland, VA | -8 | 20 |
| 2022-09-23 | TN River BBQ Battle State championship | Saltillo, TN | -8 | 16 |
| 2022-09-23 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) | Ashland, VA | -8 | 11 |
| 2022-09-23 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 1) | Devon, | -8 | 8 |
| 2022-09-23 | Twin States Festival: meat, music & marketplace (BACKYARD ONLY) (POSTPONED) | Meridian, MS | -8 | — |
| 2022-10-14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 13 | 83 |
| 2022-10-14 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival State championship | Grovetown, GA | 13 | 51 |
| 2022-10-14 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival - One Meat Chicken | Grovetown, GA | 13 | 38 |
| 2022-10-14 | King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | 13 | 36 |
| 2022-10-14 | Best of the Midwest BBQ State championship | Union Grove, WI | 13 | 36 |
| 2022-10-14 | Maryland State BBQ Bash State championship | Belair, MD | 13 | 30 |
| 2022-10-14 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Topeka, KS | 13 | 28 |
| 2022-10-14 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | West Salem, WI | 13 | 22 |
| 2022-09-18 | BBQ on the Bay Day 2 - Judging | San Diego, CA | -13 | — |
| 2022-10-14 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship | Nelsonville, OH | 13 | — |
| 2022-10-14 | Founders Day BBQ Championship (POSTPONED) State championship | White Hall, AR | 13 | — |
| 2022-10-14 | DeSoto Shrine Club 14th Annual BBQ & Steak Cook-Off (POSTPONED) State championship | Nesbit, MS | 13 | — |
| 2022-10-14 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2022-10-14 | Certified Barbeque Class - Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN | 13 | — |
| 2022-09-17 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship | Braintree, VT | -14 | 26 |
| 2022-09-17 | Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 | Sint Niklaas, 9100 | -14 | 25 |
| 2022-10-15 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) | West Salem, WI | 14 | 20 |
| 2022-09-17 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Braintree, VT | -14 | 17 |
| 2022-09-17 | BBQ on the Bay Day 2 State championship | San Diego, CA | -14 | 16 |
| 2022-10-15 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (One Meat Ribs) | West Salem, WI | 14 | 16 |
| 2022-09-17 | FO.G & SMOKE | Spilamberto, Mo | -14 | 12 |
| 2022-09-17 | BBQ on the Bay Day 1 - Judging | San Diego, CA | -14 | — |
| 2022-09-16 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off State championship | Ponca City, OK | -15 | 39 |
| 2022-09-16 | 34th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out State championship | Kearney, MO | -15 | 33 |
| 2022-09-16 | Smoketember Fest State championship | Baxley, GA | -15 | 30 |
| 2022-09-16 | Smokin' For Garrett State championship | Mt. Carmel, IL | -15 | 27 |
| 2022-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest State championship | Denison, IA | -15 | 25 |
| 2022-09-16 | Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition State championship | Bowling Green, KY | -15 | 24 |
| 2022-09-16 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) | Tuscumbia, AL | -15 | 18 |
| 2022-09-16 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship | Braintree, VT | -15 | 18 |
| 2022-09-16 | BBQ on the Bay Day 1 State championship | San Diego, CA | -15 | 17 |
| 2022-09-16 | Smoketember Fest (One Meat Ribs) | Baxley, GA | -15 | 17 |
| 2022-09-16 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (One Meat Ribs) | Ponca City, OK | -15 | 13 |
| 2022-09-16 | Smoke on the River (BACKYARD ONLY) | Burlington, KS | -15 | 6 |
| 2022-09-16 | Tivoli Farm BBQ Classic by iDS (POSTPONED) | Malvern, PA | -15 | — |
| 2022-09-16 | QUEing at the Barns (POSTPONED) State championship | Rolla, MO | -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.
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