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 12, 2024 · everywhere, because no place is set
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.
- 7 Aug 31
- 9 Sep 7
- 21 Sep 14
- 17 Sep 21
- 8 Sep 28
- 7 Oct 5
- 8 Oct 12
- 10 Oct 19
- 10 Oct 26
- 9 Nov 2
- 3 Nov 9
- 3 Nov 16
- 1 Nov 23
The weekend of Nov 23 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Plant City Pig Jam.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-11 Your weekend | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | -1 | 87 |
| 2024-10-11 Your weekend | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | Scottsboro, AL | -1 | 38 |
| 2024-10-11 Your weekend | Smoke on the Water State championship | Topeka, KS | -1 | 31 |
| 2024-10-11 | Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off Cancelled State championship | Waxhaw, NC | -1 | 27 |
| 2024-10-11 Your weekend | MD State BBQ Bash State championship | Bel Air, MD | -1 | 26 |
| 2024-10-11 Your weekend | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down State championship | Rocky Mount, NC | -1 | 26 |
| 2024-10-11 Your weekend | Rock Island BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Stover, MO | -1 | 10 |
| 2024-10-11 Your weekend | Smoking on the Swan | Burswood, Western Australia, 6100 | -1 | 10 |
| 2024-10-11 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN | -1 | — |
| 2024-10-17 | Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) | Roswell, GA | 5 | 33 |
| 2024-10-18 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 6 | 50 |
| 2024-10-18 | Border War Barbeque Cancelled State championship | Osawatomie, KS | 6 | 41 |
| 2024-10-18 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship | Columbia, NJ | 6 | 28 |
| 2024-10-18 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Columbia, NJ | 6 | 17 |
| 2024-10-18 | Roast N Boast State championship | Columbus, MS | 6 | 15 |
| 2024-10-18 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Harper, KS | 6 | 11 |
| 2024-10-19 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship | Columbia, NJ | 7 | 26 |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Vienna, 1110 | 7 | 19 |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days | Vienna, 1110 | 7 | 14 |
| 2024-10-19 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Columbia, NJ | 7 | 12 |
| 2024-10-19 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Harper, KS | 7 | 9 |
| 2024-10-05 | TORO in Dante's Hell BBQ Competition Cancelled | Pratovecchio Stia, 52015 | -7 | — |
| 2024-10-05 | TORO in Dante's Hell BBQ Competition (One Meat Ribs) Cancelled | Pratovecchio Stia, 52015 | -7 | — |
| 2024-10-05 | All American Brisket Battle (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Cancelled | El Dorado Hills, CA | -7 | — |
| 2024-10-19 | Barrel Smoking Class - Build Your Own - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 7 | — |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q State championship | Montgomery, AL | -8 | 59 |
| 2024-10-04 | Meat Inferno State championship | Edgerton, KS | -8 | 38 |
| 2024-10-04 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival State championship | Lyons, GA | -8 | 29 |
| 2024-10-04 | Go Hog Wild BBQ Cancelled State championship | Sheridan, AR | -8 | 26 |
| 2024-10-04 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship State championship | Harrisburg, PA | -8 | 25 |
| 2024-10-04 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Pleasant Hill, MO | -8 | 19 |
| 2024-10-04 | Meat Inferno (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Edgerton, KS | -8 | 10 |
| 2024-10-04 | Red White & Q (BACKYARD ONLY) | Henryetta, OK | -8 | 9 |
| 2024-10-25 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) State championship | Oak Grove, MO | 13 | 53 |
| 2024-10-25 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition State championship | Vidalia, LA | 13 | 31 |
| 2024-10-25 | Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Wrentham, MA | 13 | 19 |
| 2024-10-25 | Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Wrentham, MA | 13 | 19 |
| 2024-10-25 | Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) State championship | Roseland, VA | 13 | 13 |
| 2024-10-25 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 2024 Cancelled State championship | Madison, AL | 13 | 12 |
| 2024-10-25 | Zom-B-Q (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Roseland, VA | 13 | 10 |
| 2024-10-25 | Zom-B-Q (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Roseland, VA | 13 | 9 |
| 2024-09-29 | BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts & Briskets - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -13 | — |
| 2024-10-26 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) State championship | Oak Grove, MO | 14 | 56 |
| 2024-10-26 | Weekend of Giving State championship | Wrentham, MA | 14 | 25 |
| 2024-10-26 | Zom-B-Q (Day 2) State championship | Roseland, VA | 14 | 11 |
| 2024-09-28 | BBQ Boot Camp 101 - Chicken & Ribs - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -14 | — |
| 2024-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State championship | Shawnee, KS | -15 | 73 |
| 2024-09-27 | ND BBQ Championship State championship | Fargo, ND | -15 | 47 |
| 2024-09-27 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival State championship | Jonesboro, AR | -15 | 27 |
| 2024-09-27 | "The First State" BBQ Bash State championship | Milford, DE | -15 | 26 |
| 2024-09-27 | "The First State" BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Milford, DE | -15 | 26 |
| 2024-09-27 | "The First State" BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Milford, DE | -15 | 26 |
| 2024-09-27 | Smoketember Fest Cancelled State championship | Baxley, GA | -15 | 24 |
| 2024-09-27 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Clanton, AL | -15 | 18 |
| 2024-09-27 | TN River BBQ Fest State championship | Saltillo, TN | -15 | 17 |
| 2024-09-27 | Blowin' Smoke BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Guthrie, OK | -15 | — |
| 2024-09-27 | Southern Colorado BBQ Challenge Cancelled State championship | Florence, CO | -15 | — |
| 2024-09-27 | Southern Colorado BBQ Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Florence, CO | -15 | — |
| 2024-09-27 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Florence, CO Cancelled | Florence, CO | -15 | — |
| 2024-09-27 | Smoke Over Tooky Cancelled State championship | Contoocook, NH | -15 | — |
| 2024-09-26 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Clanton, AL Cancelled | Clanton, AL | -16 | — |
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.