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 24, 2026 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)

In the window

±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 Nov 28 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Mid Japan BBQ Showdown & Festival (BACKYARD ONLY).

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	vs. your date	Field
Oct 24, 2026 Your weekend	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship	West Creek, NJ	Same day	34
Oct 24, 2026 Your weekend	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS)	West Creek, NJ	Same day	12
Oct 23, 2026 Your weekend	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship	West Creek, NJ	1 day before	32
Oct 23, 2026 Your weekend	Foothills Smoke-Off Challenge State championship	Lenoir, NC	1 day before	31
Oct 23, 2026 Your weekend	VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition State championship	Vidalia, LA	1 day before	29
Oct 23, 2026 Your weekend	Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild State championship	Branson, MO	1 day before	28
Oct 23, 2026 Your weekend	The Butcher's Smoke & Flames Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)	Cullman, AL	1 day before	24
Oct 23, 2026 Your weekend	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	West Creek, NJ	1 day before	14
Oct 29, 2026	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Monticello, KY Cancelled	Monticello, KY	5 days after	—
Oct 30, 2026	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) State championship	Oak Grove, MO	6 days after	43
Oct 30, 2026	Spooky Q 1792 Cancelled	Monticello, KY	6 days after	23
Oct 30, 2026	Spooky Q 1792 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled	Monticello, KY	6 days after	23
Oct 30, 2026	Roast N Boast State championship	Columbus, MS	6 days after	21
Oct 18, 2026	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Osaka, Japan	Toyonaka Osaka, Japan	6 days before	—
Oct 31, 2026	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) State championship	Oak Grove, MO	7 days after	43
Oct 17, 2026	All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 2)	Sunland Park, NM	7 days before	34
Oct 17, 2026	Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Fossalta di Piave, Italy	7 days before	28
Oct 17, 2026	Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Fossalta di Piave, Italy	7 days before	27
Oct 17, 2026	Smoky Cotte Master Class - Cooking Class	Rome, Italy	7 days before	—
Oct 31, 2026	Smokin in the Valley 3	Herne Hill, Western Australia, Australia	7 days after	—
Oct 16, 2026	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Huntsville, AL	8 days before	43
Oct 16, 2026	All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 1)	Sunland Park, NM	8 days before	35
Oct 16, 2026	King of the Corn State championship	Ottumwa, IA	8 days before	31
Oct 16, 2026	The MoCo Smoke Show State championship	Silver Spring, MD	8 days before	15
Oct 16, 2026	Happy Basset 6th Annual BBQ Contest Cancelled State championship	Topeka, KS	8 days before	—
Oct 16, 2026	Hellhole Swamp Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES) Cancelled	Jamestown, SC	8 days before	—
Oct 16, 2026	All American Military/Veterans/First Responders BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES) Cancelled	Sunland Park, NM	8 days before	—
Oct 15, 2026	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)	Roswell, GA	9 days before	38
Oct 15, 2026	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sunland Park, NM	Sunland Park, NM	9 days before	—
Nov 6, 2026	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Scottsboro, AL	13 days after	33
Nov 6, 2026	Frosty Butts BBQ Throwdown State championship	New Market, VA	13 days after	—
Nov 6, 2026	Grills of Gratitude Honoring our Hometown Veterans and Heroes Cancelled State championship	Seffner, FL	13 days after	—
Oct 10, 2026	Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Stover, MO	14 days before	10
Nov 7, 2026	Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Guatemala	San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala	14 days after	—
Oct 9, 2026	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Lynchburg, TN	15 days before	99
Oct 9, 2026	MD State BBQ Bash State championship	Bel Air, MD	15 days before	28
Oct 9, 2026	Smoke on the Water State championship	Topeka, KS	15 days before	25
Oct 9, 2026	The United Rentals Big Blue BBQ at Union Station State championship	Kansas City, MO	15 days before	20
Oct 9, 2026	Flavor & BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship	Park City, KS	15 days before	—
Oct 9, 2026	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Lynchburg, TN	Lynchburg, TN	15 days before	—
Nov 10, 2026	Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) PRIVATE EVENT	Houston, TX	17 days after	—

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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