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, February 17, 2018 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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.
- 1 Jan 6
- 3 Jan 13
- 2 Jan 20
- 4 Jan 27
- 5 Feb 3
- 3 Feb 10
- 6 Feb 17
- 7 Feb 24
- 8 Mar 3
- 8 Mar 10
- 3 Mar 17
- 11 Mar 24
- 3 Mar 31
The weekend of Jan 6 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is National Western BBQ Throwdown.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2018 Your weekend |
Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice | Weissensee, Austria | Same day | 17 |
| Feb 17, 2018 Your weekend |
Fergolicious University of Que Competition Class | Lincoln, NE | Same day | — |
| Feb 16, 2018 Your weekend |
Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | Huntsville, TX | 1 day before | 38 |
| Feb 16, 2018 Your weekend |
Dirty South-KOD | Powder Springs, GA | 1 day before | 16 |
| Feb 16, 2018 Your weekend |
Mark Lambert - Barbecue Live Cooking Class | Memphis, TN | 1 day before | — |
| Feb 16, 2018 Your weekend |
Smokin' Triggers Cooking Class | Hammond, LA | 1 day before | — |
| Feb 23, 2018 | The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL) | Coachella, CA | 6 days after | 47 |
| Feb 23, 2018 | Polar Bear BBQ Challenge | Kingdom City, MO | 6 days after | 29 |
| Feb 23, 2018 | D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL) | D'Iberville, MS | 6 days after | 27 |
| Feb 23, 2018 | Donny Teel - Buffalo's BBQ | Sperry, OK | 6 days after | — |
| Feb 24, 2018 | D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) | D'Iberville, MS | 7 days after | 27 |
| Feb 10, 2018 | Sydney Barbeque Festival | Sydney, Australia | 7 days before | 19 |
| Feb 10, 2018 | Table Captain Class - CANCELLED | Joppa, AL | 7 days before | — |
| Feb 24, 2018 | Jason Day - Burnt Finger BBQ Brisket Boot Camp | Lee's Summit, MO | 7 days after | — |
| Feb 24, 2018 | Table Captain Class | Barnseville, GA | 7 days after | — |
| Feb 9, 2018 | Bud & BBQ Cancelled | Meridian, MS | 8 days before | — |
| Feb 9, 2018 | Table Captain Class | Gosford, Australia | 8 days before | — |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Lawrenceville, GA | 13 days after | 59 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship | Onamia, MN | 13 days after | 57 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Sonny's Smokin Showdown (INVITATIONAL ONLY) | Orlando, FL | 13 days after | 49 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Kansas BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 | Cheney, KS | 13 days after | 47 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Jack Town Throw Down | Ridgeland, MS | 13 days after | 31 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown | Brunswick, MD | 13 days after | 29 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 13 days after | — |
| Mar 3, 2018 | Kansas BBQ Shootout Day 2 | Cheney, KS | 14 days after | 42 |
| Feb 3, 2018 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Melbourn, Australia | 14 days before | 26 |
| Feb 2, 2018 | Humble Rodeo and BBQ | Humble, TX | 15 days before | 145 |
| Feb 2, 2018 | Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) | Young Harris, GA | 15 days before | 35 |
| Feb 2, 2018 | Table Captain Class | Humble, TX | 15 days before | — |
| Feb 2, 2018 | Table Captain Class | Melbourne, Australia | 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.
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.