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, March 10, 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.
- 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
- 17 Apr 7
- 10 Apr 14
- 19 Apr 21
The weekend of Feb 10 is the quietest in range: 3 contests. The biggest thing on it is Sydney Barbeque Festival.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2018 Your weekend |
White Street Barbeque Experience (BACKYARD ONLY) | Wake Forest, NC | Same day | 10 |
| Mar 10, 2018 Your weekend |
Table Captain Class | Ashboro, NC | Same day | — |
| Mar 10, 2018 Your weekend |
Fergolicious University of Que Backyard Class | Gardner, KS | Same day | — |
| Mar 10, 2018 Your weekend |
Table Captain Class | Riverside, CA | Same day | — |
| Mar 9, 2018 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Shores | Nashville, TN | 1 day before | 87 |
| Mar 9, 2018 Your weekend |
Flames on the Flint | Bainbridge, GA | 1 day before | 42 |
| Mar 9, 2018 Your weekend |
Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD) (TEAMS FULL) (JUDGES FULL) | Hartselle, AL | 1 day before | 33 |
| Mar 7, 2018 Your weekend |
Big 12 BIG Q (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Kansas CIty, MO | 3 days before | 14 |
| Mar 16, 2018 | Smokin In the Square | Pensacola, FL | 6 days after | 49 |
| Mar 16, 2018 | Hog Wild BBQ Contest | Corinth, MS | 6 days after | 36 |
| Mar 16, 2018 | Pork-A-Palooza | Weatherford, OK | 6 days after | 26 |
| Mar 3, 2018 | Kansas BBQ Shootout Day 2 | Cheney, KS | 7 days before | 42 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Lawrenceville, GA | 8 days before | 59 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship | Onamia, MN | 8 days before | 57 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Sonny's Smokin Showdown (INVITATIONAL ONLY) | Orlando, FL | 8 days before | 49 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Kansas BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 | Cheney, KS | 8 days before | 47 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Jack Town Throw Down | Ridgeland, MS | 8 days before | 31 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown | Brunswick, MD | 8 days before | 29 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Mar 23, 2018 | Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1 | Shawnee, OK | 13 days after | 84 |
| Mar 23, 2018 | 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship | Arcadia, CA | 13 days after | 78 |
| Mar 23, 2018 | BBQ Gives Back | Urbanna, VA | 13 days after | 75 |
| Mar 23, 2018 | Hammond BBQ | Hammond, LA | 13 days after | 48 |
| Mar 23, 2018 | Smokin On Big Creek | Pleasant Hill, MO | 13 days after | 39 |
| Mar 23, 2018 | Dickson County Smokefest | Dickson, TN | 13 days after | 29 |
| Mar 24, 2018 | Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 | Shawnee, OK | 14 days after | 79 |
| Mar 24, 2018 | Springbreak BBQ Contest | Lommel, Belgium | 14 days after | 39 |
| Feb 24, 2018 | D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) | D'Iberville, MS | 14 days before | 27 |
| Mar 24, 2018 | The War of Barbeque | Noventa di Piave, Italy | 14 days after | 18 |
| Feb 24, 2018 | Jason Day - Burnt Finger BBQ Brisket Boot Camp | Lee's Summit, MO | 14 days before | — |
| Feb 24, 2018 | Table Captain Class | Barnseville, GA | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 24, 2018 | Table Captain Class | Duncanville, TX | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 24, 2018 | Eatapedia BBQ Pitmaster and Competition Class | Ottawa, ON | 14 days after | — |
| Feb 23, 2018 | The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL) | Coachella, CA | 15 days before | 47 |
| Feb 23, 2018 | Polar Bear BBQ Challenge | Kingdom City, MO | 15 days before | 29 |
| Feb 23, 2018 | D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL) | D'Iberville, MS | 15 days before | 27 |
| Feb 23, 2018 | Donny Teel - Buffalo's BBQ | Sperry, OK | 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.