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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, March 31, 2018 · everywhere, because no place is set
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How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
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- 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
- 16 Apr 28
- 25 May 5
- 16 May 12
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-31 Your weekend | Eastern BBQ Contest | Ninove, 9400 | 0 | 33 |
| 2018-03-31 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | Johnston, IA | 0 | — |
| 2018-03-30 Your weekend | Victory Lane BBQ Tell-All Class | Crossville, IL | -1 | — |
| 2018-04-06 | Smoke in the Spring | Osage City, KS | 6 | 103 |
| 2018-04-06 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | Cedar Park, TX | 6 | 69 |
| 2018-04-06 | The Ironman | Greencastle, PA | 6 | 60 |
| 2018-04-06 | *CCS Fest | Indianapolis, IN | 6 | 49 |
| 2018-04-06 | Eighth Annual Bull Moose (JUDGE'S FULL) | Somerville, TN | 6 | 40 |
| 2018-04-06 | NYC BBQ Cookoff | Staten Island, NY | 6 | 36 |
| 2018-04-06 | Chillin N Grillin BBQ Festival( CANCELLED) | Sands Springs, OK | 6 | 33 |
| 2018-04-06 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | Stillwater, OK | 6 | 26 |
| 2018-04-06 | City of Springs BBQ Championship | Sulphur, OK | 6 | 17 |
| 2018-04-06 | *Brunswick BBQ Beach Bash Cancelled | Brunswick, GA | 6 | — |
| 2018-03-24 | Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 | Shawnee, OK | -7 | 79 |
| 2018-03-24 | Springbreak BBQ Contest | Lommel Belgium , 3920 | -7 | 39 |
| 2018-04-07 | *Smoke on the Border | Gravette, AR | 7 | 33 |
| 2018-03-24 | The War of Barbeque | Noventa di Piave, 30020 | -7 | 18 |
| 2018-04-07 | 2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018 | Wels, 4600 | 7 | 17 |
| 2018-04-07 | Circuito Parrillero by BBQ Fest Etapo 1 2018 | San Jose, 1000 | 7 | 16 |
| 2018-04-07 | *Rockin Rib Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Selma, AL | 7 | 12 |
| 2018-03-24 | Table Captain Class | Duncanville, TX | -7 | — |
| 2018-03-24 | Eatapedia BBQ Pitmaster and Competition Class | Ottawa, ON | -7 | — |
| 2018-04-07 | Smoke by Cucina e Tavola Cancelled | Winterhur, 8400 | 7 | — |
| 2018-04-07 | Table Captain Class | Clayton, CA | 7 | — |
| 2018-04-07 | The BBQ Maestros BBQ Boot Camp | Indianapolis, IN | 7 | — |
| 2018-04-07 | Table Captain Class | La Crescent, MN | 7 | — |
| 2018-04-07 | Table Captain Class | Cary, NC | 7 | — |
| 2018-03-23 | Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1 | Shawnee, OK | -8 | 84 |
| 2018-03-23 | 7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship | Arcadia, CA | -8 | 78 |
| 2018-03-23 | BBQ Gives Back | Urbanna, VA | -8 | 75 |
| 2018-03-23 | Hammond BBQ | Hammond, LA | -8 | 48 |
| 2018-03-23 | *Smokin On Big Creek | Pleasant Hill, MO | -8 | 39 |
| 2018-03-23 | Dickson County Smokefest | Dickson, TN | -8 | 29 |
| 2018-04-13 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Smithville, MO | 13 | 51 |
| 2018-04-13 | Smoke on the Falls | Gadsden, AL | 13 | 38 |
| 2018-04-13 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest | Savannah, TN | 13 | 28 |
| 2018-04-13 | *Grilln N Chilln Memorial (BACKYARD ONLY) | Gurley, AL | 13 | — |
| 2018-04-13 | Jim Beam BBQ World Invitational Cancelled | Clermont, KY | 13 | — |
| 2018-04-14 | Meat The East | Hengelo, 7534 HK | 14 | 34 |
| 2018-04-14 | Wild King BBQ Competition | Tirol, A-6380 | 14 | 23 |
| 2018-04-14 | Fergolicious University of Que Competition Class | Osage City, KS | 14 | — |
| 2018-04-14 | BBQ Boot Camp | Indianapolis, IN | 14 | — |
| 2018-04-14 | Perth Barbecue Festival Cancelled | Perth, 8008 | 14 | — |
| 2018-04-14 | Stephan Franklin - Simply Marvelous BBQ - Competition Class | Irvine, CA | 14 | — |
| 2018-03-16 | Smokin In the Square | Pensacola, FL | -15 | 49 |
| 2018-03-16 | *Hog Wild BBQ Contest | Corinth, MS | -15 | 36 |
| 2018-03-16 | *Pork-A-Palooza | Weatherford, OK | -15 | 26 |
| 2018-04-15 | Table Captain Class | North Grosvenordale, CT | 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.
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.