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, April 14, 2018 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 15 May 19
- 15 May 26
The weekend of Mar 17 is the quietest in range: 3 contests. The biggest thing on it is Smokin In the Square.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-14 Your weekend | Meat The East | Hengelo, 7534 HK | 0 | 34 |
| 2018-04-14 Your weekend | Wild King BBQ Competition | Tirol, A-6380 | 0 | 23 |
| 2018-04-14 Your weekend | Fergolicious University of Que Competition Class | Osage City, KS | 0 | — |
| 2018-04-14 Your weekend | BBQ Boot Camp | Indianapolis, IN | 0 | — |
| 2018-04-14 | Perth Barbecue Festival Cancelled | Perth, 8008 | 0 | — |
| 2018-04-14 Your weekend | Stephan Franklin - Simply Marvelous BBQ - Competition Class | Irvine, CA | 0 | — |
| 2018-04-13 Your weekend | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Smithville, MO | -1 | 51 |
| 2018-04-13 Your weekend | Smoke on the Falls | Gadsden, AL | -1 | 38 |
| 2018-04-13 Your weekend | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest | Savannah, TN | -1 | 28 |
| 2018-04-13 Your weekend | *Grilln N Chilln Memorial (BACKYARD ONLY) | Gurley, AL | -1 | — |
| 2018-04-13 | Jim Beam BBQ World Invitational Cancelled | Clermont, KY | -1 | — |
| 2018-04-15 Your weekend | Table Captain Class | North Grosvenordale, CT | 1 | — |
| 2018-04-20 | *Interstate BBQ Festival | Hagerstown, MD | 6 | 67 |
| 2018-04-20 | *Interstate BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Hagerstown, MD | 6 | 60 |
| 2018-04-20 | 13th Annual Hanor Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | 6 | 49 |
| 2018-04-20 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship | Lodi, CA | 6 | 48 |
| 2018-04-20 | 10th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge | Overland Park, KS | 6 | 46 |
| 2018-04-20 | Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival | Springfield, MO | 6 | 43 |
| 2018-04-20 | High on the Hog Festival | Winchester, TN | 6 | 42 |
| 2018-04-20 | Q for a Cause | Papillion, NE | 6 | 41 |
| 2018-04-20 | *Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest | Washington, MO | 6 | 40 |
| 2018-04-20 | *22nd Annual Firehouse BBQ Cookoff | Kings Mountain, NC | 6 | 33 |
| 2018-04-20 | *Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition | Cornelia, GA | 6 | 26 |
| 2018-04-20 | *Barnesville BBQ & Blues | Barnesville, GA | 6 | 25 |
| 2018-04-20 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SEREIES | Plymouth, MA | 6 | 25 |
| 2018-04-20 | Wild Wild West BBQ Showdown Cancelled | Wildomar, CA | 6 | — |
| 2018-04-20 | *Pig and Swig (COMPETITORS SERIES) Competition Cancelled | Kansas City, MO | 6 | — |
| 2018-04-07 | *Smoke on the Border | Gravette, AR | -7 | 33 |
| 2018-04-21 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SEREIES | Plymouth, MA | 7 | 25 |
| 2018-04-21 | *Fire N Up in the Flint Hills | Council Grove, KS | 7 | 21 |
| 2018-04-21 | Smokin in the City | Perth, 6929 | 7 | 20 |
| 2018-04-21 | *Fire at the Foothills(BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | 7 | 20 |
| 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 |
| 2018-04-21 | Bardo-Q BBQ Competition | Bardonecchia, 10098 | 7 | 15 |
| 2018-04-07 | *Rockin Rib Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Selma, AL | -7 | 12 |
| 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 | — |
| 2018-04-21 | *Southern Hot Wing Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Memphis, TN | 7 | — |
| 2018-04-06 | Smoke in the Spring | Osage City, KS | -8 | 103 |
| 2018-04-06 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | Cedar Park, TX | -8 | 69 |
| 2018-04-06 | The Ironman | Greencastle, PA | -8 | 60 |
| 2018-04-06 | *CCS Fest | Indianapolis, IN | -8 | 49 |
| 2018-04-06 | Eighth Annual Bull Moose (JUDGE'S FULL) | Somerville, TN | -8 | 40 |
| 2018-04-06 | NYC BBQ Cookoff | Staten Island, NY | -8 | 36 |
| 2018-04-06 | Chillin N Grillin BBQ Festival( CANCELLED) | Sands Springs, OK | -8 | 33 |
| 2018-04-06 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | Stillwater, OK | -8 | 26 |
| 2018-04-06 | City of Springs BBQ Championship | Sulphur, OK | -8 | 17 |
| 2018-04-06 | *Brunswick BBQ Beach Bash Cancelled | Brunswick, GA | -8 | — |
| 2018-04-26 | Table Captain Class | Florence, AL | 12 | — |
| 2018-04-27 | *Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot(JUDGES FULL) | Sugar Creek, MO | 13 | 53 |
| 2018-04-27 | Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off Cancelled | Lexington, NC | 13 | 46 |
| 2018-04-27 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition | Lenexa, VA | 13 | 45 |
| 2018-04-27 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Florence, AL | 13 | 45 |
| 2018-04-27 | *Smokin For Garrett | Boonville, IN | 13 | 38 |
| 2018-04-27 | Southaven Springfest | Southaven, MS | 13 | 34 |
| 2018-04-27 | Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off Cancelled | Wellington, KS | 13 | 32 |
| 2018-04-27 | *BBQ Boogie & Blues | Calhoun, GA | 13 | 28 |
| 2018-04-27 | *The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Contest | Manawa, WI | 13 | 26 |
| 2018-04-28 | New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Blairstown, NJ | 14 | 40 |
| 2018-04-28 | LuLu's Brew & Que | Brighton, CO | 14 | 40 |
| 2018-03-31 | Eastern BBQ Contest | Ninove, 9400 | -14 | 33 |
| 2018-04-28 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 | Reichshof, 51580 | 14 | 32 |
| 2018-04-28 | Atlanta BBQ Classic | Atlanta, GA | 14 | 26 |
| 2018-04-28 | 4th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2018 | Salzburg Austria, 5020 | 14 | 24 |
| 2018-03-31 | Table Captain Class | Johnston, IA | -14 | — |
| 2018-04-28 | Fergolicious University of Que Backyard Class | Manhattan, KS | 14 | — |
| 2018-04-28 | Jason Day - Burnt Finger BBQ Hands-on Ribs | Lee's Summit, MO | 14 | — |
| 2018-04-28 | Deer Creek Transition House Arts Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Edmond, OK | 14 | — |
| 2018-04-28 | Harry Soo - Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ 101 | Perth, | 14 | — |
| 2018-03-30 | Victory Lane BBQ Tell-All Class | Crossville, IL | -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.