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 13, 2019 · 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.
- 3 Mar 2
- 3 Mar 9
- 5 Mar 16
- 11 Mar 23
- 5 Mar 30
- 14 Apr 6
- 7 Apr 13
- 6 Apr 20
- 19 Apr 27
- 18 May 4
- 13 May 11
- 9 May 18
- 16 May 25
The weekend of Mar 2 is the quietest in range: 3 contests. The biggest thing on it is Sip & Swine BBQ Festival.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2019 Your weekend |
Meat the East | Hengelo, Netherlands | Same day | 41 |
| Apr 13, 2019 Your weekend |
2nd Wild King BBQ Competition | Tirol, Austria | Same day | 28 |
| Apr 12, 2019 Your weekend |
Smoke In the Springs State championship | Osage City, KS | 1 day before | 104 |
| Apr 12, 2019 Your weekend |
The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake State championship | Smithville, MO | 1 day before | 54 |
| Apr 12, 2019 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 1 day before | 30 |
| Apr 12, 2019 Your weekend |
Fire it up Frostproof! State championship | Frostproof, FL | 1 day before | 25 |
| Apr 12, 2019 Your weekend |
Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Interstate BBQ Festival State championship | Hagerstown, MD | 6 days after | 54 |
| Apr 19, 2019 | High on the Hog Festival State championship | Winchester, TN | 6 days after | 39 |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Pork-A-Palooza | Weatherford, OK | 6 days after | 33 |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1 | Ninove, Belgium | 6 days after | 25 |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Pellet Envy Cooking Class | 6 days after | — | |
| Apr 6, 2019 | Smoke On the Border State championship | Gravette, AR | 7 days before | 29 |
| Apr 20, 2019 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 | Ninove, Belgium | 7 days after | 29 |
| Apr 6, 2019 | Smokin in the city | Perth WA, Australia | 7 days before | 19 |
| Apr 6, 2019 | 4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition | Wels, Austria | 7 days before | 16 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 8 days before | 61 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits State championship | Overland Park, KS | 8 days before | 53 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | The Ironman | Greencastle, PA | 8 days before | 42 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | CCSFest State championship | Indianapois, IN | 8 days before | 40 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon State championship | Stillwater, OK | 8 days before | 34 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Operation Stand Down KY II Annual Smoke off State championship | Franklin, KY | 8 days before | 28 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | NYC BBQ Cookoff State championship | Staten Island, NY | 8 days before | 26 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | 9th Annual Bull Moose State championship | Millington, TN | 8 days before | 25 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | 8 days before | 18 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | 3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition | Wels, Austria | 8 days before | 16 |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Blues Brew & BBQ (NBBQL COMPETITOR Series) | Springfiled, MO | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship State championship | Lodi, CA | 13 days after | 48 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) | Florence, AL | 13 days after | 45 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | BBQ Capital Cook Off State championship | Lexington, NC | 13 days after | 43 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | 13 days after | 42 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival State championship | Springfield, MO | 13 days after | 40 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | LuLu's Brew & Que State championship | Brighton, CO | 13 days after | 40 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | BBQ, Bikes and Blues State championship | Washington, MO | 13 days after | 39 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ State championship | Enid, OK | 13 days after | 39 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Sertoma 48 BBQ State championship | Lawrence, KS | 13 days after | 38 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | BBQ Boogie & Blues State championship | Calhoun, GA | 13 days after | 33 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Q for a Cause State championship | Papillion, NE | 13 days after | 32 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition State championship | Lanexa, VA | 13 days after | 32 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | 13 days after | 31 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Marietta River City BBQ State championship | Marietta, OH | 13 days after | 26 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smokin For Garrett State championship | Boonville, IN | 13 days after | 26 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Contest State championship | Manawa, WI | 13 days after | 26 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019 | Marketplate, Germany | 13 days after | 24 |
| Mar 30, 2019 | 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 2 State championship | Arcadia, CA | 14 days before | 47 |
| Apr 27, 2019 | New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 14 days after | 43 |
| Mar 30, 2019 | Spring Break BBQ Contest | Lommel, Belgium | 14 days before | 40 |
| Apr 27, 2019 | 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 | Salzburg, Austria | 14 days after | 26 |
| Mar 29, 2019 | 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1 State championship | Arcadia, CA | 15 days before | 70 |
| Mar 29, 2019 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest State championship | Savannah, TN | 15 days before | 29 |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Pellet Envy Cooking Class | 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.