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, May 4, 2019 · 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.
- 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
- 15 Jun 1
- 17 Jun 8
- 15 Jun 15
The weekend of Mar 30 is the quietest in range: 5 contests. The biggest thing on it is 8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-04 Your weekend | Masters in May Day 2 State championship | Bancroft, WI | 0 | 40 |
| 2019-05-04 Your weekend | BBQ Jamboree (Day 2) State championship | Fredericksburg, VA | 0 | 33 |
| 2019-05-04 Your weekend | Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival State championship | Ridgefield, CT | 0 | 29 |
| 2019-05-04 Your weekend | Smoke on the Water State championship | Liberty, IN | 0 | 26 |
| 2019-05-04 Your weekend | Spit in the Hills | Chidlow,Western, 6556 | 0 | 21 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | Jiggy With The Piggy State championship | Kannapolis, NC | -1 | 60 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival State championship | -1 | 56 | |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ State championship | Huntsville, AL | -1 | 54 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | 7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down State championship | Show Low, AZ | -1 | 45 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | Masters In May Day 1 State championship | Bancroft, WI | -1 | 42 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | Apple Blossom BBQ Made with Uncommon Character State championship | St. Joseph, MO | -1 | 39 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | Brew, Blue & Bar-B-Q State championship | Lansing, KS | -1 | 37 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) State championship | Fredericksburg, VA | -1 | 34 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | Route 66 Smoke Out State championship | Dwight, IL | -1 | 33 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship State championship | Elk Grove, CA | -1 | 27 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | 38th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff State championship | Kennett, MO | -1 | 25 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | UMB Smokin Vault BBQ Contest(Invitational Competitor's Series) | Kansas City, MO | -1 | 16 |
| 2019-05-03 Your weekend | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY) | Elk Grove, CA | -1 | 15 |
| 2019-05-10 | Minnesota in May State championship | 6 | 57 | |
| 2019-05-10 | Grasshopper '19 State championship | DeSoto, KS | 6 | 53 |
| 2019-05-10 | Rockin BBQ State championship | Warsaw, IN | 6 | 42 |
| 2019-05-10 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF State championship | Waynesboro, GA | 6 | 42 |
| 2019-05-10 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) State championship | Plainview, TX | 6 | 38 |
| 2019-05-10 | Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz State championship | Marion, AR | 6 | 30 |
| 2019-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | 6 | 28 |
| 2019-05-10 | City Of Springs BBQ Championship State championship | Sulphur, OK | 6 | 25 |
| 2019-05-10 | Queen Mary Waterfront Cook-Off State championship | Long Beach, CA | 6 | 12 |
| 2019-05-11 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI | Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 | 7 | 49 |
| 2019-04-27 | New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | -7 | 43 |
| 2019-05-11 | Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Murfreesboro, TN | 7 | 41 |
| 2019-04-27 | 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 | Salzburg, 5020 | -7 | 26 |
| 2019-05-11 | BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia | Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, 33040 | 7 | 23 |
| 2019-05-11 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) State championship | Plainview, TX | 7 | 21 |
| 2019-04-26 | Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship State championship | Lodi, CA | -8 | 48 |
| 2019-04-26 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) | Florence, AL | -8 | 45 |
| 2019-04-26 | BBQ Capital Cook Off State championship | Lexington, NC | -8 | 43 |
| 2019-04-26 | Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | -8 | 42 |
| 2019-04-26 | Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival State championship | Springfield, MO | -8 | 40 |
| 2019-04-26 | LuLu's Brew & Que State championship | Brighton, CO | -8 | 40 |
| 2019-04-26 | BBQ, Bikes and Blues State championship | Washington, MO | -8 | 39 |
| 2019-04-26 | 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ State championship | Enid, OK | -8 | 39 |
| 2019-04-26 | Sertoma 48 BBQ State championship | Lawrence, KS | -8 | 38 |
| 2019-04-26 | BBQ Boogie & Blues State championship | Calhoun, GA | -8 | 33 |
| 2019-04-26 | Q for a Cause State championship | Papillion, NE | -8 | 32 |
| 2019-04-26 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition State championship | Lanexa, VA | -8 | 32 |
| 2019-04-26 | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | -8 | 31 |
| 2019-04-26 | Marietta River City BBQ State championship | Marietta, OH | -8 | 26 |
| 2019-04-26 | Smokin For Garrett State championship | Boonville, IN | -8 | 26 |
| 2019-04-26 | The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Contest State championship | Manawa, WI | -8 | 26 |
| 2019-04-26 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019 | Marketplate, 51545 | -8 | 24 |
| 2019-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke State championship | Morgantown, PA | 13 | 44 |
| 2019-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass State championship | Sevierville, TN | 13 | 43 |
| 2019-05-17 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival State championship | Ayden, NC | 13 | 36 |
| 2019-05-17 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Plymouth, MA | 13 | 27 |
| 2019-05-17 | Stills and Grills Fest | North Wilkesboro, NC | 13 | 21 |
| 2019-05-17 | Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition State championship | Valparaiso, IN | 13 | 20 |
| 2019-05-17 | 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) | Riverside, CA | 13 | 16 |
| 2019-04-20 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 | Ninove, 9600 | -14 | 29 |
| 2019-05-18 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Plymouth, MA | 14 | 28 |
| 2019-05-18 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival | Covasna County, 520008 | 14 | 17 |
| 2019-04-19 | Interstate BBQ Festival State championship | Hagerstown, MD | -15 | 54 |
| 2019-04-19 | High on the Hog Festival State championship | Winchester, TN | -15 | 39 |
| 2019-04-19 | Pork-A-Palooza | Weatherford, OK | -15 | 33 |
| 2019-04-19 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1 | Ninove, 9600 | -15 | 25 |
| 2019-04-19 | Pellet Envy Cooking Class | -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.