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.
Busier than the weekends around it Saturday, March 26, 2022 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 0 Feb 12
- 2 Feb 19
- 3 Feb 26
- 3 Mar 5
- 5 Mar 12
- 5 Mar 19
- 13 Mar 26
- 15 Apr 2
- 9 Apr 9
- 3 Apr 16
- 15 Apr 23
- 14 Apr 30
- 12 May 7
The weekend of Feb 12 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2022 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | Same day | 50 |
| Mar 26, 2022 Your weekend |
Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge - Day 2 State championship | St. Robert, MO | Same day | 39 |
| Mar 26, 2022 Your weekend |
Spring Break BBQ Contest III | Lommel, Belgium | Same day | 31 |
| Mar 26, 2022 | A La Parrilla Fest Cancelled | Mexicali, Mexico | Same day | — |
| Mar 25, 2022 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 53 |
| Mar 25, 2022 Your weekend |
Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge - Day 1 State championship | St. Robert, MO | 1 day before | 38 |
| Mar 25, 2022 Your weekend |
Hammond BBQ Inc. (POSTPONED) State championship | Hammond, LA | 1 day before | 28 |
| Mar 25, 2022 Your weekend |
BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 | San Jose, Costa Rica | 1 day before | 28 |
| Mar 25, 2022 Your weekend |
Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY) | Hammond, LA | 1 day before | 28 |
| Mar 25, 2022 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 1 day before | 25 |
| Mar 25, 2022 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Ribs) | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 21 |
| Mar 25, 2022 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 19 |
| Mar 25, 2022 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 1 day before | 11 |
| Mar 25, 2022 Your weekend |
Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Unadilla, GA | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 6 days after | 56 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 6 days after | 48 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) | Altoona, IA | 6 days after | 43 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship State championship | Arcadia, CA | 6 days after | 37 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ State championship | Wagoner, OK | 6 days after | 30 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome State championship | Collierville, TN | 6 days after | 28 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) | Altoona, IA | 6 days after | 27 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest A | Buckhannon, WV | 6 days after | 10 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest B | Buckhannon, WV | 6 days after | 10 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Mother Road BBQ Competition Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Waynesville, MO | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Smoke On the Border Cancelled State championship | Gravette, AR | 7 days after | 31 |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship - Day 2 State championship | Arcadia, CA | 7 days after | 27 |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | 7 days after | 20 |
| Mar 19, 2022 | Inaugural Yellow City BBQ Shootout State championship | Amarillo, TX | 7 days before | 17 |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Glowing Austria 2021 (POSTPONED) | Wels, Austria | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Mother Road BBQ Competition Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Waynesville, MO | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Sugar Creek, MO | Sugar Creek, MO | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 | BBQ Boot Camp 101 - Chicken & Ribs - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 7 days after | — |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 8 days before | 71 |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Smoke on The Shores State championship | Lebanon, TN | 8 days before | 63 |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm State championship | Iron Station, NC | 8 days before | 33 |
| Apr 3, 2022 | BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts & Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 8 days after | — |
| Mar 17, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Amarillo, TX (POSTPONED) | Amarillo, TX | 9 days before | — |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke in the Spring (Steak) | Osage City, KS | 13 days after | 95 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 13 days after | 94 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Cancelled State championship | Smithville, MO | 13 days after | 52 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | CCSFEST State championship | Indianapolis, IN | 13 days after | 42 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Stem, NC | 13 days after | 36 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 13 days after | 34 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | 13 days after | 29 |
| Mar 13, 2022 | Pork in the Valley-Pork OMC (One Meat Pork) | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | 13 days before | 8 |
| Mar 13, 2022 | Pork in the Valley-Pork Ribs OMC (One Meat Ribs) | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | 13 days before | 7 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 days after | — |
| Mar 12, 2022 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Foley, AL | 14 days before | 26 |
| Mar 12, 2022 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest | Rein in Taufers, Italy | 14 days before | 15 |
| Mar 12, 2022 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ and Pit Master Chiles Cridlin KCBS Competition BBQ Class | Richmond, VA | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 9, 2022 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class -Onalaska, WI | Onalaska, WI | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 10, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Lincoln, RI | Lincoln, RI | 15 days after | — |
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.