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, April 2, 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.
- 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
- 19 May 14
The weekend of Feb 19 is the quietest in range: 2 contests. The biggest thing on it is BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2022 | Smoke On the Border Cancelled State championship | Gravette, AR | Same day | 31 |
| Apr 2, 2022 Your weekend |
9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship - Day 2 State championship | Arcadia, CA | Same day | 27 |
| Apr 2, 2022 Your weekend |
Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | Same day | 20 |
| Apr 2, 2022 Your weekend |
Glowing Austria 2021 (POSTPONED) | Wels, Austria | Same day | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Mother Road BBQ Competition Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Waynesville, MO | Same day | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Sugar Creek, MO | Sugar Creek, MO | Same day | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 Your weekend |
BBQ Boot Camp 101 - Chicken & Ribs - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | Same day | — |
| Apr 1, 2022 Your weekend |
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 1 day before | 56 |
| Apr 1, 2022 Your weekend |
Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 1 day before | 48 |
| Apr 1, 2022 Your weekend |
Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) | Altoona, IA | 1 day before | 43 |
| Apr 1, 2022 Your weekend |
9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship State championship | Arcadia, CA | 1 day before | 37 |
| Apr 1, 2022 Your weekend |
Beats, Brews, & BBQ State championship | Wagoner, OK | 1 day before | 30 |
| Apr 1, 2022 Your weekend |
Smokin' For Down Syndrome State championship | Collierville, TN | 1 day before | 28 |
| Apr 1, 2022 Your weekend |
Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) | Altoona, IA | 1 day before | 27 |
| Apr 1, 2022 Your weekend |
Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest A | Buckhannon, WV | 1 day before | 10 |
| Apr 1, 2022 Your weekend |
Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest B | Buckhannon, WV | 1 day before | 10 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Mother Road BBQ Competition Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Waynesville, MO | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 3, 2022 Your weekend |
BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts & Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 1 day after | — |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke in the Spring (Steak) | Osage City, KS | 6 days after | 95 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 6 days after | 94 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Cancelled State championship | Smithville, MO | 6 days after | 52 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | CCSFEST State championship | Indianapolis, IN | 6 days after | 42 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Stem, NC | 6 days after | 36 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 6 days after | 34 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | 6 days after | 29 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 6 days after | — |
| Mar 26, 2022 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 7 days before | 50 |
| Mar 26, 2022 | Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge - Day 2 State championship | St. Robert, MO | 7 days before | 39 |
| Mar 26, 2022 | Spring Break BBQ Contest III | Lommel, Belgium | 7 days before | 31 |
| Mar 26, 2022 | A La Parrilla Fest Cancelled | Mexicali, Mexico | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 9, 2022 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class -Onalaska, WI | Onalaska, WI | 7 days after | — |
| Mar 25, 2022 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 53 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge - Day 1 State championship | St. Robert, MO | 8 days before | 38 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Hammond BBQ Inc. (POSTPONED) State championship | Hammond, LA | 8 days before | 28 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 | San Jose, Costa Rica | 8 days before | 28 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY) | Hammond, LA | 8 days before | 28 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 8 days before | 25 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Ribs) | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 21 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 19 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 8 days before | 11 |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Unadilla, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 10, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Lincoln, RI | Lincoln, RI | 8 days after | — |
| Apr 15, 2022 | Pork-A-Palooza State championship | Weatherford, OK | 13 days after | 29 |
| Apr 15, 2022 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 | Meerbeke, Belgium | 13 days after | 19 |
| Apr 16, 2022 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 | Meerbeke, Belgium | 14 days after | 24 |
| Mar 19, 2022 | Inaugural Yellow City BBQ Shootout State championship | Amarillo, TX | 14 days before | 17 |
| Apr 16, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Maryville, MO Cancelled | Maryville, MO | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 15 days before | 71 |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Smoke on The Shores State championship | Lebanon, TN | 15 days before | 63 |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm State championship | Iron Station, NC | 15 days before | 33 |
| Mar 17, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Amarillo, TX (POSTPONED) | Amarillo, TX | 16 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.