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 · everywhere, because no place is set
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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 | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-02 | Smoke On the Border Cancelled State championship | Gravette, AR | 0 | 31 |
| 2022-04-02 Your weekend | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship - Day 2 State championship | Arcadia, CA | 0 | 27 |
| 2022-04-02 Your weekend | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | 0 | 20 |
| 2022-04-02 Your weekend | Glowing Austria 2021 (POSTPONED) | Wels, AT | 0 | — |
| 2022-04-02 | Mother Road BBQ Competition Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Waynesville, MO | 0 | — |
| 2022-04-02 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Sugar Creek, MO | Sugar Creek, MO | 0 | — |
| 2022-04-02 Your weekend | BBQ Boot Camp 101 - Chicken & Ribs - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 0 | — |
| 2022-04-01 Your weekend | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cedar Park, TX | -1 | 56 |
| 2022-04-01 Your weekend | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | -1 | 48 |
| 2022-04-01 Your weekend | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) | Altoona, IA | -1 | 43 |
| 2022-04-01 Your weekend | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship State championship | Arcadia, CA | -1 | 37 |
| 2022-04-01 Your weekend | Beats, Brews, & BBQ State championship | Wagoner, OK | -1 | 30 |
| 2022-04-01 Your weekend | Smokin' For Down Syndrome State championship | Collierville, TN | -1 | 28 |
| 2022-04-01 Your weekend | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) | Altoona, IA | -1 | 27 |
| 2022-04-01 Your weekend | Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest A | Buckhannon, WV | -1 | 10 |
| 2022-04-01 Your weekend | Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest B | Buckhannon, WV | -1 | 10 |
| 2022-04-01 | Mother Road BBQ Competition Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Waynesville, MO | -1 | — |
| 2022-04-03 Your weekend | BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts & Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | — |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring (Steak) | Osage City, KS | 6 | 95 |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 6 | 94 |
| 2022-04-08 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Cancelled State championship | Smithville, MO | 6 | 52 |
| 2022-04-08 | CCSFEST State championship | Indianapolis, IN | 6 | 42 |
| 2022-04-08 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Stem, NC | 6 | 36 |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 6 | 34 |
| 2022-04-08 | BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | 6 | 29 |
| 2022-04-08 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 6 | — |
| 2022-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | -7 | 50 |
| 2022-03-26 | Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge - Day 2 State championship | St. Robert, MO | -7 | 39 |
| 2022-03-26 | Spring Break BBQ Contest III | Lommel, 3920 | -7 | 31 |
| 2022-03-26 | A La Parrilla Fest Cancelled | Mexicali, | -7 | — |
| 2022-04-09 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class -Onalaska, WI | Onalaska, WI | 7 | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | -8 | 53 |
| 2022-03-25 | Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge - Day 1 State championship | St. Robert, MO | -8 | 38 |
| 2022-03-25 | Hammond BBQ Inc. (POSTPONED) State championship | Hammond, LA | -8 | 28 |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 | San Jose, | -8 | 28 |
| 2022-03-25 | Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY) | Hammond, LA | -8 | 28 |
| 2022-03-25 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | -8 | 25 |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Ribs) | Urbanna, VA | -8 | 21 |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) | Urbanna, VA | -8 | 19 |
| 2022-03-25 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | -8 | 11 |
| 2022-03-25 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2022-04-10 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Lincoln, RI | Lincoln, RI | 8 | — |
| 2022-04-15 | Pork-A-Palooza State championship | Weatherford, OK | 13 | 29 |
| 2022-04-15 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | 13 | 19 |
| 2022-04-16 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | 14 | 24 |
| 2022-03-19 | Inaugural Yellow City BBQ Shootout State championship | Amarillo, TX | -14 | 17 |
| 2022-04-16 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Maryville, MO Cancelled | Maryville, MO | 14 | — |
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | -15 | 71 |
| 2022-03-18 | Smoke on The Shores State championship | Lebanon, TN | -15 | 63 |
| 2022-03-18 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm State championship | Iron Station, NC | -15 | 33 |
| 2022-03-17 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Amarillo, TX (POSTPONED) | Amarillo, TX | -16 | — |
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.