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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, April 16, 2022 · everywhere, because no place is set
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How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
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- 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
- 13 May 21
- 8 May 28
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-16 Your weekend | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | 0 | 24 |
| 2022-04-16 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Maryville, MO Cancelled | Maryville, MO | 0 | — |
| 2022-04-15 Your weekend | Pork-A-Palooza State championship | Weatherford, OK | -1 | 29 |
| 2022-04-15 Your weekend | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | -1 | 19 |
| 2022-04-22 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 6 | 48 |
| 2022-04-22 | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | 6 | 36 |
| 2022-04-22 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (KCBS National Steak Championship) Cancelled | Sugar Creek, MO | 6 | 36 |
| 2022-04-22 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (JUDGE'S FULL) State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | 6 | 35 |
| 2022-04-22 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) | Florence, AL | 6 | 34 |
| 2022-04-22 | Ozarks BBQ Fest State championship | Springfield, MO | 6 | 31 |
| 2022-04-22 | WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest State championship | Washington, MO | 6 | 29 |
| 2022-04-22 | 17th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | 6 | 26 |
| 2022-04-22 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown State championship | Ripley, WV | 6 | 17 |
| 2022-04-22 | 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 1) | Tirol, A-6380 | 6 | 15 |
| 2022-04-22 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - Master of Ribs - Friday Night | Blairstown, NJ | 6 | 14 |
| 2022-04-10 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Lincoln, RI | Lincoln, RI | -6 | — |
| 2022-04-22 | Pineridge Campground - BBQ Competition #1 Cancelled State championship | Roebuck, SC | 6 | — |
| 2022-04-23 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 7 | 41 |
| 2022-04-23 | 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2) | Tirol, A-6380 | 7 | 17 |
| 2022-04-23 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night | Blairstown, NJ | 7 | 9 |
| 2022-04-09 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class -Onalaska, WI | Onalaska, WI | -7 | — |
| 2022-04-23 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class - Huron, SD | Huron, SD | 7 | — |
| 2022-04-23 | Fitzgeralds Hotel & Casino Presents The World Championship Hot Wing Contest (COMPETITORS) Cancelled | Tunica, MS | 7 | — |
| 2022-04-23 | Charcoal & More Presents: BBQ Boot Camp - Cooking Class | Sellersburg, IN | 7 | — |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring (Steak) | Osage City, KS | -8 | 95 |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | -8 | 94 |
| 2022-04-08 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Cancelled State championship | Smithville, MO | -8 | 52 |
| 2022-04-08 | CCSFEST State championship | Indianapolis, IN | -8 | 42 |
| 2022-04-08 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Stem, NC | -8 | 36 |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | -8 | 34 |
| 2022-04-08 | BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | -8 | 29 |
| 2022-04-08 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2022-04-29 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | 13 | 77 |
| 2022-04-29 | Masters in May State championship | Bancroft, WI | 13 | 43 |
| 2022-04-29 | BBQ Boogie & Blues State championship | Calhoun, GA | 13 | 37 |
| 2022-04-29 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship State championship | Lodi, CA | 13 | 29 |
| 2022-04-29 | Marietta River City BBQ State championship | Marietta, OH | 13 | 25 |
| 2022-04-29 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Liberty, IN | 13 | 25 |
| 2022-04-29 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival State championship | Brookhaven, MS | 13 | 25 |
| 2022-04-29 | Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) | Bancroft, WI | 13 | 24 |
| 2022-04-29 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin State championship | Derby, KS | 13 | 16 |
| 2022-04-29 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin - One Meat Ribs | Derby, KS | 13 | 12 |
| 2022-04-29 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin (Backyard) | Derby, KS | 13 | 6 |
| 2022-04-03 | BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts & Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -13 | — |
| 2022-04-29 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chilli Cook-Off-(COMPETITOR SERIES INVITATIONAL ONLY) Cancelled | San Diego, CA | 13 | — |
| 2022-04-29 | Wines, Brews & BBQ Cancelled | Lubbock, TX | 13 | — |
| 2022-04-02 | Smoke On the Border Cancelled State championship | Gravette, AR | -14 | 31 |
| 2022-04-02 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship - Day 2 State championship | Arcadia, CA | -14 | 27 |
| 2022-04-02 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | -14 | 20 |
| 2022-04-30 | Spit In The Hills | Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 14 | 16 |
| 2022-04-02 | Glowing Austria 2021 (POSTPONED) | Wels, AT | -14 | — |
| 2022-04-02 | Mother Road BBQ Competition Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Waynesville, MO | -14 | — |
| 2022-04-02 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Sugar Creek, MO | Sugar Creek, MO | -14 | — |
| 2022-04-02 | BBQ Boot Camp 101 - Chicken & Ribs - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -14 | — |
| 2022-04-30 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Riverside, CA (NEW DATE) | Riverside, CA | 14 | — |
| 2022-04-01 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cedar Park, TX | -15 | 56 |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | -15 | 48 |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) | Altoona, IA | -15 | 43 |
| 2022-04-01 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship State championship | Arcadia, CA | -15 | 37 |
| 2022-04-01 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ State championship | Wagoner, OK | -15 | 30 |
| 2022-04-01 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome State championship | Collierville, TN | -15 | 28 |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) | Altoona, IA | -15 | 27 |
| 2022-04-01 | Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest A | Buckhannon, WV | -15 | 10 |
| 2022-04-01 | Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest B | Buckhannon, WV | -15 | 10 |
| 2022-05-01 | KCBS Media Pro-Am Presented by Prairie Fresh | KANSAS CITY, MO | 15 | 6 |
| 2022-04-01 | Mother Road BBQ Competition Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Waynesville, MO | -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.