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 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
3
sanctioned contests
In the window
66
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 13 May 21
- 8 May 28
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2022 Your weekend |
Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 | Meerbeke, Belgium | Same day | 24 |
| Apr 16, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Maryville, MO Cancelled | Maryville, MO | Same day | — |
| Apr 15, 2022 Your weekend |
Pork-A-Palooza State championship | Weatherford, OK | 1 day before | 29 |
| Apr 15, 2022 Your weekend |
Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 | Meerbeke, Belgium | 1 day before | 19 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 6 days after | 48 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | 6 days after | 36 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (KCBS National Steak Championship) Cancelled | Sugar Creek, MO | 6 days after | 36 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (JUDGE'S FULL) State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | 6 days after | 35 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) | Florence, AL | 6 days after | 34 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Ozarks BBQ Fest State championship | Springfield, MO | 6 days after | 31 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest State championship | Washington, MO | 6 days after | 29 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | 17th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | 6 days after | 26 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown State championship | Ripley, WV | 6 days after | 17 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 1) | Tirol, Austria | 6 days after | 15 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - Master of Ribs - Friday Night | Blairstown, NJ | 6 days after | 14 |
| Apr 10, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Lincoln, RI | Lincoln, RI | 6 days before | — |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Pineridge Campground - BBQ Competition #1 Cancelled State championship | Roebuck, SC | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 23, 2022 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 7 days after | 41 |
| Apr 23, 2022 | 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2) | Tirol, Austria | 7 days after | 17 |
| Apr 23, 2022 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night | Blairstown, NJ | 7 days after | 9 |
| Apr 9, 2022 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class -Onalaska, WI | Onalaska, WI | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 23, 2022 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class - Huron, SD | Huron, SD | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 23, 2022 | Fitzgeralds Hotel & Casino Presents The World Championship Hot Wing Contest (COMPETITORS) Cancelled | Tunica, MS | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 23, 2022 | Charcoal & More Presents: BBQ Boot Camp - Cooking Class | Sellersburg, IN | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke in the Spring (Steak) | Osage City, KS | 8 days before | 95 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 8 days before | 94 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Cancelled State championship | Smithville, MO | 8 days before | 52 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | CCSFEST State championship | Indianapolis, IN | 8 days before | 42 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Stem, NC | 8 days before | 36 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 8 days before | 34 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | 8 days before | 29 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | 13 days after | 77 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Masters in May State championship | Bancroft, WI | 13 days after | 43 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | BBQ Boogie & Blues State championship | Calhoun, GA | 13 days after | 37 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship State championship | Lodi, CA | 13 days after | 29 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Marietta River City BBQ State championship | Marietta, OH | 13 days after | 25 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Liberty, IN | 13 days after | 25 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival State championship | Brookhaven, MS | 13 days after | 25 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) | Bancroft, WI | 13 days after | 24 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin State championship | Derby, KS | 13 days after | 16 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin - One Meat Ribs | Derby, KS | 13 days after | 12 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin (Backyard) | Derby, KS | 13 days after | 6 |
| Apr 3, 2022 | BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts & Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 13 days before | — |
| Apr 29, 2022 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chilli Cook-Off- (COMPETITOR SERIES INVITATIONAL ONLY) Cancelled | San Diego, CA | 13 days after | — |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Wines, Brews & BBQ Cancelled | Lubbock, TX | 13 days after | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Smoke On the Border Cancelled State championship | Gravette, AR | 14 days before | 31 |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship - Day 2 State championship | Arcadia, CA | 14 days before | 27 |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | 14 days before | 20 |
| Apr 30, 2022 | Spit In The Hills | Chidlow, Western, Australia | 14 days after | 16 |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Glowing Austria 2021 (POSTPONED) | Wels, Austria | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Mother Road BBQ Competition Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Waynesville, MO | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Sugar Creek, MO | Sugar Creek, MO | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 2, 2022 | BBQ Boot Camp 101 - Chicken & Ribs - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 30, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Riverside, CA (NEW DATE) | Riverside, CA | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 15 days before | 56 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 15 days before | 48 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) | Altoona, IA | 15 days before | 43 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship State championship | Arcadia, CA | 15 days before | 37 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ State championship | Wagoner, OK | 15 days before | 30 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Smokin' For Down Syndrome State championship | Collierville, TN | 15 days before | 28 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) | Altoona, IA | 15 days before | 27 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest A | Buckhannon, WV | 15 days before | 10 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Almost Heaven Rib Fest (One Meat Rib) Contest B | Buckhannon, WV | 15 days before | 10 |
| May 1, 2022 | KCBS Media Pro-Am Presented by Prairie Fresh | Kansas City, MO | 15 days after | 6 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Mother Road BBQ Competition Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Waynesville, MO | 15 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.