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.
About average for this stretch Saturday, April 23, 2022 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
15
sanctioned contests
In the window
63
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 15 Jun 4
The weekend of Apr 16 is the quietest in range: 3 contests. The biggest thing on it is Pork-A-Palooza.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2022 Your weekend |
New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | Same day | 41 |
| Apr 23, 2022 Your weekend |
3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2) | Tirol, Austria | Same day | 17 |
| Apr 23, 2022 Your weekend |
New Jersey KnoQ-out - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night | Blairstown, NJ | Same day | 9 |
| Apr 23, 2022 Your weekend |
Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class - Huron, SD | Huron, SD | Same day | — |
| Apr 23, 2022 | Fitzgeralds Hotel & Casino Presents The World Championship Hot Wing Contest (COMPETITORS) Cancelled | Tunica, MS | Same day | — |
| Apr 23, 2022 Your weekend |
Charcoal & More Presents: BBQ Boot Camp - Cooking Class | Sellersburg, IN | Same day | — |
| Apr 22, 2022 Your weekend |
New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 1 day before | 48 |
| Apr 22, 2022 Your weekend |
Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | 1 day before | 36 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (KCBS National Steak Championship) Cancelled | Sugar Creek, MO | 1 day before | 36 |
| Apr 22, 2022 Your weekend |
Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (JUDGE'S FULL) State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | 1 day before | 35 |
| Apr 22, 2022 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) | Florence, AL | 1 day before | 34 |
| Apr 22, 2022 Your weekend |
Ozarks BBQ Fest State championship | Springfield, MO | 1 day before | 31 |
| Apr 22, 2022 Your weekend |
WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest State championship | Washington, MO | 1 day before | 29 |
| Apr 22, 2022 Your weekend |
17th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | 1 day before | 26 |
| Apr 22, 2022 Your weekend |
Downtown BBQ Throwdown State championship | Ripley, WV | 1 day before | 17 |
| Apr 22, 2022 Your weekend |
3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 1) | Tirol, Austria | 1 day before | 15 |
| Apr 22, 2022 Your weekend |
New Jersey KnoQ-out - Master of Ribs - Friday Night | Blairstown, NJ | 1 day before | 14 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Pineridge Campground - BBQ Competition #1 Cancelled State championship | Roebuck, SC | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | 6 days after | 77 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Masters in May State championship | Bancroft, WI | 6 days after | 43 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | BBQ Boogie & Blues State championship | Calhoun, GA | 6 days after | 37 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship State championship | Lodi, CA | 6 days after | 29 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Marietta River City BBQ State championship | Marietta, OH | 6 days after | 25 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Liberty, IN | 6 days after | 25 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival State championship | Brookhaven, MS | 6 days after | 25 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) | Bancroft, WI | 6 days after | 24 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin State championship | Derby, KS | 6 days after | 16 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin - One Meat Ribs | Derby, KS | 6 days after | 12 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin (Backyard) | Derby, KS | 6 days after | 6 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chilli Cook-Off- (COMPETITOR SERIES INVITATIONAL ONLY) Cancelled | San Diego, CA | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Wines, Brews & BBQ Cancelled | Lubbock, TX | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 16, 2022 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 | Meerbeke, Belgium | 7 days before | 24 |
| Apr 30, 2022 | Spit In The Hills | Chidlow, Western, Australia | 7 days after | 16 |
| Apr 16, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Maryville, MO Cancelled | Maryville, MO | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 30, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Riverside, CA (NEW DATE) | Riverside, CA | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 15, 2022 | Pork-A-Palooza State championship | Weatherford, OK | 8 days before | 29 |
| Apr 15, 2022 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 | Meerbeke, Belgium | 8 days before | 19 |
| May 1, 2022 | KCBS Media Pro-Am Presented by Prairie Fresh | Kansas City, MO | 8 days after | 6 |
| May 5, 2022 | Poosa Q State championship | Montgomery, AL | 12 days after | 72 |
| May 6, 2022 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival State championship | Bixby, OK | 13 days after | 38 |
| May 6, 2022 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | 13 days after | 33 |
| May 6, 2022 | Route 66 Smoke Out State championship | Dwight, IL | 13 days after | 33 |
| May 6, 2022 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (POSTPONED) State championship | Elk Grove, CA | 13 days after | 28 |
| May 6, 2022 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff State championship | Columbia, MO | 13 days after | 25 |
| May 6, 2022 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff - One Meat Ribs | Columbia, MO | 13 days after | 18 |
| May 6, 2022 | 40th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off State championship | Kennett, MO | 13 days after | 13 |
| May 6, 2022 | UMB Smokin Vault BBQ Contest - Competitor's Series | Kansas City, MO | 13 days after | 12 |
| May 6, 2022 | Eastern Sierra BBQ, Chili & Salsa Festival State championship | Bishop, CA | 13 days after | 4 |
| Apr 10, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Lincoln, RI | Lincoln, RI | 13 days before | — |
| May 6, 2022 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Cancelled State championship | Lawrence, KS | 13 days after | — |
| May 6, 2022 | Apple Blossom BBQ Cancelled State championship | St. Joseph, MO | 13 days after | — |
| May 6, 2022 | Classic City BBQ Challenge Cancelled State championship | Athens, GA | 13 days after | — |
| Apr 9, 2022 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class -Onalaska, WI | Onalaska, WI | 14 days before | — |
| May 7, 2022 | Bardo - Q 3 (POSTPONED) | Bardonecchia, Italy | 14 days after | — |
| May 7, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class - Ashland, VA | Ashland, VA | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke in the Spring (Steak) | Osage City, KS | 15 days before | 95 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 15 days before | 94 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Cancelled State championship | Smithville, MO | 15 days before | 52 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | CCSFEST State championship | Indianapolis, IN | 15 days before | 42 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Stem, NC | 15 days before | 36 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 15 days before | 34 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | 15 days before | 29 |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 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.