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 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
In the window
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 | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-23 Your weekend | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 0 | 41 |
| 2022-04-23 Your weekend | 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2) | Tirol, A-6380 | 0 | 17 |
| 2022-04-23 Your weekend | New Jersey KnoQ-out - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night | Blairstown, NJ | 0 | 9 |
| 2022-04-23 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class - Huron, SD | Huron, SD | 0 | — |
| 2022-04-23 | Fitzgeralds Hotel & Casino Presents The World Championship Hot Wing Contest (COMPETITORS) Cancelled | Tunica, MS | 0 | — |
| 2022-04-23 Your weekend | Charcoal & More Presents: BBQ Boot Camp - Cooking Class | Sellersburg, IN | 0 | — |
| 2022-04-22 Your weekend | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | -1 | 48 |
| 2022-04-22 Your weekend | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | -1 | 36 |
| 2022-04-22 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (KCBS National Steak Championship) Cancelled | Sugar Creek, MO | -1 | 36 |
| 2022-04-22 Your weekend | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (JUDGE'S FULL) State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | -1 | 35 |
| 2022-04-22 Your weekend | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) | Florence, AL | -1 | 34 |
| 2022-04-22 Your weekend | Ozarks BBQ Fest State championship | Springfield, MO | -1 | 31 |
| 2022-04-22 Your weekend | WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest State championship | Washington, MO | -1 | 29 |
| 2022-04-22 Your weekend | 17th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | -1 | 26 |
| 2022-04-22 Your weekend | Downtown BBQ Throwdown State championship | Ripley, WV | -1 | 17 |
| 2022-04-22 Your weekend | 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 1) | Tirol, A-6380 | -1 | 15 |
| 2022-04-22 Your weekend | New Jersey KnoQ-out - Master of Ribs - Friday Night | Blairstown, NJ | -1 | 14 |
| 2022-04-22 | Pineridge Campground - BBQ Competition #1 Cancelled State championship | Roebuck, SC | -1 | — |
| 2022-04-29 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | 6 | 77 |
| 2022-04-29 | Masters in May State championship | Bancroft, WI | 6 | 43 |
| 2022-04-29 | BBQ Boogie & Blues State championship | Calhoun, GA | 6 | 37 |
| 2022-04-29 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship State championship | Lodi, CA | 6 | 29 |
| 2022-04-29 | Marietta River City BBQ State championship | Marietta, OH | 6 | 25 |
| 2022-04-29 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Liberty, IN | 6 | 25 |
| 2022-04-29 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival State championship | Brookhaven, MS | 6 | 25 |
| 2022-04-29 | Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) | Bancroft, WI | 6 | 24 |
| 2022-04-29 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin State championship | Derby, KS | 6 | 16 |
| 2022-04-29 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin - One Meat Ribs | Derby, KS | 6 | 12 |
| 2022-04-29 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin (Backyard) | Derby, KS | 6 | 6 |
| 2022-04-29 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chilli Cook-Off-(COMPETITOR SERIES INVITATIONAL ONLY) Cancelled | San Diego, CA | 6 | — |
| 2022-04-29 | Wines, Brews & BBQ Cancelled | Lubbock, TX | 6 | — |
| 2022-04-16 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | -7 | 24 |
| 2022-04-30 | Spit In The Hills | Chidlow, Western, 6558 | 7 | 16 |
| 2022-04-16 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Maryville, MO Cancelled | Maryville, MO | -7 | — |
| 2022-04-30 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Riverside, CA (NEW DATE) | Riverside, CA | 7 | — |
| 2022-04-15 | Pork-A-Palooza State championship | Weatherford, OK | -8 | 29 |
| 2022-04-15 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | -8 | 19 |
| 2022-05-01 | KCBS Media Pro-Am Presented by Prairie Fresh | KANSAS CITY, MO | 8 | 6 |
| 2022-05-05 | Poosa Q State championship | Montgomery, AL | 12 | 72 |
| 2022-05-06 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival State championship | Bixby, OK | 13 | 38 |
| 2022-05-06 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | 13 | 33 |
| 2022-05-06 | Route 66 Smoke Out State championship | Dwight, IL | 13 | 33 |
| 2022-05-06 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (POSTPONED) State championship | Elk Grove, CA | 13 | 28 |
| 2022-05-06 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff State championship | Columbia, MO | 13 | 25 |
| 2022-05-06 | Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff - One Meat Ribs | Columbia, MO | 13 | 18 |
| 2022-05-06 | 40th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off State championship | Kennett, MO | 13 | 13 |
| 2022-05-06 | UMB Smokin Vault BBQ Contest - Competitor's Series | Kansas City, MO | 13 | 12 |
| 2022-05-06 | Eastern Sierra BBQ, Chili & Salsa Festival State championship | Bishop, CA | 13 | 4 |
| 2022-04-10 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Lincoln, RI | Lincoln, RI | -13 | — |
| 2022-05-06 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Cancelled State championship | Lawrence, KS | 13 | — |
| 2022-05-06 | Apple Blossom BBQ Cancelled State championship | St. Joseph, MO | 13 | — |
| 2022-05-06 | Classic City BBQ Challenge Cancelled State championship | Athens, GA | 13 | — |
| 2022-04-09 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class -Onalaska, WI | Onalaska, WI | -14 | — |
| 2022-05-07 | Bardo - Q 3 (POSTPONED) | Bardonecchia, | 14 | — |
| 2022-05-07 | Certified Barbeque Class - Ashland, VA | Ashland, VA | 14 | — |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring (Steak) | Osage City, KS | -15 | 95 |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | -15 | 94 |
| 2022-04-08 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Cancelled State championship | Smithville, MO | -15 | 52 |
| 2022-04-08 | CCSFEST State championship | Indianapolis, IN | -15 | 42 |
| 2022-04-08 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Stem, NC | -15 | 36 |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | -15 | 34 |
| 2022-04-08 | BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | -15 | 29 |
| 2022-04-08 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -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.