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, October 29, 2022 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 21 Sep 17
- 12 Sep 24
- 14 Oct 1
- 20 Oct 8
- 14 Oct 15
- 14 Oct 22
- 8 Oct 29
- 8 Nov 5
- 9 Nov 12
- 4 Nov 19
- 1 Nov 26
- 3 Dec 3
- 1 Dec 10
The weekend of Nov 26 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Smokin' in the Valley.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2022 Your weekend |
Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 2) State championship | Shelby, NC | Same day | 34 |
| Oct 29, 2022 Your weekend |
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Day 2 State championship | Oak Grove, MO | Same day | 32 |
| Oct 28, 2022 Your weekend |
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship State championship | Oak Grove, MO | 1 day before | 40 |
| Oct 28, 2022 Your weekend |
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) | Oak Grove, MO | 1 day before | 38 |
| Oct 28, 2022 Your weekend |
Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 1) State championship | Shelby, NC | 1 day before | 35 |
| Oct 28, 2022 Your weekend |
Back The Blue BBQ State championship | Vidalia, LA | 1 day before | 22 |
| Oct 28, 2022 Your weekend |
Railyard BBQ Brawl State championship | Madison, AL | 1 day before | 10 |
| Oct 28, 2022 Your weekend |
Roast N Boast State championship | Columbus, MS | 1 day before | 8 |
| Nov 4, 2022 | 2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival State championship | Indio, CA | 6 days after | 35 |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ State championship | Powells Point, NC | 6 days after | 22 |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Saluting with Smoke Single Meat Rib Burn (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Yorkville, IL | 6 days after | 22 |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Yorkville, IL | 6 days after | 18 |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival State championship | Biloxi, MS | 6 days after | 11 |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 State championship | Harper, KS | 6 days after | 10 |
| Nov 4, 2022 | BBQ, Beer & Bourbon Festival (POSTPONED) | Choctaw, OK | 6 days after | — |
| Oct 22, 2022 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 State championship | Westminster, CO | 7 days before | 31 |
| Oct 22, 2022 | Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Jackson, NJ | 7 days before | 27 |
| Oct 22, 2022 | Zom-B-Q (One Meat Ribs) Cancelled | Galax, VA | 7 days before | 16 |
| Oct 22, 2022 | Red White & Que - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night | Jackson, NJ | 7 days before | 11 |
| Nov 5, 2022 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2 State championship | Harper, KS | 7 days after | 9 |
| Oct 22, 2022 | World Championship Hot Wing Contest & Festival (COMPETITORS) | Memphis, TN | 7 days before | — |
| Oct 22, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Riverside, CA | Riverside, CA | 7 days before | — |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Saracen Casino Smoke on the Water State championship | Pine Bluff, AR | 8 days before | 47 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | OKC BBQ Fest State championship | Oklahoma City, OK | 8 days before | 35 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Roswell, GA | 8 days before | 35 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 State championship | Westminster, CO | 8 days before | 32 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Border War Barbeque State championship | Osawatomie, KS | 8 days before | 30 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Jackson, NJ | 8 days before | 29 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) | Vicksburg, MS | 8 days before | 28 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Ribs on the River Cancelled State championship | Louisiana, MO | 8 days before | 26 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Brew N Que - LITE EDITION | Brigadoon, Australia | 8 days before | 15 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Red White & Que - Master of Ribs - Friday Night | Jackson, NJ | 8 days before | 11 |
| Nov 11, 2022 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN | Gadsden, AL | 13 days after | 91 |
| Nov 11, 2022 | Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 1 (One Meat Ribs) | Honolulu, HI | 13 days after | 9 |
| Nov 11, 2022 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 days after | — |
| Nov 11, 2022 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open & Invitational Team Registration State championship | Gadsden, AL | 13 days after | — |
| Nov 12, 2022 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL | Gadsden, AL | 14 days after | 61 |
| Nov 12, 2022 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL | Gadsden, AL | 14 days after | 49 |
| Oct 15, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) | West Salem, WI | 14 days before | 20 |
| Oct 15, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (One Meat Ribs) | West Salem, WI | 14 days before | 16 |
| Nov 12, 2022 | Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 3 (One Meat Ribs) | Honolulu, HI | 14 days after | 11 |
| Nov 12, 2022 | Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 2 (One Meat Ribs ) | Honolulu, HI | 14 days after | 11 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 15 days before | 83 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival State championship | Grovetown, GA | 15 days before | 51 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival - One Meat Chicken | Grovetown, GA | 15 days before | 38 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | 15 days before | 36 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Best of the Midwest BBQ State championship | Union Grove, WI | 15 days before | 36 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Maryland State BBQ Bash State championship | Belair, MD | 15 days before | 30 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Topeka, KS | 15 days before | 28 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | West Salem, WI | 15 days before | 22 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship | Nelsonville, OH | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Founders Day BBQ Championship (POSTPONED) State championship | White Hall, AR | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | DeSoto Shrine Club 14th Annual BBQ & Steak Cook-Off (POSTPONED) State championship | Nesbit, MS | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 15 days before | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Certified Barbeque Class - Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN | 15 days before | — |
| Nov 13, 2022 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open & Invitational Judge Registration (JUDGES FULL) | Gadsden, AL | 15 days after | — |
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.