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, March 18, 2023 · 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.
- 1 Feb 4
- 1 Feb 11
- 1 Feb 18
- 4 Feb 25
- 3 Mar 4
- 4 Mar 11
- 6 Mar 18
- 11 Mar 25
- 6 Apr 1
- 6 Apr 8
- 10 Apr 15
- 11 Apr 22
- 17 Apr 29
The weekend of Feb 4 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Budweiser Smoke on the Water.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-18 Your weekend | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2 | Boom, 2850 | 0 | 13 |
| 2023-03-18 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Johnston, Iowa | Johnston, IA | 0 | — |
| 2023-03-17 Your weekend | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | -1 | 80 |
| 2023-03-17 Your weekend | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | -1 | 68 |
| 2023-03-17 Your weekend | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) | Lebanon, TN | -1 | 59 |
| 2023-03-17 Your weekend | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 | Boom, 2850 | -1 | 13 |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 6 | 53 |
| 2023-03-24 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 6 | 37 |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) | Urbanna, VA | 6 | 33 |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) | Urbanna, VA | 6 | 33 |
| 2023-03-24 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 6 | 26 |
| 2023-03-24 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (One Meat Ribs) | St. Robert, MO | 6 | 20 |
| 2023-03-24 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 6 | 11 |
| 2023-03-12 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Lodi, CA | Lodi, CA | -6 | — |
| 2023-03-24 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 6 | — |
| 2023-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 7 | 46 |
| 2023-03-25 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 7 | 25 |
| 2023-03-25 | Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 | Lommel, 3920 | 7 | 18 |
| 2023-03-11 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Cameron, MO | Cameron, MO | -7 | — |
| 2023-03-25 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Dodge City, KS Cancelled | Dodge City, KS | 7 | — |
| 2023-03-10 | BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest State championship | Yuma, AZ | -8 | 32 |
| 2023-03-10 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Foley, AL | -8 | 31 |
| 2023-03-10 | Big Butt Strutt BBQ Showdown Cancelled State championship | Anderson, SC | -8 | — |
| 2023-03-09 | Big Butt Strutt BBQ Showdown (One Meat Ribs) Cancelled | Anderson, SC | -9 | — |
| 2023-03-31 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 13 | 57 |
| 2023-03-31 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 13 | 47 |
| 2023-03-31 | Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) State championship | Wagoner, OK | 13 | 29 |
| 2023-03-31 | Swampfest State championship | Waycross, GA | 13 | 28 |
| 2023-03-31 | Swampfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Waycross, GA | 13 | 28 |
| 2023-03-31 | Smokin' for Down Syndrome State championship | Marion, AR | 13 | 15 |
| 2023-03-31 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (Day 1) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 13 | — |
| 2023-03-31 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 13 | — |
| 2023-03-31 | Montana Outlaw BBQ Tell-All Competition BBQ Class | Billings, MT | 13 | — |
| 2023-03-04 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Eureka, IL | Eureka, IL | -14 | — |
| 2023-04-01 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (Day 2) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 14 | — |
| 2023-04-01 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 14 | — |
| 2023-03-03 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival State championship | Lawrenceville, GA | -15 | 65 |
| 2023-03-03 | The Golden State Battle V State championship | Hollister, CA | -15 | 28 |
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.