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.
Busier than the weekends around it Saturday, March 25, 2023 · 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.
- 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
- 14 May 6
The weekend of Feb 11 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Osceola, MO.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2023 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | Same day | 46 |
| Mar 25, 2023 Your weekend |
Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | Same day | 25 |
| Mar 25, 2023 Your weekend |
Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 | Lommel, Belgium | Same day | 18 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Dodge City, KS Cancelled | Dodge City, KS | Same day | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 53 |
| Mar 24, 2023 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 1 day before | 37 |
| Mar 24, 2023 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 33 |
| Mar 24, 2023 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 33 |
| Mar 24, 2023 Your weekend |
Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 1 day before | 26 |
| Mar 24, 2023 Your weekend |
Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (One Meat Ribs) | St. Robert, MO | 1 day before | 20 |
| Mar 24, 2023 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 1 day before | 11 |
| Mar 24, 2023 Your weekend |
Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 1 day before | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 6 days after | 57 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 6 days after | 47 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) State championship | Wagoner, OK | 6 days after | 29 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Swampfest State championship | Waycross, GA | 6 days after | 28 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Swampfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Waycross, GA | 6 days after | 28 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Smokin' for Down Syndrome State championship | Marion, AR | 6 days after | 15 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (Day 1) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 6 days after | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 6 days after | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Montana Outlaw BBQ Tell-All Competition BBQ Class | Billings, MT | 6 days after | — |
| Mar 18, 2023 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2 | Boom, Belgium | 7 days before | 13 |
| Mar 18, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Johnston, Iowa | Johnston, IA | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 1, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (Day 2) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 1, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 7 days after | — |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | 8 days before | 80 |
| Mar 17, 2023 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 8 days before | 68 |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) | Lebanon, TN | 8 days before | 59 |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 | Boom, Belgium | 8 days before | 13 |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 13 days after | 103 |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 13 days after | 39 |
| Apr 7, 2023 | The Ironman State championship | Greencastle, PA | 13 days after | 30 |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Stem, NC | 13 days after | 28 |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 1 | Meerbeke, Belgium | 13 days after | 10 |
| Mar 12, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Lodi, CA | Lodi, CA | 13 days before | — |
| Apr 8, 2023 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 | Meerbeke, Belgium | 14 days after | 13 |
| Mar 11, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Cameron, MO | Cameron, MO | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 10, 2023 | BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest State championship | Yuma, AZ | 15 days before | 32 |
| Mar 10, 2023 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Foley, AL | 15 days before | 31 |
| Mar 10, 2023 | Big Butt Strutt BBQ Showdown Cancelled State championship | Anderson, SC | 15 days before | — |
| Mar 9, 2023 | Big Butt Strutt BBQ Showdown (One Meat Ribs) Cancelled | Anderson, SC | 16 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.