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 1, 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 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
- 10 May 13
The weekend of Feb 18 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Toano, VA.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (Day 2) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | Same day | — |
| Apr 1, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | Same day | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 Your weekend |
Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 1 day before | 57 |
| Mar 31, 2023 Your weekend |
Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 1 day before | 47 |
| Mar 31, 2023 Your weekend |
Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) State championship | Wagoner, OK | 1 day before | 29 |
| Mar 31, 2023 Your weekend |
Swampfest State championship | Waycross, GA | 1 day before | 28 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Swampfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Waycross, GA | 1 day before | 28 |
| Mar 31, 2023 Your weekend |
Smokin' for Down Syndrome State championship | Marion, AR | 1 day before | 15 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (Day 1) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 1 day before | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 1 day before | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 Your weekend |
Montana Outlaw BBQ Tell-All Competition BBQ Class | Billings, MT | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 6 days after | 103 |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 6 days after | 39 |
| Apr 7, 2023 | The Ironman State championship | Greencastle, PA | 6 days after | 30 |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Stem, NC | 6 days after | 28 |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 1 | Meerbeke, Belgium | 6 days after | 10 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 7 days before | 46 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 7 days before | 25 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 | Lommel, Belgium | 7 days before | 18 |
| Apr 8, 2023 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 | Meerbeke, Belgium | 7 days after | 13 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Dodge City, KS Cancelled | Dodge City, KS | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 53 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 8 days before | 37 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 33 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 33 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 8 days before | 26 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (One Meat Ribs) | St. Robert, MO | 8 days before | 20 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 8 days before | 11 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest State championship | Apex, NC | 13 days after | 32 |
| Apr 14, 2023 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown State championship | Lake City, FL | 13 days after | 32 |
| Apr 14, 2023 | 11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ State championship | Somerville, TN | 13 days after | 25 |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) State championship | Chelsea, AL | 13 days after | 17 |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Philly BBQ Contest & Spring Fling Cancelled State championship | Philadelphia, MS | 13 days after | — |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Bristol, CT | 14 days after | 43 |
| Apr 15, 2023 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 | San Jose, Costa Rica | 14 days after | 26 |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Bristol, CT | 14 days after | 22 |
| Mar 18, 2023 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2 | Boom, Belgium | 14 days before | 13 |
| Mar 18, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Johnston, Iowa | Johnston, IA | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Derby, KS | Derby, KS | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Calgary, Canada | Calgary, Canada | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | 15 days before | 80 |
| Mar 17, 2023 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 15 days before | 68 |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) | Lebanon, TN | 15 days before | 59 |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 | Boom, Belgium | 15 days before | 13 |
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.