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 · 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 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 | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-01 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (Day 2) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 0 | — |
| 2023-04-01 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 0 | — |
| 2023-03-31 Your weekend | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | -1 | 57 |
| 2023-03-31 Your weekend | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | -1 | 47 |
| 2023-03-31 Your weekend | Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) State championship | Wagoner, OK | -1 | 29 |
| 2023-03-31 Your weekend | Swampfest State championship | Waycross, GA | -1 | 28 |
| 2023-03-31 | Swampfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Waycross, GA | -1 | 28 |
| 2023-03-31 Your weekend | Smokin' for Down Syndrome State championship | Marion, AR | -1 | 15 |
| 2023-03-31 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (Day 1) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | -1 | — |
| 2023-03-31 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | -1 | — |
| 2023-03-31 Your weekend | Montana Outlaw BBQ Tell-All Competition BBQ Class | Billings, MT | -1 | — |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 6 | 103 |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 6 | 39 |
| 2023-04-07 | The Ironman State championship | Greencastle, PA | 6 | 30 |
| 2023-04-07 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Stem, NC | 6 | 28 |
| 2023-04-07 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 1 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | 6 | 10 |
| 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 |
| 2023-04-08 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | 7 | 13 |
| 2023-03-25 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Dodge City, KS Cancelled | Dodge City, KS | -7 | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | -8 | 53 |
| 2023-03-24 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | -8 | 37 |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) | Urbanna, VA | -8 | 33 |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) | Urbanna, VA | -8 | 33 |
| 2023-03-24 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | -8 | 26 |
| 2023-03-24 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (One Meat Ribs) | St. Robert, MO | -8 | 20 |
| 2023-03-24 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | -8 | 11 |
| 2023-03-24 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2023-04-14 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest State championship | Apex, NC | 13 | 32 |
| 2023-04-14 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown State championship | Lake City, FL | 13 | 32 |
| 2023-04-14 | 11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ State championship | Somerville, TN | 13 | 25 |
| 2023-04-14 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) State championship | Chelsea, AL | 13 | 17 |
| 2023-04-14 | Philly BBQ Contest & Spring Fling Cancelled State championship | Philadelphia, MS | 13 | — |
| 2023-04-15 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Bristol, CT | 14 | 43 |
| 2023-04-15 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 | San Jose, | 14 | 26 |
| 2023-04-15 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Bristol, CT | 14 | 22 |
| 2023-03-18 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2 | Boom, 2850 | -14 | 13 |
| 2023-03-18 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Johnston, Iowa | Johnston, IA | -14 | — |
| 2023-04-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 14 | — |
| 2023-04-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Derby, KS | Derby, KS | 14 | — |
| 2023-04-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Calgary, Canada | Calgary, | 14 | — |
| 2023-03-17 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | -15 | 80 |
| 2023-03-17 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | -15 | 68 |
| 2023-03-17 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) | Lebanon, TN | -15 | 59 |
| 2023-03-17 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 | Boom, 2850 | -15 | 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. 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.