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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, April 8, 2023 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 14 May 20
The weekend of Mar 4 is the quietest in range: 3 contests. The biggest thing on it is Sip & Swine BBQ Festival.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2023 Your weekend |
Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 | Meerbeke, Belgium | Same day | 13 |
| Apr 7, 2023 Your weekend |
Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 1 day before | 103 |
| Apr 7, 2023 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 1 day before | 39 |
| Apr 7, 2023 Your weekend |
The Ironman State championship | Greencastle, PA | 1 day before | 30 |
| Apr 7, 2023 Your weekend |
Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Stem, NC | 1 day before | 28 |
| Apr 7, 2023 Your weekend |
Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 1 | Meerbeke, Belgium | 1 day before | 10 |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest State championship | Apex, NC | 6 days after | 32 |
| Apr 14, 2023 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown State championship | Lake City, FL | 6 days after | 32 |
| Apr 14, 2023 | 11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ State championship | Somerville, TN | 6 days after | 25 |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) State championship | Chelsea, AL | 6 days after | 17 |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Philly BBQ Contest & Spring Fling Cancelled State championship | Philadelphia, MS | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Bristol, CT | 7 days after | 43 |
| Apr 15, 2023 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 | San Jose, Costa Rica | 7 days after | 26 |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Bristol, CT | 7 days after | 22 |
| Apr 1, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (Day 2) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 1, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Derby, KS | Derby, KS | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 15, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Calgary, Canada | Calgary, Canada | 7 days after | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 8 days before | 57 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 8 days before | 47 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) State championship | Wagoner, OK | 8 days before | 29 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Swampfest State championship | Waycross, GA | 8 days before | 28 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Swampfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Waycross, GA | 8 days before | 28 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Smokin' for Down Syndrome State championship | Marion, AR | 8 days before | 15 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (Day 1) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 8 days before | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 | DelMarVa BBQ Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Whaleyville, MD | 8 days before | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Montana Outlaw BBQ Tell-All Competition BBQ Class | Billings, MT | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Smokin in the Creek BBQ State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | 13 days after | 51 |
| Apr 21, 2023 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 13 days after | 36 |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | 13 days after | 34 |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition State championship | Derby, KS | 13 days after | 28 |
| Apr 21, 2023 | WV Hunting Heroes BBQ Throwdown State championship | Cottageville, WV | 13 days after | 15 |
| Apr 21, 2023 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Blairstown, NJ | 13 days after | 12 |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 days after | — |
| Mar 25, 2023 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 14 days before | 46 |
| Apr 22, 2023 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 14 days after | 30 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 14 days before | 25 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 | Lommel, Belgium | 14 days before | 18 |
| Apr 22, 2023 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Blairstown, NJ | 14 days after | 9 |
| Mar 25, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Dodge City, KS Cancelled | Dodge City, KS | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 22, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - New Lenox, IL | New Lenox, IL | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 22, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Bensalem, PA | Bensalem, PA | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 15 days before | 53 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 15 days before | 37 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) | Urbanna, VA | 15 days before | 33 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) | Urbanna, VA | 15 days before | 33 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 15 days before | 26 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (One Meat Ribs) | St. Robert, MO | 15 days before | 20 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 15 days before | 11 |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 15 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.