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, April 29, 2023 · everywhere, because no place is set

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Marietta River City BBQ

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±2 weeks either side

The weekends around yours

How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.

The weekend of Mar 18 is the quietest in range: 6 contests. The biggest thing on it is Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	Days off	Field
2023-04-29 Your weekend	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest	Aalter, 9880	0	20
2023-04-29 Your weekend	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2) State championship	Williamsburg, VA	0	19
2023-04-29 Your weekend	Break Up Shake Up BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Palmer, AK	0	12
2023-04-29 Your weekend	Break Up Shake Up BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Palmer, AK	0	11
2023-04-29 Your weekend	8th BBQ Bulls Championship (POSTPONED)	Salzburg, 5020	0	—
2023-04-29	Red, White & Blue BBQ Cancelled State championship	Topeka, KS	0	—
2023-04-29	Smoke in the Woods - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Cancelled State championship	Cuddlebackville, NY	0	—
2023-04-29	Smoke in the Woods - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled	Cuddlebackville, NY	0	—
2023-04-28 Your weekend	Marietta River City BBQ State championship	Marietta, OH	-1	42
2023-04-28 Your weekend	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL) State championship	Washington, MO	-1	37
2023-04-28 Your weekend	Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Florence, AL	-1	36
2023-04-28 Your weekend	BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship	Perris, CA	-1	33
2023-04-28 Your weekend	BBQ Boogie & Blues State championship	Calhoun, GA	-1	32
2023-04-28 Your weekend	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff State championship	Brandon, MS	-1	28
2023-04-28 Your weekend	Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship State championship	Lodi, CA	-1	27
2023-04-28 Your weekend	Smokin' in the Pines State championship	Pinehurst, NC	-1	24
2023-04-28 Your weekend	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) State championship	Williamsburg, VA	-1	20
2023-04-28 Your weekend	Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Marietta, OH	-1	18
2023-04-28 Your weekend	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) (JUDGING FULL)	Washington, MO	-1	13
2023-04-28 Your weekend	7th BBQ Bulls Championship Salzburg 2021 (POSTPONED)	Salzburg, 5020	-1	—
2023-04-28	Smoke in the Woods - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Cancelled State championship	Cuddlebackville, NY	-1	—
2023-05-05	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 State championship	Kannapolis, NC	6	35
2023-05-05	Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off State championship	Kennett, MO	6	26
2023-05-05	Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition State championship	Westland, MI	6	25
2023-05-05	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship	Lincoln, DE	6	20
2023-05-05	2nd Annual Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ Contest	Alva, OK	6	15
2023-05-05	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Lincoln, DE	6	9
2023-05-06	HOGS 4 HEROES State championship	Jamestown, RI	7	50
2023-04-22	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship	Blairstown, NJ	-7	30
2023-05-06	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 State championship	Kannapolis, NC	7	23
2023-05-06	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship	Lincoln, DE	7	19
2023-05-06	3rd De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest	Terneuzen, 4538AP	7	15
2023-04-22	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Blairstown, NJ	-7	9
2023-05-06	Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Lincoln, DE	7	9
2023-04-22	Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - New Lenox, IL	New Lenox, IL	-7	—
2023-04-22	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Bensalem, PA	Bensalem, PA	-7	—
2023-05-06	Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class - Jamestown, RI	Jamestown, RI	7	—
2023-05-06	Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Alberta, Canada	Edmonton, AB	7	—
2023-05-06	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Kansas City, MO - Q39 sponsors CBJ for National BBQ Month	Kansas City, MO	7	—
2023-04-21	Smokin in the Creek BBQ State championship	Sugar Creek, MO	-8	51
2023-04-21	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship	Blairstown, NJ	-8	36
2023-04-21	Southaven Springfest State championship	Southaven, MS	-8	34
2023-04-21	Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition State championship	Derby, KS	-8	28
2023-04-21	WV Hunting Heroes BBQ Throwdown State championship	Cottageville, WV	-8	15
2023-04-21	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Blairstown, NJ	-8	12
2023-04-21	Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class	Unadilla, GA	-8	—
2023-05-11	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - St. Peter, MN	St. Peter, MN	12	—
2023-05-12	Minnesota in May State championship	St. Peter, MN	13	59
2023-05-12	Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs)	St. Peter, MN	13	46
2023-05-12	17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off State championship	Waynesboro, GA	13	40
2023-05-12	Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)	Murfreesboro, TN	13	32
2023-05-12	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship	Lamar, CO	13	30
2023-05-12	City of Springs BBQ Championship State championship	Sulphur, OK	13	16
2023-05-12	UMB's Smokin' Vault (COMPETITOR SERIES)	Kansas City, MO	13	5
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
2023-05-13	Longhorn BBQ (POSTPONED)	Broerup, 6650	14	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	—
2023-04-14	Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest State championship	Apex, NC	-15	32
2023-04-14	The Downtown BBQ Showdown State championship	Lake City, FL	-15	32
2023-04-14	11th Annual Bull Moose BBQ State championship	Somerville, TN	-15	25
2023-04-14	Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) State championship	Chelsea, AL	-15	17
2023-04-14	Philly BBQ Contest & Spring Fling Cancelled State championship	Philadelphia, MS	-15	—
2023-05-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)	Kansas City, MO	17	—

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.