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, May 20, 2023 · everywhere, because no place is set
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 6 Apr 8
- 10 Apr 15
- 11 Apr 22
- 17 Apr 29
- 14 May 6
- 10 May 13
- 14 May 20
- 8 May 27
- 12 Jun 3
- 22 Jun 10
- 10 Jun 17
- 9 Jun 24
- 10 Jul 1
The weekend of Apr 8 is the quietest in range: 6 contests. The biggest thing on it is Smoke in the Spring.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-20 Your weekend | Somerset Sizzle State championship | Somerset, MA | 0 | 24 |
| 2023-05-20 Your weekend | Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Memphis, TN | 0 | 15 |
| 2023-05-20 Your weekend | Twin Smoke | Vilnius, LT | 0 | 14 |
| 2023-05-20 | 3rd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Union City, TN | 0 | — |
| 2023-05-19 Your weekend | King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | -1 | 45 |
| 2023-05-19 Your weekend | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke State championship | Morgantown, PA | -1 | 37 |
| 2023-05-19 Your weekend | Rocking BBQ Warsaw State championship | Warsaw, IN | -1 | 35 |
| 2023-05-19 Your weekend | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Winchester, TN | -1 | 34 |
| 2023-05-19 Your weekend | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival State championship | Sevierville, TN | -1 | 32 |
| 2023-05-19 Your weekend | Rocking BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Warsaw, IN | -1 | 29 |
| 2023-05-19 Your weekend | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival State championship | Ayden, NC | -1 | 25 |
| 2023-05-19 Your weekend | 3rd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 State championship | Union City, TN | -1 | 18 |
| 2023-05-19 Your weekend | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | San Diego, CA | -1 | 14 |
| 2023-05-19 Your weekend | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -1 | — |
| 2023-05-18 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Rub Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -2 | — |
| 2023-05-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -4 | — |
| 2023-05-26 | Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | 6 | 27 |
| 2023-05-26 | Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championship State championship | Big Bear Lake, CA | 6 | 19 |
| 2023-05-26 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Felton, CA | 6 | 19 |
| 2023-05-26 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Ontario, Canada | Delhi, ON | 6 | — |
| 2023-05-27 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest State championship | Castle Rock, CO | 7 | 37 |
| 2023-05-27 | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Westmont, IL | 7 | 34 |
| 2023-05-27 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | 7 | 25 |
| 2023-05-27 | Jack 9 Memorial | La Salette, ON | 7 | 19 |
| 2023-05-13 | Longhorn BBQ (POSTPONED) | Broerup, 6650 | -7 | 14 |
| 2023-05-12 | Minnesota in May State championship | St. Peter, MN | -8 | 59 |
| 2023-05-12 | Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) | St. Peter, MN | -8 | 46 |
| 2023-05-12 | 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off State championship | Waynesboro, GA | -8 | 40 |
| 2023-05-12 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Murfreesboro, TN | -8 | 32 |
| 2023-05-12 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | -8 | 30 |
| 2023-05-12 | City of Springs BBQ Championship State championship | Sulphur, OK | -8 | 16 |
| 2023-05-12 | UMB's Smokin' Vault (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -8 | 5 |
| 2023-05-11 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - St. Peter, MN | St. Peter, MN | -9 | — |
| 2023-06-01 | Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) | Huron, SD | 12 | 24 |
| 2023-06-02 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival State championship | Norco, CA | 13 | 43 |
| 2023-06-02 | Original SD BBQ Championships State championship | Huron, SD | 13 | 39 |
| 2023-06-02 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | 13 | 36 |
| 2023-06-02 | Smokin in Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | 13 | 29 |
| 2023-06-02 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | 13 | 28 |
| 2023-06-02 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival State championship | Covington, VA | 13 | 27 |
| 2023-06-02 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | 13 | 27 |
| 2023-06-02 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival State championship | Covington, TN | 13 | 25 |
| 2023-05-06 | HOGS 4 HEROES State championship | Jamestown, RI | -14 | 50 |
| 2023-06-03 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Merrimack, NH | 14 | 39 |
| 2023-05-06 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 State championship | Kannapolis, NC | -14 | 23 |
| 2023-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down | Bassano, AB | 14 | 23 |
| 2023-05-06 | Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship | Lincoln, DE | -14 | 19 |
| 2023-05-06 | 3rd De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest | Terneuzen, 4538AP | -14 | 15 |
| 2023-05-06 | Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lincoln, DE | -14 | 9 |
| 2023-06-03 | Chingawassa Days BBQ Competition State championship | Marion, KS | 14 | 5 |
| 2023-05-06 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class - Jamestown, RI | Jamestown, RI | -14 | — |
| 2023-05-06 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Alberta, Canada | Edmonton, AB | -14 | — |
| 2023-05-06 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Kansas City, MO - Q39 sponsors CBJ for National BBQ Month | Kansas City, MO | -14 | — |
| 2023-05-05 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 State championship | Kannapolis, NC | -15 | 35 |
| 2023-05-05 | Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off State championship | Kennett, MO | -15 | 26 |
| 2023-05-05 | Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition State championship | Westland, MI | -15 | 25 |
| 2023-05-05 | Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship | Lincoln, DE | -15 | 20 |
| 2023-05-05 | 2nd Annual Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ Contest | Alva, OK | -15 | 15 |
| 2023-05-05 | Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Lincoln, DE | -15 | 9 |
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.