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, May 27, 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.
- 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
- 8 Jul 8
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-27 Your weekend | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest State championship | Castle Rock, CO | 0 | 37 |
| 2023-05-27 Your weekend | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Westmont, IL | 0 | 34 |
| 2023-05-27 Your weekend | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | 0 | 25 |
| 2023-05-27 Your weekend | Jack 9 Memorial | La Salette, ON | 0 | 19 |
| 2023-05-26 Your weekend | Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | -1 | 27 |
| 2023-05-26 Your weekend | Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championship State championship | Big Bear Lake, CA | -1 | 19 |
| 2023-05-26 Your weekend | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Felton, CA | -1 | 19 |
| 2023-05-26 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Ontario, Canada | Delhi, ON | -1 | — |
| 2023-06-01 | Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) | Huron, SD | 5 | 24 |
| 2023-06-02 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival State championship | Norco, CA | 6 | 43 |
| 2023-06-02 | Original SD BBQ Championships State championship | Huron, SD | 6 | 39 |
| 2023-06-02 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | 6 | 36 |
| 2023-06-02 | Smokin in Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | 6 | 29 |
| 2023-06-02 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | 6 | 28 |
| 2023-06-02 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival State championship | Covington, VA | 6 | 27 |
| 2023-06-02 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | 6 | 27 |
| 2023-06-02 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival State championship | Covington, TN | 6 | 25 |
| 2023-06-03 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Merrimack, NH | 7 | 39 |
| 2023-05-20 | Somerset Sizzle State championship | Somerset, MA | -7 | 24 |
| 2023-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down | Bassano, AB | 7 | 23 |
| 2023-05-20 | Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Memphis, TN | -7 | 15 |
| 2023-05-20 | Twin Smoke | Vilnius, LT | -7 | 14 |
| 2023-06-03 | Chingawassa Days BBQ Competition State championship | Marion, KS | 7 | 5 |
| 2023-05-20 | 3rd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Union City, TN | -7 | — |
| 2023-05-19 | King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | -8 | 45 |
| 2023-05-19 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke State championship | Morgantown, PA | -8 | 37 |
| 2023-05-19 | Rocking BBQ Warsaw State championship | Warsaw, IN | -8 | 35 |
| 2023-05-19 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Winchester, TN | -8 | 34 |
| 2023-05-19 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival State championship | Sevierville, TN | -8 | 32 |
| 2023-05-19 | Rocking BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Warsaw, IN | -8 | 29 |
| 2023-05-19 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival State championship | Ayden, NC | -8 | 25 |
| 2023-05-19 | 3rd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 State championship | Union City, TN | -8 | 18 |
| 2023-05-19 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | San Diego, CA | -8 | 14 |
| 2023-05-19 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2023-05-18 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Rub Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -9 | — |
| 2023-05-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -11 | — |
| 2023-06-08 | Pipeline Appreciation BBQ N Blues Contest (INVITE ONLY) (ONE MEAT BRISKET) | Cushing, OK | 12 | 3 |
| 2023-06-09 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 13 | 44 |
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | 13 | 43 |
| 2023-06-09 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 State championship | Franklin, IN | 13 | 38 |
| 2023-06-09 | Montana BBQ Cookoff State championship | Absarokee, MT | 13 | 36 |
| 2023-06-09 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | 13 | 32 |
| 2023-06-09 | Ozarks BBQ Fest State championship | Springfield, MO | 13 | 30 |
| 2023-06-09 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 13 | 30 |
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) | West Salem, WI | 13 | 29 |
| 2023-06-09 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 13 | 26 |
| 2023-06-09 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | 13 | 26 |
| 2023-06-09 | WV Coalfields Cookoff State championship | Welch, WV | 13 | 16 |
| 2023-06-09 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | 13 | 16 |
| 2023-06-09 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Franklin, IN | 13 | 15 |
| 2023-06-09 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2023-06-09 | copy of Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 13 | — |
| 2023-06-09 | copy of Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 13 | — |
| 2023-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | 14 | 40 |
| 2023-06-10 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #2 State championship | Franklin, IN | 14 | 28 |
| 2023-05-13 | Longhorn BBQ (POSTPONED) | Broerup, 6650 | -14 | 14 |
| 2023-06-10 | Full Throttle BBQ and Music Festival | Buttai, | 14 | — |
| 2023-06-10 | WV Coalfields Cookoff - Judging | Welch, WV | 14 | — |
| 2023-06-10 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Nova Scotia, Canada | Upper Onslow, N. | 14 | — |
| 2023-05-12 | Minnesota in May State championship | St. Peter, MN | -15 | 59 |
| 2023-05-12 | Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) | St. Peter, MN | -15 | 46 |
| 2023-05-12 | 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off State championship | Waynesboro, GA | -15 | 40 |
| 2023-05-12 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Murfreesboro, TN | -15 | 32 |
| 2023-05-12 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | -15 | 30 |
| 2023-05-12 | City of Springs BBQ Championship State championship | Sulphur, OK | -15 | 16 |
| 2023-05-12 | UMB's Smokin' Vault (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -15 | 5 |
| 2023-05-11 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - St. Peter, MN | St. Peter, MN | -16 | — |
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.