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, March 16, 2024 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 2 Feb 3
- 1 Feb 10
- 1 Feb 17
- 6 Feb 24
- 6 Mar 2
- 4 Mar 9
- 9 Mar 16
- 13 Mar 23
- 2 Mar 30
- 14 Apr 6
- 12 Apr 13
- 18 Apr 20
- 7 Apr 27
The weekend of Feb 10 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Grills Gone Wild.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2024 Your weekend |
Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds State championship | Dover, FL | Same day | 15 |
| Mar 16, 2024 Your weekend |
Southern Thunder Competition Boot Camp | Unadilla, GA | Same day | — |
| Mar 16, 2024 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Johnston, IA | Johnston, IA | Same day | — |
| Mar 15, 2024 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | 1 day before | 93 |
| Mar 15, 2024 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lebanon, TN | 1 day before | 72 |
| Mar 15, 2024 Your weekend |
6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 1 day before | 58 |
| Mar 15, 2024 Your weekend |
Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Dinuba, CA | 1 day before | 27 |
| Mar 17, 2024 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Wagoner, OK | Wagoner, OK | 1 day after | — |
| Mar 18, 2024 Your weekend |
Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 2 days after | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 6 days after | 45 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Athens, AL | 6 days after | 38 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 6 days after | 35 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 6 days after | 31 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 6 days after | 27 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 6 days after | 26 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 6 days after | 10 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 6 days after | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Indian Wells BBQ Championship & Food Festival Cancelled | Indian Wells, CA | 6 days after | — |
| Mar 23, 2024 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 7 days after | 42 |
| Mar 23, 2024 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 7 days after | 34 |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Foley, AL | 7 days before | 28 |
| Mar 23, 2024 | Spitsbroek on Fire | Eede Holland, Netherlands | 7 days after | 22 |
| Mar 23, 2024 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Robert, MO | 7 days after | 20 |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Lodi, CA | Lodi, CA | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Eureka, IL | Eureka, IL | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Costa Rica | Escazu, Costa Rica | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 23, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - North Little Rock, AR | North Little Rock, AR | 7 days after | — |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 13 days after | 42 |
| Mar 2, 2024 | Panama BBQ Fest | Panama City, Panama | 14 days before | 22 |
| Mar 2, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sutherlin, OR | Sutherlin, OR | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 2, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Warsaw, IN | Warsaw, IN | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 30, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Shenandoah, IA | Shenandoah, IA | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival State championship | Lawrenceville, GA | 15 days before | 59 |
| Mar 1, 2024 | The Golden State Battle VI State championship | Hollister, CA | 15 days before | 33 |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown State championship | Belle Glade, FL | 15 days before | 21 |
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.