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 23, 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.
- 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
- 11 May 4
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 23, 2024 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | Same day | 42 |
| Mar 23, 2024 Your weekend |
Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | Same day | 34 |
| Mar 23, 2024 Your weekend |
Spitsbroek on Fire | Eede Holland, Netherlands | Same day | 22 |
| Mar 23, 2024 Your weekend |
Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Robert, MO | Same day | 20 |
| Mar 23, 2024 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - North Little Rock, AR | North Little Rock, AR | Same day | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 45 |
| Mar 22, 2024 Your weekend |
Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Athens, AL | 1 day before | 38 |
| Mar 22, 2024 Your weekend |
Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 1 day before | 35 |
| Mar 22, 2024 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 1 day before | 31 |
| Mar 22, 2024 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 27 |
| Mar 22, 2024 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 26 |
| Mar 22, 2024 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 1 day before | 10 |
| Mar 22, 2024 Your weekend |
Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 1 day before | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Indian Wells BBQ Championship & Food Festival Cancelled | Indian Wells, CA | 1 day before | — |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 5 days before | — |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 6 days after | 42 |
| Mar 17, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Wagoner, OK | Wagoner, OK | 6 days before | — |
| Mar 16, 2024 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds State championship | Dover, FL | 7 days before | 15 |
| Mar 16, 2024 | Southern Thunder Competition Boot Camp | Unadilla, GA | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 16, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Johnston, IA | Johnston, IA | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 30, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Shenandoah, IA | Shenandoah, IA | 7 days after | — |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | 8 days before | 93 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lebanon, TN | 8 days before | 72 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 8 days before | 58 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Dinuba, CA | 8 days before | 27 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 13 days after | 97 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 13 days after | 40 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Swampfest Cancelled State championship | Waycross, GA | 13 days after | 28 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | The Ironman State championship | Seven Valleys, PA | 13 days after | 21 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Lake Views & BBQ State championship | Wagoner, OK | 13 days after | 21 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | 13 days after | 16 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Lake Views & BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Wagoner, OK | 13 days after | 9 |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 | Brescia, Italy | 14 days after | 29 |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Foley, AL | 14 days before | 28 |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 | Brescia, Italy | 14 days after | 26 |
| Apr 6, 2024 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024 | Heredia, Costa Rica | 14 days after | 24 |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Lodi, CA | Lodi, CA | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Eureka, IL | Eureka, IL | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Costa Rica | Escazu, Costa Rica | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Roseville, MN | Roseville, MN | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Buckhannon, WV | Buckhannon, WV | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | BBQ Boot Camp 101 - Chicken and Ribs - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 7, 2024 | BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts and Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 15 days after | — |
| Apr 7, 2024 | copy of BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts and Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 15 days after | — |
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.