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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, March 30, 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 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
- 7 May 11
The weekend of Feb 17 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2024 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Shenandoah, IA | Shenandoah, IA | Same day | — |
| Mar 29, 2024 Your weekend |
Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 1 day before | 42 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 6 days after | 97 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 6 days after | 40 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Swampfest Cancelled State championship | Waycross, GA | 6 days after | 28 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | The Ironman State championship | Seven Valleys, PA | 6 days after | 21 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Lake Views & BBQ State championship | Wagoner, OK | 6 days after | 21 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | 6 days after | 16 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Lake Views & BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Wagoner, OK | 6 days after | 9 |
| Mar 23, 2024 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 7 days before | 42 |
| Mar 23, 2024 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 7 days before | 34 |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 | Brescia, Italy | 7 days after | 29 |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 | Brescia, Italy | 7 days after | 26 |
| Apr 6, 2024 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024 | Heredia, Costa Rica | 7 days after | 24 |
| Mar 23, 2024 | Spitsbroek on Fire | Eede Holland, Netherlands | 7 days before | 22 |
| Mar 23, 2024 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Robert, MO | 7 days before | 20 |
| Mar 23, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - North Little Rock, AR | North Little Rock, AR | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Roseville, MN | Roseville, MN | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Buckhannon, WV | Buckhannon, WV | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | BBQ Boot Camp 101 - Chicken and Ribs - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 7 days after | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 45 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Athens, AL | 8 days before | 38 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 8 days before | 35 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 8 days before | 31 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 27 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 26 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 8 days before | 10 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Indian Wells BBQ Championship & Food Festival Cancelled | Indian Wells, CA | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 7, 2024 | BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts and Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 8 days after | — |
| Apr 7, 2024 | copy of BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts and Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 8 days after | — |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 12 days before | — |
| Apr 12, 2024 | BBQ Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | 13 days after | 39 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 13 days after | 31 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) State championship | Bristol, CT | 13 days after | 29 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest State championship | Apex, NC | 13 days after | 25 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 12th Annual Bull Moose BBQ State championship | Somerville, TN | 13 days after | 14 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Bristol, CT | 13 days after | 13 |
| Mar 17, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Wagoner, OK | Wagoner, OK | 13 days before | — |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Caput Mundi BBQ Competition MMXXII (Day 1) Cancelled | Latina (LT), Italy | 13 days after | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) State championship | Bristol, CT | 14 days after | 37 |
| Mar 16, 2024 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds State championship | Dover, FL | 14 days before | 15 |
| Apr 13, 2024 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Bristol, CT | 14 days after | 14 |
| Mar 16, 2024 | Southern Thunder Competition Boot Camp | Unadilla, GA | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 16, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Johnston, IA | Johnston, IA | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 | Caput Mundi BBQ Competition MMXXII (Day 2) Cancelled | Latina (LT), Italy | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Huron, SD | Huron, SD | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - New Lenox, IL Cancelled | New Lenox, IL | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Windsor, Ontario, Canada | Windsor, ON | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | 15 days before | 93 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lebanon, TN | 15 days before | 72 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 15 days before | 58 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Dinuba, CA | 15 days before | 27 |
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.