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, April 13, 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.
- 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
- 17 May 18
- 10 May 25
The weekend of Mar 30 is the quietest in range: 2 contests. The biggest thing on it is Iowa State BBQ Championship.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2024 Your weekend |
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) State championship | Bristol, CT | Same day | 37 |
| Apr 13, 2024 Your weekend |
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Bristol, CT | Same day | 14 |
| Apr 13, 2024 | Caput Mundi BBQ Competition MMXXII (Day 2) Cancelled | Latina (LT), Italy | Same day | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Huron, SD | Huron, SD | Same day | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - New Lenox, IL Cancelled | New Lenox, IL | Same day | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Windsor, Ontario, Canada | Windsor, ON | Same day | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | Same day | — |
| Apr 13, 2024 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | Same day | — |
| Apr 12, 2024 Your weekend |
BBQ Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | 1 day before | 39 |
| Apr 12, 2024 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 1 day before | 31 |
| Apr 12, 2024 Your weekend |
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) State championship | Bristol, CT | 1 day before | 29 |
| Apr 12, 2024 Your weekend |
Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest State championship | Apex, NC | 1 day before | 25 |
| Apr 12, 2024 Your weekend |
12th Annual Bull Moose BBQ State championship | Somerville, TN | 1 day before | 14 |
| Apr 12, 2024 Your weekend |
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Bristol, CT | 1 day before | 13 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Caput Mundi BBQ Competition MMXXII (Day 1) Cancelled | Latina (LT), Italy | 1 day before | — |
| Apr 18, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 5 days after | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | GLBBQA Spring Fling State championship | Charlotte, MI | 6 days after | 62 |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Murfreesboro, TN | 6 days after | 37 |
| Apr 19, 2024 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 6 days after | 29 |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) State championship | Williamsburg, VA | 6 days after | 25 |
| Apr 19, 2024 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Blairstown, NJ | 6 days after | 11 |
| Apr 7, 2024 | BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts and Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 6 days before | — |
| Apr 7, 2024 | copy of BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts and Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 6 days before | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | 6 days after | — | |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Montana Outlaw BBQ Tell-All Competition BBQ Class | Billings, MT | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | 2024 BBQ Spring Training Goes Whole Hog and Beyond | St. Paul, MN | 6 days after | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 | Brescia, Italy | 7 days before | 29 |
| Apr 20, 2024 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 7 days after | 27 |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 | Brescia, Italy | 7 days before | 26 |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) State championship | Williamsburg, VA | 7 days after | 25 |
| Apr 6, 2024 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024 | Heredia, Costa Rica | 7 days before | 24 |
| Apr 20, 2024 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 | Terneuzen, Netherlands | 7 days after | 23 |
| Apr 20, 2024 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Blairstown, NJ | 7 days after | 8 |
| Apr 6, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Roseville, MN | Roseville, MN | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Buckhannon, WV | Buckhannon, WV | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | BBQ Boot Camp 101 - Chicken and Ribs - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 20, 2024 | World Championship Hot Wings Contest & Festival (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Memphis, TN | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Denver, CO | Denver, CO | 7 days after | — |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 8 days before | 97 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 8 days before | 40 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Swampfest Cancelled State championship | Waycross, GA | 8 days before | 28 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | The Ironman State championship | Seven Valleys, PA | 8 days before | 21 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Lake Views & BBQ State championship | Wagoner, OK | 8 days before | 21 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | 8 days before | 16 |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Lake Views & BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Wagoner, OK | 8 days before | 9 |
| Apr 21, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Rub Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 8 days after | — |
| Apr 21, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Calgary Canada | Calagary, AB | 8 days after | — |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Jeep Beach BBQ Showdown Cancelled State championship | Daytona Beach, FL | 12 days after | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | 13 days after | 44 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | 13 days after | 44 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Florence, AL | 13 days after | 40 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues State championship | Calhoun, GA | 13 days after | 34 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship State championship | Lodi, CA | 13 days after | 34 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Smokin' in the Pines Cancelled State championship | Pinehurst, NC | 13 days after | 24 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Marietta River City BBQ State championship | Marietta, OH | 13 days after | 13 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Marietta, OH | 13 days after | 6 |
| Mar 30, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Shenandoah, IA | Shenandoah, IA | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 15 days before | 42 |
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.