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, May 11, 2024 · everywhere, because no place is set
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 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
- 12 Jun 1
- 16 Jun 8
- 14 Jun 15
- 9 Jun 22
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 | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-11 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Canisteo, NY | Canisteo, NY | 0 | — |
| 2024-05-10 Your weekend | Minnesota in May State championship | St. Peter, MN | -1 | 58 |
| 2024-05-10 Your weekend | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Peter, MN | -1 | 49 |
| 2024-05-10 Your weekend | 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off State championship | Waynesboro, GA | -1 | 42 |
| 2024-05-10 Your weekend | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | -1 | 29 |
| 2024-05-10 Your weekend | Kennett Jaycees Show-Me State BBQ Cook Off State championship | Kennett, MO | -1 | 26 |
| 2024-05-10 Your weekend | Derby Park Que Off | Louisville, KY | -1 | 21 |
| 2024-05-17 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Winchester, TN | 6 | 39 |
| 2024-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) State championship | Morgantown, PA | 6 | 37 |
| 2024-05-17 | King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | 6 | 36 |
| 2024-05-17 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw State championship | Warsaw, IN | 6 | 32 |
| 2024-05-17 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Warsaw, IN | 6 | 32 |
| 2024-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival State championship | Sevierville, TN | 6 | 31 |
| 2024-05-17 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ State championship | Iola, KS | 6 | 31 |
| 2024-05-17 | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) State championship | Wrentham, MA | 6 | 30 |
| 2024-05-17 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival State championship | Ayden, NC | 6 | 18 |
| 2024-05-17 | Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival State championship | West Plains, MO | 6 | 17 |
| 2024-05-17 | RTrowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin (BACKYARD) | Derby, KS | 6 | 14 |
| 2024-05-17 | Expert Brisket Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 6 | — |
| 2024-05-04 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 State championship | Kannapolis, NC | -7 | 35 |
| 2024-05-18 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) State championship | Wrentham, MA | 7 | 31 |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) State championship | Morgantown, PA | 7 | 26 |
| 2024-05-18 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival | Freistadt, Os 4240 | 7 | 22 |
| 2024-05-18 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Freistadt, Os 4240 | 7 | 22 |
| 2024-05-04 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | Oneonta, AL | -7 | 20 |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Smoke | Vilnius, LT | 7 | 18 |
| 2024-05-04 | The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) | Birmingham, AL | -7 | 17 |
| 2024-05-04 | Smokin' in the Valley | Perth, Western Australia, | -7 | 14 |
| 2024-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 State championship | Kannapolis, NC | -8 | 45 |
| 2024-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | Oneonta, AL | -8 | 27 |
| 2024-05-03 | Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition State championship | Westland, MI | -8 | 26 |
| 2024-05-03 | Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest State championship | Brookhaven, MS | -8 | 25 |
| 2024-05-03 | 3rd Annual Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ Contest State championship | Alva, OK | -8 | 20 |
| 2024-05-03 | The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mobile, AL | -8 | 10 |
| 2024-05-03 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | San Diego, CA | -8 | 10 |
| 2024-05-03 | Route 66 Smokeout Cancelled State championship | Dwight, IL | -8 | — |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN | Lebanon, TN | 13 | 118 |
| 2024-05-24 | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Westmont, IL | 13 | 52 |
| 2024-05-24 | Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | 13 | 33 |
| 2024-05-24 | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Rochester, PA | 13 | 23 |
| 2024-05-24 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off State championship | Felton, CA | 13 | 21 |
| 2024-05-24 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR | 13 | — |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL | Lebanon, TN | 14 | 81 |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL | Lebanon, TN | 14 | 47 |
| 2024-05-25 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | Calmar, AB | 14 | 39 |
| 2024-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | 14 | 27 |
| 2024-05-25 | Jack 9 Memorial | La Salette, ON | 14 | 20 |
| 2024-04-26 | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | -15 | 44 |
| 2024-04-26 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | -15 | 44 |
| 2024-04-26 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Florence, AL | -15 | 40 |
| 2024-04-26 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues State championship | Calhoun, GA | -15 | 34 |
| 2024-04-26 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship State championship | Lodi, CA | -15 | 34 |
| 2024-04-26 | Smokin' in the Pines Cancelled State championship | Pinehurst, NC | -15 | 24 |
| 2024-04-26 | Marietta River City BBQ State championship | Marietta, OH | -15 | 13 |
| 2024-04-26 | Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Marietta, OH | -15 | 6 |
| 2024-04-25 | Jeep Beach BBQ Showdown Cancelled State championship | Daytona Beach, FL | -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.