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, May 18, 2024 · everywhere, because no place is set
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 10 Jun 29
The weekend of Apr 27 is the quietest in range: 7 contests. The biggest thing on it is Southaven Springfest.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-18 Your weekend | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) State championship | Wrentham, MA | 0 | 31 |
| 2024-05-18 Your weekend | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) State championship | Morgantown, PA | 0 | 26 |
| 2024-05-18 Your weekend | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival | Freistadt, Os 4240 | 0 | 22 |
| 2024-05-18 Your weekend | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Freistadt, Os 4240 | 0 | 22 |
| 2024-05-18 Your weekend | Twin Smoke | Vilnius, LT | 0 | 18 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Winchester, TN | -1 | 39 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) State championship | Morgantown, PA | -1 | 37 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | -1 | 36 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw State championship | Warsaw, IN | -1 | 32 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Warsaw, IN | -1 | 32 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival State championship | Sevierville, TN | -1 | 31 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ State championship | Iola, KS | -1 | 31 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) State championship | Wrentham, MA | -1 | 30 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival State championship | Ayden, NC | -1 | 18 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival State championship | West Plains, MO | -1 | 17 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | RTrowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin (BACKYARD) | Derby, KS | -1 | 14 |
| 2024-05-17 Your weekend | Expert Brisket Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -1 | — |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN | Lebanon, TN | 6 | 118 |
| 2024-05-24 | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Westmont, IL | 6 | 52 |
| 2024-05-24 | Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | 6 | 33 |
| 2024-05-24 | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Rochester, PA | 6 | 23 |
| 2024-05-24 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off State championship | Felton, CA | 6 | 21 |
| 2024-05-24 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR | 6 | — |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL | Lebanon, TN | 7 | 81 |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL | Lebanon, TN | 7 | 47 |
| 2024-05-25 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | Calmar, AB | 7 | 39 |
| 2024-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | 7 | 27 |
| 2024-05-25 | Jack 9 Memorial | La Salette, ON | 7 | 20 |
| 2024-05-11 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Canisteo, NY | Canisteo, NY | -7 | — |
| 2024-05-10 | Minnesota in May State championship | St. Peter, MN | -8 | 58 |
| 2024-05-10 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Peter, MN | -8 | 49 |
| 2024-05-10 | 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off State championship | Waynesboro, GA | -8 | 42 |
| 2024-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | -8 | 29 |
| 2024-05-10 | Kennett Jaycees Show-Me State BBQ Cook Off State championship | Kennett, MO | -8 | 26 |
| 2024-05-10 | Derby Park Que Off | Louisville, KY | -8 | 21 |
| 2024-05-31 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival State championship | Norco, CA | 13 | 39 |
| 2024-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | 13 | 35 |
| 2024-05-31 | Smokin in Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | 13 | 32 |
| 2024-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | 13 | 25 |
| 2024-05-31 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | 13 | 25 |
| 2024-05-31 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival State championship | Covington, TN | 13 | 25 |
| 2024-05-31 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3 | Boom, 2850 | 13 | 12 |
| 2024-05-31 | Kenai River BBQ Competition | Soldotna, AK | 13 | 7 |
| 2024-06-01 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Merrimack, NH | 14 | 37 |
| 2024-05-04 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 State championship | Kannapolis, NC | -14 | 35 |
| 2024-05-04 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | Oneonta, AL | -14 | 20 |
| 2024-06-01 | The Beltway BBQ Showdown State championship | Upper Marlboro, MD | 14 | 19 |
| 2024-05-04 | The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) | Birmingham, AL | -14 | 17 |
| 2024-06-01 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 | Boom, 2850 | 14 | 16 |
| 2024-05-04 | Smokin' in the Valley | Perth, Western Australia, | -14 | 14 |
| 2024-06-01 | Columbia Valley Smoke Show | Invermere, BC | 14 | 9 |
| 2024-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 State championship | Kannapolis, NC | -15 | 45 |
| 2024-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | Oneonta, AL | -15 | 27 |
| 2024-05-03 | Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition State championship | Westland, MI | -15 | 26 |
| 2024-05-03 | Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest State championship | Brookhaven, MS | -15 | 25 |
| 2024-05-03 | 3rd Annual Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ Contest State championship | Alva, OK | -15 | 20 |
| 2024-05-03 | The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mobile, AL | -15 | 10 |
| 2024-05-03 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | San Diego, CA | -15 | 10 |
| 2024-05-03 | Route 66 Smokeout Cancelled State championship | Dwight, IL | -15 | — |
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.