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 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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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 | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2024 Your weekend |
Massachusetts in May (Day 2) State championship | Wrentham, MA | Same day | 31 |
| May 18, 2024 Your weekend |
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) State championship | Morgantown, PA | Same day | 26 |
| May 18, 2024 Your weekend |
Muehlviertler BBQ Festival | Freistadt, Austria | Same day | 22 |
| May 18, 2024 Your weekend |
Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Freistadt, Austria | Same day | 22 |
| May 18, 2024 Your weekend |
Twin Smoke | Vilnius, Lithuania | Same day | 18 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Winchester, TN | 1 day before | 39 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) State championship | Morgantown, PA | 1 day before | 37 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | 1 day before | 36 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
Rockin' BBQ Warsaw State championship | Warsaw, IN | 1 day before | 32 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Warsaw, IN | 1 day before | 32 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival State championship | Sevierville, TN | 1 day before | 31 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ State championship | Iola, KS | 1 day before | 31 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
Massachusetts in May (Day 1) State championship | Wrentham, MA | 1 day before | 30 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival State championship | Ayden, NC | 1 day before | 18 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival State championship | West Plains, MO | 1 day before | 17 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
RTrowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin (BACKYARD) | Derby, KS | 1 day before | 14 |
| May 17, 2024 Your weekend |
Expert Brisket Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 1 day before | — |
| May 24, 2024 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN | Lebanon, TN | 6 days after | 118 |
| May 24, 2024 | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Westmont, IL | 6 days after | 52 |
| May 24, 2024 | Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | 6 days after | 33 |
| May 24, 2024 | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Rochester, PA | 6 days after | 23 |
| May 24, 2024 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off State championship | Felton, CA | 6 days after | 21 |
| May 24, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR | 6 days after | — |
| May 25, 2024 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL | Lebanon, TN | 7 days after | 81 |
| May 25, 2024 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL | Lebanon, TN | 7 days after | 47 |
| May 25, 2024 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | Calmar, AB | 7 days after | 39 |
| May 25, 2024 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | 7 days after | 27 |
| May 25, 2024 | Jack 9 Memorial | La Salette, ON | 7 days after | 20 |
| May 11, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Canisteo, NY | Canisteo, NY | 7 days before | — |
| May 10, 2024 | Minnesota in May State championship | St. Peter, MN | 8 days before | 58 |
| May 10, 2024 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Peter, MN | 8 days before | 49 |
| May 10, 2024 | 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off State championship | Waynesboro, GA | 8 days before | 42 |
| May 10, 2024 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | 8 days before | 29 |
| May 10, 2024 | Kennett Jaycees Show-Me State BBQ Cook Off State championship | Kennett, MO | 8 days before | 26 |
| May 10, 2024 | Derby Park Que Off | Louisville, KY | 8 days before | 21 |
| May 31, 2024 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival State championship | Norco, CA | 13 days after | 39 |
| May 31, 2024 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | 13 days after | 35 |
| May 31, 2024 | Smokin in Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | 13 days after | 32 |
| May 31, 2024 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | 13 days after | 25 |
| May 31, 2024 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | 13 days after | 25 |
| May 31, 2024 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival State championship | Covington, TN | 13 days after | 25 |
| May 31, 2024 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3 | Boom, Belgium | 13 days after | 12 |
| May 31, 2024 | Kenai River BBQ Competition | Soldotna, AK | 13 days after | 7 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Merrimack, NH | 14 days after | 37 |
| May 4, 2024 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 State championship | Kannapolis, NC | 14 days before | 35 |
| May 4, 2024 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | Oneonta, AL | 14 days before | 20 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | The Beltway BBQ Showdown State championship | Upper Marlboro, MD | 14 days after | 19 |
| May 4, 2024 | The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) | Birmingham, AL | 14 days before | 17 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 | Boom, Belgium | 14 days after | 16 |
| May 4, 2024 | Smokin' in the Valley | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | 14 days before | 14 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Columbia Valley Smoke Show | Invermere, BC | 14 days after | 9 |
| May 3, 2024 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 State championship | Kannapolis, NC | 15 days before | 45 |
| May 3, 2024 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | Oneonta, AL | 15 days before | 27 |
| May 3, 2024 | Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition State championship | Westland, MI | 15 days before | 26 |
| May 3, 2024 | Hog Wild BBQ & Family Fest State championship | Brookhaven, MS | 15 days before | 25 |
| May 3, 2024 | 3rd Annual Alva Police Department Cars, Concerts and BBQ Contest State championship | Alva, OK | 15 days before | 20 |
| May 3, 2024 | The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mobile, AL | 15 days before | 10 |
| May 3, 2024 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | San Diego, CA | 15 days before | 10 |
| May 3, 2024 | Route 66 Smokeout Cancelled State championship | Dwight, IL | 15 days before | — |
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.