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, October 26, 2024 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 21 Sep 14
- 17 Sep 21
- 8 Sep 28
- 7 Oct 5
- 8 Oct 12
- 10 Oct 19
- 10 Oct 26
- 9 Nov 2
- 3 Nov 9
- 3 Nov 16
- 1 Nov 23
- 0 Nov 30
- 2 Dec 7
The weekend of Nov 30 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-26 Your weekend | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) State championship | Oak Grove, MO | 0 | 56 |
| 2024-10-26 Your weekend | Weekend of Giving State championship | Wrentham, MA | 0 | 25 |
| 2024-10-26 Your weekend | Zom-B-Q (Day 2) State championship | Roseland, VA | 0 | 11 |
| 2024-10-25 Your weekend | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) State championship | Oak Grove, MO | -1 | 53 |
| 2024-10-25 Your weekend | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition State championship | Vidalia, LA | -1 | 31 |
| 2024-10-25 Your weekend | Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Wrentham, MA | -1 | 19 |
| 2024-10-25 Your weekend | Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Wrentham, MA | -1 | 19 |
| 2024-10-25 Your weekend | Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) State championship | Roseland, VA | -1 | 13 |
| 2024-10-25 | Railyard BBQ Brawl 2024 Cancelled State championship | Madison, AL | -1 | 12 |
| 2024-10-25 Your weekend | Zom-B-Q (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Roseland, VA | -1 | 10 |
| 2024-10-25 Your weekend | Zom-B-Q (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Roseland, VA | -1 | 9 |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest State championship | Kansas City, KS | 4 | 444 |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | Kansas City, KS | 4 | 169 |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que | Kansas City, KS | 4 | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides | Kansas City, KS | 4 | — |
| 2024-10-19 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship | Columbia, NJ | -7 | 26 |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Vienna, 1110 | -7 | 19 |
| 2024-11-02 | 901 Hot Wing Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES) (JUDGING FULL) | Memphis, TN | 7 | 15 |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days | Vienna, 1110 | -7 | 14 |
| 2024-11-02 | Smokin' in the Valley | Perth, Western Australia, | 7 | 14 |
| 2024-10-19 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Columbia, NJ | -7 | 12 |
| 2024-10-19 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Harper, KS | -7 | 9 |
| 2024-10-19 | Barrel Smoking Class - Build Your Own - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -7 | — |
| 2024-11-02 | 901 Hot Wing Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES) - Judging | Memphis, TN | 7 | — |
| 2024-10-18 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | -8 | 50 |
| 2024-10-18 | Border War Barbeque Cancelled State championship | Osawatomie, KS | -8 | 41 |
| 2024-10-18 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship | Columbia, NJ | -8 | 28 |
| 2024-10-18 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Columbia, NJ | -8 | 17 |
| 2024-10-18 | Roast N Boast State championship | Columbus, MS | -8 | 15 |
| 2024-10-18 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Harper, KS | -8 | 11 |
| 2024-11-03 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest - Judging | Kansas City, KS | 8 | — |
| 2024-10-17 | Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) | Roswell, GA | -9 | 33 |
| 2024-11-05 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Midland, TX | 10 | 102 |
| 2024-11-08 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown State championship | Lake City, FL | 13 | 26 |
| 2024-11-08 | Currituck Bulls and BBQ State championship | Powells Point, NC | 13 | 16 |
| 2024-11-08 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2024-11-08 | Biloxi Bay RV Resort Cancelled State championship | Biloxi, MS | 13 | — |
| 2024-11-09 | Warrior BBQ's "THE GREAT HAWAIIAN SMOKEOUT" Cancelled State championship | Honolulu, HI | 14 | 15 |
| 2024-11-09 | Warrior BBQ's "THE GREAT HAWAIIAN SMOKEOUT" (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Honolulu, HI | 14 | 15 |
| 2024-11-09 | Warrior BBQ's "THE GREAT HAWAIIAN SMOKEOUT" (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Honolulu, HI | 14 | 15 |
| 2024-11-09 | Warrior BBQ's "THE GREAT HAWAIIAN SMOKEOUT" (ONE MEAT PORK) Cancelled | Honolulu, HI | 14 | 15 |
| 2024-10-11 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | -15 | 87 |
| 2024-10-11 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | Scottsboro, AL | -15 | 38 |
| 2024-10-11 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Topeka, KS | -15 | 31 |
| 2024-10-11 | Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off Cancelled State championship | Waxhaw, NC | -15 | 27 |
| 2024-10-11 | MD State BBQ Bash State championship | Bel Air, MD | -15 | 26 |
| 2024-10-11 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down State championship | Rocky Mount, NC | -15 | 26 |
| 2024-10-11 | Rock Island BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Stover, MO | -15 | 10 |
| 2024-10-11 | Smoking on the Swan | Burswood, Western Australia, 6100 | -15 | 10 |
| 2024-10-11 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN | -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.