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, March 8, 2025 · 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.
- 9 Jan 25
- 0 Feb 1
- 1 Feb 8
- 1 Feb 15
- 2 Feb 22
- 5 Mar 1
- 4 Mar 8
- 6 Mar 15
- 11 Mar 22
- 7 Mar 29
- 3 Apr 5
- 9 Apr 12
- 1 Apr 19
The weekend of Feb 1 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2025 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Johnston, IA IBS Judging Class | Johnston, IA | Same day | — |
| Mar 8, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Eureka, IL Cancelled | Eureka, IL | Same day | — |
| Mar 7, 2025 Your weekend |
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival State championship | Lawrenceville, GA | 1 day before | 45 |
| Mar 7, 2025 Your weekend |
Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Foley, AL | 1 day before | 30 |
| Mar 9, 2025 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Lodi, CA | Lodi, CA | 1 day after | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | 6 days after | 100 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lebanon, TN | 6 days after | 72 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest State championship | Fayetteville, AR | 6 days after | 28 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Dinuba, CA | 6 days after | 26 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR | San Jose, Costa Rica | 6 days after | 17 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds State championship | Dover, FL | 6 days after | 15 |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ | Vienna, Austria | 7 days before | 4 |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Vienna, Austria | 7 days before | 4 |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | 7 days before | — |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm State championship | Iron Station, NC | 8 days before | 26 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 13 days after | 70 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 13 days after | 45 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Athens, AL | 13 days after | 43 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 13 days after | 33 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) State championship | Waycross, GA | 13 days after | 26 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown State championship | Belle Glade, FL | 13 days after | 26 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Urbanna, VA | 13 days after | 24 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Urbanna, VA | 13 days after | 21 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 13 days after | 11 |
| Mar 22, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 14 days after | 43 |
| Mar 22, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Swan Valley, Western Australia | Swan Valley, Australia | 14 days after | — |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Fire on Ice BBQ Championship State championship | Onamia, MN | 15 days before | 42 |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Best in the Southwest State championship | Yuma, AZ | 15 days before | 29 |
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.