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, March 15, 2025 · 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.
- 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
- 18 Apr 26
The weekend of Feb 1 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2025 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | 1 day before | 100 |
| Mar 14, 2025 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lebanon, TN | 1 day before | 72 |
| Mar 14, 2025 Your weekend |
University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest State championship | Fayetteville, AR | 1 day before | 28 |
| Mar 14, 2025 Your weekend |
Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Dinuba, CA | 1 day before | 26 |
| Mar 14, 2025 Your weekend |
Masters BBQ Challenge CR | San Jose, Costa Rica | 1 day before | 17 |
| Mar 14, 2025 Your weekend |
Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds State championship | Dover, FL | 1 day before | 15 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 6 days after | 70 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 6 days after | 45 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Athens, AL | 6 days after | 43 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 6 days after | 33 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) State championship | Waycross, GA | 6 days after | 26 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown State championship | Belle Glade, FL | 6 days after | 26 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Urbanna, VA | 6 days after | 24 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Urbanna, VA | 6 days after | 21 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 6 days after | 11 |
| Mar 9, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Lodi, CA | Lodi, CA | 6 days before | — |
| Mar 22, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 7 days after | 43 |
| Mar 8, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Johnston, IA IBS Judging Class | Johnston, IA | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 8, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Eureka, IL Cancelled | Eureka, IL | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 22, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Swan Valley, Western Australia | Swan Valley, Australia | 7 days after | — |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival State championship | Lawrenceville, GA | 8 days before | 45 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Foley, AL | 8 days before | 30 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 13 days after | 48 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 13 days after | 27 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Q's & Brews State championship | Lake Havasu, AZ | 13 days after | 26 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Smokin' in the Pines State championship | Carthage, NC | 13 days after | 22 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Brescia, Italy | 14 days after | 30 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 14 days after | 25 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Robert, MO | 14 days after | 15 |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ | Vienna, Austria | 14 days before | 4 |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Vienna, Austria | 14 days before | 4 |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | 14 days before | — |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm State championship | Iron Station, NC | 15 days before | 26 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 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.