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 22, 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.
- 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
- 11 May 3
The weekend of Feb 8 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Grills Gone Wild.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2025 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | Same day | 43 |
| Mar 22, 2025 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Swan Valley, Western Australia | Swan Valley, Australia | Same day | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 Your weekend |
7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 1 day before | 70 |
| Mar 21, 2025 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 45 |
| Mar 21, 2025 Your weekend |
Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Athens, AL | 1 day before | 43 |
| Mar 21, 2025 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 1 day before | 33 |
| Mar 21, 2025 Your weekend |
Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) State championship | Waycross, GA | 1 day before | 26 |
| Mar 21, 2025 Your weekend |
Torry Island BBQ Showdown State championship | Belle Glade, FL | 1 day before | 26 |
| Mar 21, 2025 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 24 |
| Mar 21, 2025 Your weekend |
BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Urbanna, VA | 1 day before | 21 |
| Mar 21, 2025 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 1 day before | 11 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 6 days after | 48 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 6 days after | 27 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Q's & Brews State championship | Lake Havasu, AZ | 6 days after | 26 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Smokin' in the Pines State championship | Carthage, NC | 6 days after | 22 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Brescia, Italy | 7 days after | 30 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 7 days after | 25 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Robert, MO | 7 days after | 15 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | 8 days before | 100 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lebanon, TN | 8 days before | 72 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest State championship | Fayetteville, AR | 8 days before | 28 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Dinuba, CA | 8 days before | 26 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR | San Jose, Costa Rica | 8 days before | 17 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds State championship | Dover, FL | 8 days before | 15 |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 13 days after | 49 |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Rekindled Ironman State championship | Seven Valleys, PA | 13 days after | 23 |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Smokin on the Rez State championship | Ridgeland, MS | 13 days after | 17 |
| Mar 9, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Lodi, CA | Lodi, CA | 13 days before | — |
| Mar 8, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Johnston, IA IBS Judging Class | Johnston, IA | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 8, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Eureka, IL Cancelled | Eureka, IL | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival State championship | Lawrenceville, GA | 15 days before | 45 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Foley, AL | 15 days before | 30 |
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.