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 · everywhere, because no place is set
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
- 8 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 | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-22 Your weekend | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 0 | 43 |
| 2025-03-22 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Swan Valley, Western Australia | Swan Valley, We 6055 | 0 | — |
| 2025-03-21 Your weekend | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | -1 | 70 |
| 2025-03-21 Your weekend | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | -1 | 45 |
| 2025-03-21 Your weekend | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Athens, AL | -1 | 43 |
| 2025-03-21 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | -1 | 33 |
| 2025-03-21 Your weekend | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) State championship | Waycross, GA | -1 | 26 |
| 2025-03-21 Your weekend | Torry Island BBQ Showdown State championship | Belle Glade, FL | -1 | 26 |
| 2025-03-21 Your weekend | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Urbanna, VA | -1 | 24 |
| 2025-03-21 Your weekend | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Urbanna, VA | -1 | 21 |
| 2025-03-21 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | -1 | 11 |
| 2025-03-28 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 6 | 48 |
| 2025-03-28 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 6 | 27 |
| 2025-03-28 | Q's & Brews State championship | Lake Havasu, AZ | 6 | 26 |
| 2025-03-28 | Smokin' in the Pines State championship | Carthage, NC | 6 | 22 |
| 2025-03-29 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Brescia, 25125 | 7 | 30 |
| 2025-03-29 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 7 | 25 |
| 2025-03-29 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Robert, MO | 7 | 15 |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | -8 | 100 |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lebanon, TN | -8 | 72 |
| 2025-03-14 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest State championship | Fayetteville, AR | -8 | 28 |
| 2025-03-14 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Dinuba, CA | -8 | 26 |
| 2025-03-14 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR | San Jose, 10104 | -8 | 17 |
| 2025-03-14 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds State championship | Dover, FL | -8 | 15 |
| 2025-04-04 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 13 | 49 |
| 2025-04-04 | Rekindled Ironman State championship | Seven Valleys, PA | 13 | 23 |
| 2025-04-04 | Smokin on the Rez State championship | Ridgeland, MS | 13 | 17 |
| 2025-03-09 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Lodi, CA | Lodi, CA | -13 | — |
| 2025-03-08 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Johnston, IA IBS Judging Class | Johnston, IA | -14 | — |
| 2025-03-08 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Eureka, IL Cancelled | Eureka, IL | -14 | — |
| 2025-03-07 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival State championship | Lawrenceville, GA | -15 | 45 |
| 2025-03-07 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Foley, AL | -15 | 30 |
| 2025-03-06 | New Masters Template State championship | Kansas City, MO | -16 | — |
| 2025-03-06 | New Masters and Backyard Template State championship | Kansas City, MO | -16 | — |
| 2025-03-06 | New Backyard Template | Kansas City, MO | -16 | — |
| 2025-03-06 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - XXX Template | Kansas City, MO | -16 | — |
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.