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 29, 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 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
- 8 May 10
The weekend of Feb 15 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Ribs on the Ridge.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2025 Your weekend |
BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Brescia, Italy | Same day | 30 |
| Mar 29, 2025 Your weekend |
Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | Same day | 25 |
| Mar 29, 2025 Your weekend |
Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Robert, MO | Same day | 15 |
| Mar 28, 2025 Your weekend |
Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 1 day before | 48 |
| Mar 28, 2025 Your weekend |
Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | 1 day before | 27 |
| Mar 28, 2025 Your weekend |
Q's & Brews State championship | Lake Havasu, AZ | 1 day before | 26 |
| Mar 28, 2025 Your weekend |
Smokin' in the Pines State championship | Carthage, NC | 1 day before | 22 |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 6 days after | 49 |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Rekindled Ironman State championship | Seven Valleys, PA | 6 days after | 23 |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Smokin on the Rez State championship | Ridgeland, MS | 6 days after | 17 |
| Mar 22, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 7 days before | 43 |
| Mar 22, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Swan Valley, Western Australia | Swan Valley, Australia | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 8 days before | 70 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 45 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Athens, AL | 8 days before | 43 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 8 days before | 33 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) State championship | Waycross, GA | 8 days before | 26 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown State championship | Belle Glade, FL | 8 days before | 26 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 24 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Urbanna, VA | 8 days before | 21 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 8 days before | 11 |
| Apr 10, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 12 days after | — |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 13 days after | 92 |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition State championship | Gadsden, AL | 13 days after | 31 |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) State championship | Bristol, CT | 13 days after | 30 |
| Apr 11, 2025 | BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | 13 days after | 26 |
| Apr 12, 2025 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) State championship | Bristol, CT | 14 days after | 35 |
| Apr 12, 2025 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Bristol, CT | 14 days after | 21 |
| Apr 12, 2025 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Bristol, CT | 14 days after | 19 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | 15 days before | 100 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lebanon, TN | 15 days before | 72 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest State championship | Fayetteville, AR | 15 days before | 28 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Dinuba, CA | 15 days before | 26 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR | San Jose, Costa Rica | 15 days before | 17 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds State championship | Dover, FL | 15 days before | 15 |
| Apr 13, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Rub Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 15 days after | — |
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.