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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, April 5, 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.
- 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
- 8 May 10
- 17 May 17
The weekend of Apr 19 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is GLBBQA Spring Fling.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-04 Your weekend | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | -1 | 49 |
| 2025-04-04 Your weekend | Rekindled Ironman State championship | Seven Valleys, PA | -1 | 23 |
| 2025-04-04 Your weekend | Smokin on the Rez State championship | Ridgeland, MS | -1 | 17 |
| 2025-04-10 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 5 | — |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | 6 | 92 |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition State championship | Gadsden, AL | 6 | 31 |
| 2025-04-11 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) State championship | Bristol, CT | 6 | 30 |
| 2025-04-11 | BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | 6 | 26 |
| 2025-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) State championship | Bristol, CT | 7 | 35 |
| 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 |
| 2025-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Bristol, CT | 7 | 21 |
| 2025-04-12 | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Bristol, CT | 7 | 19 |
| 2025-03-29 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Robert, MO | -7 | 15 |
| 2025-03-28 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | -8 | 48 |
| 2025-03-28 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | -8 | 27 |
| 2025-03-28 | Q's & Brews State championship | Lake Havasu, AZ | -8 | 26 |
| 2025-03-28 | Smokin' in the Pines State championship | Carthage, NC | -8 | 22 |
| 2025-04-13 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Rub Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 8 | — |
| 2025-04-18 | GLBBQA Spring Fling State championship | Charlotte, MI | 13 | 56 |
| 2025-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | -14 | 43 |
| 2025-03-22 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Swan Valley, Western Australia | Swan Valley, We 6055 | -14 | — |
| 2025-03-21 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | -15 | 70 |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) State championship | Urbanna, VA | -15 | 45 |
| 2025-03-21 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Athens, AL | -15 | 43 |
| 2025-03-21 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | -15 | 33 |
| 2025-03-21 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) State championship | Waycross, GA | -15 | 26 |
| 2025-03-21 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown State championship | Belle Glade, FL | -15 | 26 |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Urbanna, VA | -15 | 24 |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Urbanna, VA | -15 | 21 |
| 2025-03-21 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | -15 | 11 |
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.