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, April 12, 2025 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 14 May 24
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-12 Your weekend | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) State championship | Bristol, CT | 0 | 35 |
| 2025-04-12 Your weekend | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Bristol, CT | 0 | 21 |
| 2025-04-12 Your weekend | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Bristol, CT | 0 | 19 |
| 2025-04-11 Your weekend | Smoke in the Spring State championship | Osage City, KS | -1 | 92 |
| 2025-04-11 Your weekend | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition State championship | Gadsden, AL | -1 | 31 |
| 2025-04-11 Your weekend | Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) State championship | Bristol, CT | -1 | 30 |
| 2025-04-11 Your weekend | BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | -1 | 26 |
| 2025-04-13 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Rub Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 1 | — |
| 2025-04-10 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -2 | — |
| 2025-04-18 | GLBBQA Spring Fling State championship | Charlotte, MI | 6 | 56 |
| 2025-04-04 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | -8 | 49 |
| 2025-04-04 | Rekindled Ironman State championship | Seven Valleys, PA | -8 | 23 |
| 2025-04-04 | Smokin on the Rez State championship | Ridgeland, MS | -8 | 17 |
| 2025-04-23 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Fargo, ND | West Fargo, ND | 11 | — |
| 2025-04-24 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captian Class - Panama | Panama City, | 12 | — |
| 2025-04-25 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | 13 | 40 |
| 2025-04-25 | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | 13 | 34 |
| 2025-04-25 | BBQ & Boogie State championship | Calhoun, GA | 13 | 32 |
| 2025-04-25 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship State championship | Lodi, CA | 13 | 31 |
| 2025-04-25 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Murfreesboro, TN | 13 | 31 |
| 2025-04-25 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | 13 | 30 |
| 2025-04-25 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) | Stanley, WI | 13 | 24 |
| 2025-04-25 | Lake Views & BBQ Cancelled State championship | Wagoner, OK | 13 | 20 |
| 2025-04-25 | Lake Views & BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Wagoner, OK | 13 | 20 |
| 2025-04-25 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) State championship | Williamsburg, VA | 13 | 20 |
| 2025-04-25 | Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Marietta, OH | 13 | 19 |
| 2025-04-25 | Marietta River City BBQ State championship | Marietta, OH | 13 | 10 |
| 2025-04-25 | World Championship Hot Wings Contest & Festival (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Memphis, TN | 13 | — |
| 2025-04-25 | Chicken & Butts Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 13 | — |
| 2025-03-29 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Brescia, 25125 | -14 | 30 |
| 2025-03-29 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 2) State championship | St. Robert, MO | -14 | 25 |
| 2025-04-26 | BBQ Fest Panama | Panama, Pa | 14 | 23 |
| 2025-04-26 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) State championship | Williamsburg, VA | 14 | 16 |
| 2025-03-29 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Robert, MO | -14 | 15 |
| 2025-04-26 | Spitsbroek on Fire Pt. 2 | Eede Holland, 4529 PW | 14 | 15 |
| 2025-04-26 | Smokin' in the Valley | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 14 | 13 |
| 2025-04-26 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Alberta, Canada Cancelled | Leduc, AB | 14 | — |
| 2025-04-26 | Ribs & Brisket Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 14 | — |
| 2025-03-28 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff State championship | Cedar Park, TX | -15 | 48 |
| 2025-03-28 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) State championship | St. Robert, MO | -15 | 27 |
| 2025-03-28 | Q's & Brews State championship | Lake Havasu, AZ | -15 | 26 |
| 2025-03-28 | Smokin' in the Pines State championship | Carthage, NC | -15 | 22 |
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.