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, May 17, 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.
- 3 Apr 5
- 9 Apr 12
- 1 Apr 19
- 18 Apr 26
- 11 May 3
- 8 May 10
- 17 May 17
- 14 May 24
- 14 May 31
- 15 Jun 7
- 15 Jun 14
- 14 Jun 21
- 20 Jun 28
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-17 Your weekend | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) State championship | Wrentham, MA | 0 | 29 |
| 2025-05-17 Your weekend | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) State championship | Morgantown, PA | 0 | 21 |
| 2025-05-17 Your weekend | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival | Freistadt, Os 4240 | 0 | 15 |
| 2025-05-17 Your weekend | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT PORK) | Freistadt, Os 4240 | 0 | 15 |
| 2025-05-17 Your weekend | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT BRISKET) | Freistadt, Os 4240 | 0 | 12 |
| 2025-05-17 Your weekend | Twin Smoke | Vilnius, LT | 0 | 11 |
| 2025-05-17 Your weekend | Back Yard BBQ Grilling Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 0 | — |
| 2025-05-16 Your weekend | 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ State championship | Warsaw, IN | -1 | 34 |
| 2025-05-16 Your weekend | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival State championship | Sevierville, TN | -1 | 33 |
| 2025-05-16 Your weekend | King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | -1 | 33 |
| 2025-05-16 Your weekend | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Winchester, TN | -1 | 32 |
| 2025-05-16 Your weekend | 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Warsaw, IN | -1 | 29 |
| 2025-05-16 Your weekend | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) State championship | Morgantown, PA | -1 | 28 |
| 2025-05-16 Your weekend | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ State championship | Iola, KS | -1 | 27 |
| 2025-05-16 Your weekend | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) State championship | Wrentham, MA | -1 | 27 |
| 2025-05-16 Your weekend | Rotary Day at Galway BBQ Competition State championship | Temecula, CA | -1 | 19 |
| 2025-05-16 Your weekend | Gold Country Casino Resort BrewFest & State BBQ Championship State championship | Oroville, CA | -1 | 19 |
| 2025-05-22 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Lebanon, TN | Lebanon, TN | 5 | — |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Ribs (Friday, May 23, 2025) | Lebanon, TN | 6 | 55 |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Chicken (Friday, May 23, 2025) | Lebanon, TN | 6 | 43 |
| 2025-05-23 | Best Dam BBQ State championship | Boulder City, NV | 6 | 29 |
| 2025-05-23 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition | Boom, 2850 | 6 | 16 |
| 2025-05-23 | Big Knob BBQ Fest State championship | Rochester, PA | 6 | 12 |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational - Wells Cup (Open) & Invitational Team Registration | Lebanon, TN | 6 | — |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Anything Molasses (Friday, May 23, 2025) | Lebanon, TN | 6 | — |
| 2025-05-24 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) | Lebanon, TN | 7 | 106 |
| 2025-05-24 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | Calmar, AB | 7 | 34 |
| 2025-05-24 | Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition | La Salette, ON | 7 | 26 |
| 2025-05-24 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | 7 | 26 |
| 2025-05-24 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition | Boom, 2850 | 7 | 20 |
| 2025-05-10 | Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp | Targu Mures, 540088 | -7 | 10 |
| 2025-05-25 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) | Lebanon, TN | 8 | 70 |
| 2025-05-09 | Minnesota in May State championship | St. Peter, MN | -8 | 58 |
| 2025-05-09 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Peter, MN | -8 | 43 |
| 2025-05-09 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off State championship | Waynesboro, GA | -8 | 42 |
| 2025-05-09 | 43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off State championship | Kennett, MO | -8 | 27 |
| 2025-05-09 | Smoke in the Mitten State championship | Westland, MI | -8 | 26 |
| 2025-05-09 | Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | -8 | 21 |
| 2025-05-09 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Romania | Targu Mures, 547333 | -8 | — |
| 2025-05-30 | The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1) State championship | Sweet Home, OR | 13 | 30 |
| 2025-05-30 | Smokin' in Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | 13 | 28 |
| 2025-05-30 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1) State championship | Norco, CA | 13 | 27 |
| 2025-05-30 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | 13 | 26 |
| 2025-05-30 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival State championship | Covington, TN | 13 | 25 |
| 2025-05-30 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) State championship | Hancock, NH | 13 | 22 |
| 2025-05-30 | The Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY) | Leesburg, VA | 13 | 12 |
| 2025-05-30 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2025-05-03 | Jiggy with the Piggy (Day 2) Cancelled State championship | Kannapolis, NC | -14 | 65 |
| 2025-05-03 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) State championship | Blairstown, NJ | -14 | 34 |
| 2025-05-31 | The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) State championship | Sweet Home, OR | 14 | 28 |
| 2025-05-31 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) State championship | Hancock, NH | 14 | 26 |
| 2025-05-31 | Small Town Smoke Down | Bassano, AB | 14 | 25 |
| 2025-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | Oneonta, AL | -14 | 23 |
| 2025-05-31 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2) State championship | Norco, CA | 14 | 20 |
| 2025-05-31 | The Beltway BBQ Showdown Cancelled State championship | Upper Marlboro, MD | 14 | 19 |
| 2025-05-03 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Blairstown, NJ | -14 | 14 |
| 2025-05-03 | Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Orth an der Donau, NO | -14 | 13 |
| 2025-05-03 | Marchfelder Feuerfest | Orth an der Donau, NO | -14 | 12 |
| 2025-05-31 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hancock, NH | 14 | 12 |
| 2025-05-31 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Hancock, NH | 14 | 12 |
| 2025-05-03 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Boise, ID | Boise, ID | -14 | — |
| 2025-05-02 | Jiggy with the Piggy (Day 1) Cancelled State championship | Kannapolis, NC | -15 | 65 |
| 2025-05-02 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) State championship | Blairstown, NJ | -15 | 33 |
| 2025-05-02 | The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands | Ruidoso Downs, NM | -15 | 30 |
| 2025-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | Oneonta, AL | -15 | 28 |
| 2025-05-02 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Fest State championship | Brookhaven, MS | -15 | 27 |
| 2025-05-02 | Que For a Cause Cancelled State championship | Tahlequah, OK | -15 | 26 |
| 2025-05-02 | Que For a Cause (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Tahlequah, OK | -15 | 26 |
| 2025-05-02 | Que For a Cause (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Tahlequah, OK | -15 | 26 |
| 2025-05-02 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Blairstown, NJ | -15 | 21 |
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.