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, November 8, 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.
- 18 Sep 27
- 12 Oct 4
- 14 Oct 11
- 10 Oct 18
- 14 Oct 25
- 6 Nov 1
- 5 Nov 8
- 2 Nov 15
- 3 Nov 22
- 0 Nov 29
- 2 Dec 6
- 1 Dec 13
- 0 Dec 20
The weekend of Nov 29 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest State championship | Kansas City, KS | 3 days before | 401 |
| Nov 5, 2025 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | Kansas City, KS | 3 days before | 158 |
| Nov 11, 2025 Your weekend |
Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Houston, TX | 3 days after | 98 |
| Nov 5, 2025 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que | Kansas City, KS | 3 days before | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides | Kansas City, KS | 3 days before | — |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic State championship | Cumming, GA | 6 days after | 56 |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) State championship | Oak Grove, MO | 7 days before | 50 |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Smokin in the Valley | Herne Hill, Western Australia, Australia | 7 days before | 9 |
| Nov 15, 2025 | BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY) | Palmares, Costa Rica | 7 days after | 8 |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Onalaska, WI | Onalaska, WI | 7 days before | — |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Lebanon, TN | Lebanon, TN | 7 days before | — |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) State championship | Oak Grove, MO | 8 days before | 53 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | "Spooky Q" 1792 | Monticello, KY | 8 days before | 23 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Currituck Bulls and BBQ Cancelled State championship | Powells Point, NC | 8 days before | 19 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | BBQ Jackpot State championship | Las Vegas, NV | 13 days after | 90 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Plant City Pig Jam State championship | Plant City, FL | 13 days after | 31 |
| Oct 26, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Costa Rica | Santa Ana, Costa Rica | 13 days before | — |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship | Jackson, NJ | 14 days before | 32 |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Ribs) | Jackson, NJ | 14 days before | 18 |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Last Chance Points Dance (BACKYARD) | Cleveland, AL | 14 days before | 16 |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Blue Bombers BBQ Tailgate Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Winnipeg, MB | 14 days before | 5 |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Big Boy BBQ Bash October Cancelled | Melbourne, Australia | 14 days before | — |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Weston, MO | Weston, MO | 14 days before | — |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown State championship | Rocky Mount, NC | 15 days before | 45 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition State championship | Vidalia, LA | 15 days before | 33 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship | Jackson, NJ | 15 days before | 31 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cleveland, AL | 15 days before | 28 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Cleveland, AL | 15 days before | 27 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 1st Annual Boost & BBQ State championship | Odessa, MO | 15 days before | 25 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) | Cleveland, AL | 15 days before | 24 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | BBQ for Bravery Cancelled State championship | Alcoa, TN | 15 days before | 19 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken) | Jackson, NJ | 15 days before | 17 |
| Nov 23, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Mexico | Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico | 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.