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.
Busier than the weekends around it Saturday, January 31, 2026 · 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.
- 0 Dec 20
- 0 Dec 27
- 0 Jan 3
- 2 Jan 10
- 2 Jan 17
- 5 Jan 24
- 5 Jan 31
- 1 Feb 7
- 0 Feb 14
- 4 Feb 21
- 4 Feb 28
- 7 Mar 7
- 3 Mar 14
The weekend of Dec 20 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Cherry Valley, IL | Cherry Valley, IL | Same day | — |
| Jan 30, 2026 Your weekend |
The Golden State Battle VIII State championship | Riverside, CA | 1 day before | 41 |
| Jan 30, 2026 Your weekend |
SJV Winter Rub State championship | Omaha, NE | 1 day before | 38 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Sunshine Smokin' BBQ Showdown Cancelled State championship | Labelle, FL | 1 day before | — |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Sunshine Smokin' BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Labelle, FL | 1 day before | — |
| Jan 30, 2026 Your weekend |
Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 1 day before | — |
| Feb 1, 2026 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Overland Park, KS | Overland Park, KS | 1 day after | — |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Grills Gone Wild Cancelled State championship | Davenport, FL | 6 days after | 27 |
| Jan 24, 2026 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional | Chiriqui, Panama | 7 days before | 31 |
| Jan 24, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Henrico, VA | Henrico, VA | 7 days before | — |
| Feb 7, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Middleburg Heights, OH | Middleburg Heights, OH | 7 days after | — |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Panama | David Chiriqui, Panama | 8 days before | — |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Lakeland Pig Festival State championship | Lakeland, FL | 9 days before | 63 |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Lakeland, FL | Lakeland, FL | 9 days before | — |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge State championship | Bullhead City, AZ | 15 days before | 53 |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Fergolicious Competition Master Class | Louisville, KY | 15 days before | — |
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.