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, March 21, 2026 · 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.
- 1 Feb 7
- 0 Feb 14
- 4 Feb 21
- 4 Feb 28
- 7 Mar 7
- 3 Mar 14
- 12 Mar 21
- 8 Mar 28
- 5 Apr 4
- 10 Apr 11
- 11 Apr 18
- 12 Apr 25
- 20 May 2
The weekend of Feb 14 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-21 Your weekend | BBQ Fest Panama | Panama, Pa | 0 | 23 |
| 2026-03-21 Your weekend | Rocker's and Smoker's (ONE MEAT RIBS) | LIVORNO FERRARIS (VC), 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-03-21 Your weekend | Rocker's and Smoker's (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | LIVORNO FERRARIS (VC), 13 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-03-21 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Johnston, IA | Johnston, IA | 0 | — |
| 2026-03-20 Your weekend | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | -1 | 125 |
| 2026-03-20 Your weekend | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lebanon, TN | -1 | 88 |
| 2026-03-20 Your weekend | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Lebanon, TN | -1 | 71 |
| 2026-03-20 Your weekend | 8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | -1 | 68 |
| 2026-03-20 Your weekend | Torry Island BBQ Showdown State championship | Belle Glade, FL | -1 | 34 |
| 2026-03-20 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | -1 | 33 |
| 2026-03-20 Your weekend | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Dinuba, CA | -1 | 27 |
| 2026-03-20 Your weekend | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | -1 | 11 |
| 2026-03-27 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Athens, AL | 6 | 43 |
| 2026-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 6 | 40 |
| 2026-03-27 | Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition State championship | Lake Havasu City, AZ | 6 | 33 |
| 2026-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Urbanna, VA | 6 | 27 |
| 2026-03-27 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge State championship | St. Robert, MO | 6 | 26 |
| 2026-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Urbanna, VA | 6 | 26 |
| 2026-03-28 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 7 | 36 |
| 2026-03-28 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Robert, MO | 7 | 12 |
| 2026-03-14 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Eureka, IL Cancelled | Eureka, IL | -7 | — |
| 2026-03-13 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest State championship | Fayetteville, AR | -8 | 37 |
| 2026-03-13 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Foley, AL | -8 | 30 |
| 2026-03-13 | Jeepin 4 Justice State championship | Shady Hills, FL | -8 | 15 |
| 2026-04-03 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 13 | 42 |
| 2026-04-03 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 13 | 36 |
| 2026-04-03 | Smokin in the Valley State championship | Linn Valley, KS | 13 | 31 |
| 2026-04-03 | Rekindled Ironman State championship | Seven Valleys, PA | 13 | 14 |
| 2026-03-07 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, BZ | -14 | 11 |
| 2026-03-07 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol | Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, BZ | -14 | 10 |
| 2026-03-07 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, BZ | -14 | 8 |
| 2026-03-07 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Warsaw, IN | Warsaw, IN | -14 | — |
| 2026-03-07 | Smokecraft BBQ's Tell-All Master's Competition Class | Arlington, VA | -14 | — |
| 2026-04-04 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Paxton, IL | Paxton, IL | 14 | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival State championship | Lawrenceville, GA | -15 | 44 |
| 2026-03-06 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge | Play Jaco, 61101 | -15 | 16 |
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.