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 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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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 | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2026 Your weekend |
BBQ Fest Panama | Panama, Pa, Panama | Same day | 23 |
| Mar 21, 2026 Your weekend |
Rocker's and Smoker's (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Livorno Ferraris (vc), Italy | Same day | 15 |
| Mar 21, 2026 Your weekend |
Rocker's and Smoker's (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Livorno Ferraris (vc), Italy | Same day | 14 |
| Mar 21, 2026 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Johnston, IA | Johnston, IA | Same day | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship State championship | Lebanon, TN | 1 day before | 125 |
| Mar 20, 2026 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lebanon, TN | 1 day before | 88 |
| Mar 20, 2026 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Lebanon, TN | 1 day before | 71 |
| Mar 20, 2026 Your weekend |
8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship State championship | Olathe, KS | 1 day before | 68 |
| Mar 20, 2026 Your weekend |
Torry Island BBQ Showdown State championship | Belle Glade, FL | 1 day before | 34 |
| Mar 20, 2026 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Kansas City, MO | 1 day before | 33 |
| Mar 20, 2026 Your weekend |
Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Dinuba, CA | 1 day before | 27 |
| Mar 20, 2026 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Kansas City, MO | 1 day before | 11 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Athens, AL | 6 days after | 43 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 6 days after | 40 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition State championship | Lake Havasu City, AZ | 6 days after | 33 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Urbanna, VA | 6 days after | 27 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge State championship | St. Robert, MO | 6 days after | 26 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Urbanna, VA | 6 days after | 26 |
| Mar 28, 2026 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) State championship | Urbanna, VA | 7 days after | 36 |
| Mar 28, 2026 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Robert, MO | 7 days after | 12 |
| Mar 14, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Eureka, IL Cancelled | Eureka, IL | 7 days before | — |
| Mar 13, 2026 | University of Arkansas Animal Science Boots, Brews, and BBQ Contest State championship | Fayetteville, AR | 8 days before | 37 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Foley, AL | 8 days before | 30 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Jeepin 4 Justice State championship | Shady Hills, FL | 8 days before | 15 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Iowa State BBQ Championship State championship | Altoona, IA | 13 days after | 42 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 13 days after | 36 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Smokin in the Valley State championship | Linn Valley, KS | 13 days after | 31 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Rekindled Ironman State championship | Seven Valleys, PA | 13 days after | 14 |
| Mar 7, 2026 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, Italy | 14 days before | 11 |
| Mar 7, 2026 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol | Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, Italy | 14 days before | 10 |
| Mar 7, 2026 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, Italy | 14 days before | 8 |
| Mar 7, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Warsaw, IN | Warsaw, IN | 14 days before | — |
| Mar 7, 2026 | Smokecraft BBQ's Tell-All Master's Competition Class | Arlington, VA | 14 days before | — |
| Apr 4, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Paxton, IL | Paxton, IL | 14 days after | — |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival State championship | Lawrenceville, GA | 15 days before | 44 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge | Play Jaco, Costa Rica | 15 days before | 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.
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.