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.
A clear weekend Saturday, February 6, 2027 · 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.
- 1 Dec 26
- 0 Jan 2
- 1 Jan 9
- 1 Jan 16
- 4 Jan 23
- 2 Jan 30
- 0 Feb 6
- 1 Feb 13
- 5 Feb 20
- 0 Feb 27
- 2 Mar 6
- 4 Mar 13
- 6 Mar 20
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2027 | The Great Mississippi Dixie National Barbecue Showdown State championship | Jackson, MS | 6 days after | — |
| Jan 29, 2027 | SJV Winter Rub State championship | Omaha, NE | 8 days before | 32 |
| Jan 29, 2027 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional | Chiriqui, Panama | 8 days before | 31 |
| Feb 19, 2027 | Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition State championship | Lake Havasu City, AZ | 13 days after | 33 |
| Feb 19, 2027 | KCBS Annual Awards Banquet | Kansas City, MO | 13 days after | — |
| Feb 20, 2027 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol | Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, Italy | 14 days after | 10 |
| Feb 20, 2027 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, Italy | 14 days after | 10 |
| Feb 20, 2027 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, Italy | 14 days after | 10 |
| Jan 23, 2027 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Richmond, VA | Richmond, VA | 14 days before | — |
| Jan 23, 2027 | BBQ Fest Panama | Panama City, Pa, Panama | 14 days before | — |
| Jan 21, 2027 | Lakeland Pig Festival State championship | Lakeland, FL | 16 days before | 56 |
| Jan 21, 2027 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Lakeland, FL | Lakeland, FL | 16 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.