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, May 8, 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.
- 2 Mar 27
- 4 Apr 3
- 0 Apr 10
- 2 Apr 17
- 6 Apr 24
- 1 May 1
- 1 May 8
- 6 May 15
- 0 May 22
- 0 May 29
- 1 Jun 5
- 4 Jun 12
- 1 Jun 19
The weekend of Apr 10 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2027 Your weekend |
21st Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off State championship | Waynesboro, GA | 2 days before | — |
| May 14, 2027 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | Winchester, TN | 6 days after | 47 |
| May 14, 2027 | High on the Hog Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Winchester, TN | 6 days after | 47 |
| May 14, 2027 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) State championship | Morgantown, PA | 6 days after | 35 |
| May 14, 2027 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival State championship | Sevierville, TN | 6 days after | 32 |
| May 15, 2027 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) | Winchester, TN | 7 days after | 47 |
| May 15, 2027 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) State championship | Morgantown, PA | 7 days after | 35 |
| Apr 30, 2027 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Murfreesboro, TN | 8 days before | 27 |
| Apr 23, 2027 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | 15 days before | 51 |
| Apr 23, 2027 | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | 15 days before | 35 |
| Apr 23, 2027 | Humala BBQ-Master 2027 | Harju County, Estonia | 15 days before | — |
| Apr 23, 2027 | Abilene Belt Buckle Barbeque State championship | Abilene, KS | 15 days before | — |
| Apr 23, 2027 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Florence, AL | 15 days before | — |
| Apr 23, 2027 | Groove, Smoke and Grill Barbeque Festival State championship | Fairburn, GA | 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.