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, June 1, 2019 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 6 Apr 20
- 19 Apr 27
- 18 May 4
- 13 May 11
- 9 May 18
- 16 May 25
- 15 Jun 1
- 17 Jun 8
- 15 Jun 15
- 18 Jun 22
- 8 Jun 29
- 7 Jul 6
- 15 Jul 13
The weekend of Apr 20 is the quietest in range: 6 contests. The biggest thing on it is Interstate BBQ Festival.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-01 Your weekend | Sun BBQFest State championship | Uncasville, CT | 0 | 61 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) State championship | Kansas City, MO | -1 | 56 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | -1 | 49 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) State championship | Norco, CA | -1 | 49 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Smokin In Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | -1 | 43 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | 8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition State championship | Valley, NE | -1 | 39 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Original SD BBQ Championship State championship | Huron, SD | -1 | 37 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Up In Smoke on the Square State championship | Lincoln, IL | -1 | 36 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Smokin' Bike Fest State championship | Peachtree City, GA | -1 | 31 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | -1 | 29 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | -1 | 25 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Smokin on the Lake State championship | Monroe City, MO | -1 | 25 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | LaFayette, GA | -1 | 22 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Throwdown in the Vineyards State championship | Murphy, CA | -1 | 20 |
| 2019-05-31 Your weekend | Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest State championship | Rice Lake, WI | -1 | 19 |
| 2019-06-07 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | 6 | 51 |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge State championship | Kansas City, KS | 6 | 46 |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | 6 | 39 |
| 2019-06-07 | Buskers, Brews & BBQ State championship | Aurora, CO | 6 | 38 |
| 2019-06-07 | Separation Colonial BBQ Competition State championship | New Castle, DE | 6 | 36 |
| 2019-06-07 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Roanoke, WV | 6 | 31 |
| 2019-06-07 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue State championship | Beardstown, IL | 6 | 25 |
| 2019-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 6 | 25 |
| 2019-06-07 | Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Meridian, MS | 6 | 22 |
| 2019-06-07 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ | Wagoner, OK | 6 | 21 |
| 2019-06-07 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 6 | 18 |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition | Hoofddorp, 2314CG | 7 | 55 |
| 2019-05-25 | Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 State championship | Westmont, IL | -7 | 48 |
| 2019-05-25 | Capital BBQ Festival | Ottawa, ON | -7 | 43 |
| 2019-06-08 | Beltway BBQ Showdown State championship | Upper Marlboro, MD | 7 | 37 |
| 2019-05-25 | Brew N Q Open | Leicestershire, LE672FY | -7 | 34 |
| 2019-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | -7 | 34 |
| 2019-05-25 | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2 State championship | Gettysburg, PA | -7 | 32 |
| 2019-06-08 | Granite State BBQ Championship State championship | Hancock, NH | 7 | 29 |
| 2019-06-08 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest | Quebec, G1G 4C7 | 7 | 24 |
| 2019-05-25 | Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ | Mountain View, AB | -7 | 22 |
| 2019-06-08 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff | Pilot Butte, SK | 7 | 19 |
| 2019-05-25 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival-Judging State championship | Brookhaven, MS | -7 | — |
| 2019-05-24 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival State championship | Evans, GA | -8 | 72 |
| 2019-05-24 | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 State championship | Westmont, IL | -8 | 40 |
| 2019-05-24 | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 1 State championship | Gettysburg, PA | -8 | 33 |
| 2019-05-24 | The Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | -8 | 29 |
| 2019-05-24 | Brew N Q Invitational | Leicestershire, LE672FY | -8 | 26 |
| 2019-05-24 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival State championship | Brookhaven, MS | -8 | 26 |
| 2019-05-24 | Big Bear Grill & Chill State championship | Big Bear Lake, CA | -8 | 25 |
| 2019-05-24 | 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off | Conroe, TX | -8 | 24 |
| 2019-06-09 | Lake Country BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY) | 8 | 22 | |
| 2019-05-24 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | -8 | — | |
| 2019-06-14 | 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge State championship | Frisco, CO | 13 | 55 |
| 2019-06-14 | Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off State championship | Hernado, MS | 13 | 49 |
| 2019-06-14 | Poosa-Q State championship | Montgomery, AL | 13 | 48 |
| 2019-06-14 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | 13 | 38 |
| 2019-06-14 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest State championship | Apex, NC | 13 | 38 |
| 2019-06-14 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | 13 | 31 |
| 2019-06-14 | Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival State championship | Barbourville, KY | 13 | 30 |
| 2019-06-14 | Central Plains Ribfest State championship | Holdrege, NE | 13 | 30 |
| 2019-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off State championship | Miles City, MT | 13 | 28 |
| 2019-06-14 | Hartford Rib Off State championship | Hartford, CT | 13 | 27 |
| 2019-06-14 | Hog Capital Challenge State championship | Kewanee, IL | 13 | 25 |
| 2019-06-14 | Smokin On The Buffalo State championship | Mannington, WV | 13 | 16 |
| 2019-06-15 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 14 | 44 |
| 2019-05-18 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Plymouth, MA | -14 | 28 |
| 2019-06-15 | 514 BBQ | Saint-Léonard, QC | 14 | 23 |
| 2019-06-15 | BBQ Battle Finland | Tampere, 33840 | 14 | 23 |
| 2019-05-18 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival | Covasna County, 520008 | -14 | 17 |
| 2019-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke State championship | Morgantown, PA | -15 | 44 |
| 2019-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass State championship | Sevierville, TN | -15 | 43 |
| 2019-05-17 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival State championship | Ayden, NC | -15 | 36 |
| 2019-05-17 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Plymouth, MA | -15 | 27 |
| 2019-05-17 | Stills and Grills Fest | North Wilkesboro, NC | -15 | 21 |
| 2019-05-17 | Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition State championship | Valparaiso, IN | -15 | 20 |
| 2019-05-17 | 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) | Riverside, CA | -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.