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 15, 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.
- 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
- 13 Jul 20
- 10 Jul 27
The weekend of Jul 6 is the quietest in range: 7 contests. The biggest thing on it is Johnson County BBQ Challenge.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-15 Your weekend | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 0 | 44 |
| 2019-06-15 Your weekend | 514 BBQ | Saint-Léonard, QC | 0 | 23 |
| 2019-06-15 Your weekend | BBQ Battle Finland | Tampere, 33840 | 0 | 23 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge State championship | Frisco, CO | -1 | 55 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off State championship | Hernado, MS | -1 | 49 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | Poosa-Q State championship | Montgomery, AL | -1 | 48 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | -1 | 38 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest State championship | Apex, NC | -1 | 38 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | -1 | 31 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival State championship | Barbourville, KY | -1 | 30 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | Central Plains Ribfest State championship | Holdrege, NE | -1 | 30 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off State championship | Miles City, MT | -1 | 28 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | Hartford Rib Off State championship | Hartford, CT | -1 | 27 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | Hog Capital Challenge State championship | Kewanee, IL | -1 | 25 |
| 2019-06-14 Your weekend | Smokin On The Buffalo State championship | Mannington, WV | -1 | 16 |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | 6 | 183 |
| 2019-06-21 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship State championship | Santa Clara, CA | 6 | 56 |
| 2019-06-21 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 State championship | Belvidere, IL | 6 | 50 |
| 2019-06-21 | Bring'n Home the Bacon State championship | West Salem, WI | 6 | 37 |
| 2019-06-21 | 8th Annual Covington Cork & Pork Festival State championship | Covington, VA | 6 | 32 |
| 2019-06-21 | 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off State championship | Auburn Hills, MI | 6 | 30 |
| 2019-06-21 | Blount County BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | 6 | 27 |
| 2019-06-21 | Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest State championship | Leadville, CO | 6 | 26 |
| 2019-06-21 | Ribs on the River State championship | Louisiana, MO | 6 | 26 |
| 2019-06-21 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Elkmont, AL | 6 | 23 |
| 2019-06-21 | Ayr Charity BBQ | Ayr Ontario, N0B 1E0 | 6 | 23 |
| 2019-06-09 | Lake Country BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY) | -6 | 22 | |
| 2019-06-21 | Viva La BBQ Fest | San Juan, | 6 | 12 |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition | Hoofddorp, 2314CG | -7 | 55 |
| 2019-06-22 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 State championship | Belvidere, IL | 7 | 45 |
| 2019-06-08 | Beltway BBQ Showdown State championship | Upper Marlboro, MD | -7 | 37 |
| 2019-06-22 | Giant National Capital BBQ Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 7 | 31 |
| 2019-06-08 | Granite State BBQ Championship State championship | Hancock, NH | -7 | 29 |
| 2019-06-22 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Absarokee, MT | 7 | 29 |
| 2019-06-22 | Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship State championship | Oklahoma City, OK | 7 | 27 |
| 2019-06-08 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest | Quebec, G1G 4C7 | -7 | 24 |
| 2019-06-22 | HAVA Nagrilla 2019 (KOSHER SERIES) | Wynnewood, PA | 7 | 20 |
| 2019-06-08 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff | Pilot Butte, SK | -7 | 19 |
| 2019-06-22 | The War of Barbeque | Jesolo, Venezia, 300257 | 7 | 19 |
| 2019-06-07 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | -8 | 51 |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge State championship | Kansas City, KS | -8 | 46 |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | -8 | 39 |
| 2019-06-07 | Buskers, Brews & BBQ State championship | Aurora, CO | -8 | 38 |
| 2019-06-07 | Separation Colonial BBQ Competition State championship | New Castle, DE | -8 | 36 |
| 2019-06-07 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Roanoke, WV | -8 | 31 |
| 2019-06-07 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue State championship | Beardstown, IL | -8 | 25 |
| 2019-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | -8 | 25 |
| 2019-06-07 | Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Meridian, MS | -8 | 22 |
| 2019-06-07 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ | Wagoner, OK | -8 | 21 |
| 2019-06-07 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -8 | 18 |
| 2019-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival State championship | Delta, PA | 13 | 48 |
| 2019-06-28 | BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland State championship | Joliet, IL | 13 | 42 |
| 2019-06-28 | Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) State championship | Artesia, NM | 13 | 41 |
| 2019-06-28 | Back To Mayberry State championship | Rodney, IA | 13 | 28 |
| 2019-06-28 | Saltwater BBQ Bash State championship | John's Island, SC | 13 | 18 |
| 2019-06-01 | Sun BBQFest State championship | Uncasville, CT | -14 | 61 |
| 2019-06-29 | Queensland BBQ Championship | CLEVELAND QUEENSLAND, 4163 | 14 | 41 |
| 2019-06-29 | Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) State championship | Artesia, NM | 14 | 34 |
| 2019-06-29 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | Deurne, 5753 PN | 14 | 22 |
| 2019-05-31 | Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) State championship | Kansas City, MO | -15 | 56 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | -15 | 49 |
| 2019-05-31 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) State championship | Norco, CA | -15 | 49 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smokin In Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | -15 | 43 |
| 2019-05-31 | 8th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition State championship | Valley, NE | -15 | 39 |
| 2019-05-31 | Original SD BBQ Championship State championship | Huron, SD | -15 | 37 |
| 2019-05-31 | Up In Smoke on the Square State championship | Lincoln, IL | -15 | 36 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smokin' Bike Fest State championship | Peachtree City, GA | -15 | 31 |
| 2019-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | -15 | 29 |
| 2019-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | -15 | 25 |
| 2019-05-31 | Smokin on the Lake State championship | Monroe City, MO | -15 | 25 |
| 2019-05-31 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | LaFayette, GA | -15 | 22 |
| 2019-05-31 | Throwdown in the Vineyards State championship | Murphy, CA | -15 | 20 |
| 2019-05-31 | Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest State championship | Rice Lake, WI | -15 | 19 |
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.