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.
The busiest weekend in range Saturday, June 22, 2019 · everywhere, because no place is set
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.
- 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
- 10 Aug 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-22 Your weekend | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 State championship | Belvidere, IL | 0 | 45 |
| 2019-06-22 Your weekend | Giant National Capital BBQ Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 0 | 31 |
| 2019-06-22 Your weekend | Montana BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Absarokee, MT | 0 | 29 |
| 2019-06-22 Your weekend | Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship State championship | Oklahoma City, OK | 0 | 27 |
| 2019-06-22 Your weekend | HAVA Nagrilla 2019 (KOSHER SERIES) | Wynnewood, PA | 0 | 20 |
| 2019-06-22 Your weekend | The War of Barbeque | Jesolo, Venezia, 300257 | 0 | 19 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -1 | 183 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship State championship | Santa Clara, CA | -1 | 56 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 State championship | Belvidere, IL | -1 | 50 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | Bring'n Home the Bacon State championship | West Salem, WI | -1 | 37 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | 8th Annual Covington Cork & Pork Festival State championship | Covington, VA | -1 | 32 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off State championship | Auburn Hills, MI | -1 | 30 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | Blount County BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | -1 | 27 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest State championship | Leadville, CO | -1 | 26 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | Ribs on the River State championship | Louisiana, MO | -1 | 26 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Elkmont, AL | -1 | 23 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | Ayr Charity BBQ | Ayr Ontario, N0B 1E0 | -1 | 23 |
| 2019-06-21 Your weekend | Viva La BBQ Fest | San Juan, | -1 | 12 |
| 2019-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival State championship | Delta, PA | 6 | 48 |
| 2019-06-28 | BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland State championship | Joliet, IL | 6 | 42 |
| 2019-06-28 | Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) State championship | Artesia, NM | 6 | 41 |
| 2019-06-28 | Back To Mayberry State championship | Rodney, IA | 6 | 28 |
| 2019-06-28 | Saltwater BBQ Bash State championship | John's Island, SC | 6 | 18 |
| 2019-06-15 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | -7 | 44 |
| 2019-06-29 | Queensland BBQ Championship | CLEVELAND QUEENSLAND, 4163 | 7 | 41 |
| 2019-06-29 | Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) State championship | Artesia, NM | 7 | 34 |
| 2019-06-15 | 514 BBQ | Saint-Léonard, QC | -7 | 23 |
| 2019-06-15 | BBQ Battle Finland | Tampere, 33840 | -7 | 23 |
| 2019-06-29 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | Deurne, 5753 PN | 7 | 22 |
| 2019-06-14 | 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge State championship | Frisco, CO | -8 | 55 |
| 2019-06-14 | Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off State championship | Hernado, MS | -8 | 49 |
| 2019-06-14 | Poosa-Q State championship | Montgomery, AL | -8 | 48 |
| 2019-06-14 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | -8 | 38 |
| 2019-06-14 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest State championship | Apex, NC | -8 | 38 |
| 2019-06-14 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | -8 | 31 |
| 2019-06-14 | Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival State championship | Barbourville, KY | -8 | 30 |
| 2019-06-14 | Central Plains Ribfest State championship | Holdrege, NE | -8 | 30 |
| 2019-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off State championship | Miles City, MT | -8 | 28 |
| 2019-06-14 | Hartford Rib Off State championship | Hartford, CT | -8 | 27 |
| 2019-06-14 | Hog Capital Challenge State championship | Kewanee, IL | -8 | 25 |
| 2019-06-14 | Smokin On The Buffalo State championship | Mannington, WV | -8 | 16 |
| 2019-07-05 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge State championship | Warrensburg, MO | 13 | 37 |
| 2019-07-05 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival State championship | Lake Placid, NY | 13 | 32 |
| 2019-07-05 | Smoke & Hops State championship | Harmony, CA | 13 | 26 |
| 2019-06-09 | Lake Country BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY) | -13 | 22 | |
| 2019-07-05 | Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew State championship | Dallas, OR | 13 | 16 |
| 2019-07-05 | Ceramic City Jazz, Blues & BBQ Festival State championship | East Liverpool, OH | 13 | 11 |
| 2019-07-05 | Cameron Cruise N Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Cameron, MO | 13 | 8 |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition | Hoofddorp, 2314CG | -14 | 55 |
| 2019-06-08 | Beltway BBQ Showdown State championship | Upper Marlboro, MD | -14 | 37 |
| 2019-07-06 | BBQ an der Burg 2019 | Geestland, 27624 | 14 | 36 |
| 2019-06-08 | Granite State BBQ Championship State championship | Hancock, NH | -14 | 29 |
| 2019-06-08 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest | Quebec, G1G 4C7 | -14 | 24 |
| 2019-06-08 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff | Pilot Butte, SK | -14 | 19 |
| 2019-06-07 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | -15 | 51 |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge State championship | Kansas City, KS | -15 | 46 |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | -15 | 39 |
| 2019-06-07 | Buskers, Brews & BBQ State championship | Aurora, CO | -15 | 38 |
| 2019-06-07 | Separation Colonial BBQ Competition State championship | New Castle, DE | -15 | 36 |
| 2019-06-07 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Roanoke, WV | -15 | 31 |
| 2019-06-07 | Blues,Brews & Barbecue State championship | Beardstown, IL | -15 | 25 |
| 2019-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | -15 | 25 |
| 2019-06-07 | Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Meridian, MS | -15 | 22 |
| 2019-06-07 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ | Wagoner, OK | -15 | 21 |
| 2019-06-07 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -15 | 18 |
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.