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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, July 6, 2019 · everywhere, because no place is set
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How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 12 Aug 10
- 16 Aug 17
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-06 Your weekend | BBQ an der Burg 2019 | Geestland, 27624 | 0 | 36 |
| 2019-07-05 Your weekend | Johnson County BBQ Challenge State championship | Warrensburg, MO | -1 | 37 |
| 2019-07-05 Your weekend | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival State championship | Lake Placid, NY | -1 | 32 |
| 2019-07-05 Your weekend | Smoke & Hops State championship | Harmony, CA | -1 | 26 |
| 2019-07-05 Your weekend | Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew State championship | Dallas, OR | -1 | 16 |
| 2019-07-05 Your weekend | Ceramic City Jazz, Blues & BBQ Festival State championship | East Liverpool, OH | -1 | 11 |
| 2019-07-05 Your weekend | Cameron Cruise N Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Cameron, MO | -1 | 8 |
| 2019-07-12 | SC Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 6 | 83 |
| 2019-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 6 | 64 |
| 2019-07-12 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest State championship | Mayetta, KS | 6 | 59 |
| 2019-07-12 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 1 State championship | Green Bay, WI | 6 | 37 |
| 2019-07-12 | 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) State championship | Cameron, MO | 6 | 35 |
| 2019-07-12 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off State championship | Kettering, OH | 6 | 33 |
| 2019-07-12 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off State championship | Clayton, CA | 6 | 31 |
| 2019-07-12 | Harvest On Fire at The Winery State championship | Marshall, IL | 6 | 31 |
| 2019-07-12 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In State championship | Jamestown, TN | 6 | 29 |
| 2019-07-12 | Adath Israel Kosher BBQ Cook-off (KOSHER SERIES) | Cincinnati, OH | 6 | 14 |
| 2019-07-12 | Northwoods Triple Crown(BACKYARD ONLY) | Antigo, WI | 6 | 10 |
| 2019-07-12 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Glenarm Estate, Glenarm, | 6 | — |
| 2019-07-12 | Table Captain Class | Glenarm Estate, Glenarm, | 6 | — |
| 2019-06-29 | Queensland BBQ Championship | CLEVELAND QUEENSLAND, 4163 | -7 | 41 |
| 2019-07-13 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 State championship | Green Bay, WI | 7 | 36 |
| 2019-06-29 | Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) State championship | Artesia, NM | -7 | 34 |
| 2019-06-29 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | Deurne, 5753 PN | -7 | 22 |
| 2019-07-13 | Celtic Smoke at Dalriana Festival Of Music & Food | Glenarm, Billobo, | 7 | 10 |
| 2019-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival State championship | Delta, PA | -8 | 48 |
| 2019-06-28 | BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland State championship | Joliet, IL | -8 | 42 |
| 2019-06-28 | Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) State championship | Artesia, NM | -8 | 41 |
| 2019-06-28 | Back To Mayberry State championship | Rodney, IA | -8 | 28 |
| 2019-06-28 | Saltwater BBQ Bash State championship | John's Island, SC | -8 | 18 |
| 2019-07-19 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Peoria, IL | 13 | 40 |
| 2019-07-19 | Cookin On Kampeska State championship | Watertown, SD | 13 | 40 |
| 2019-07-19 | Smokin on the Summit State championship | Unity Village, MO | 13 | 35 |
| 2019-07-19 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! State championship | Waterloo, IA | 13 | 33 |
| 2019-07-19 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl State championship | Sault Ste Marie, MI | 13 | 28 |
| 2019-07-19 | Downtown BBQ Showdown State championship | Hattiesburg, MS | 13 | 28 |
| 2019-07-19 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 13 | 27 |
| 2019-07-19 | Piggin in the Park State championship | Jasper, GA | 13 | 25 |
| 2019-06-22 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 State championship | Belvidere, IL | -14 | 45 |
| 2019-07-20 | 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | Bad Bellingen, 79415 | 14 | 44 |
| 2019-07-20 | Ribs and Rhythm & Blues State championship | Auburn, NY | 14 | 34 |
| 2019-06-22 | Giant National Capital BBQ Battle State championship | Washington, DC | -14 | 31 |
| 2019-06-22 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Absarokee, MT | -14 | 29 |
| 2019-06-22 | Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship State championship | Oklahoma City, OK | -14 | 27 |
| 2019-07-20 | Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show State championship | Osceola, MO | 14 | 27 |
| 2019-07-20 | Barn Burner BBQ | Chilliwack, BC | 14 | 21 |
| 2019-06-22 | HAVA Nagrilla 2019 (KOSHER SERIES) | Wynnewood, PA | -14 | 20 |
| 2019-06-22 | The War of Barbeque | Jesolo, Venezia, 300257 | -14 | 19 |
| 2019-07-20 | Rescue Smokers Cook School | Warner Robins, GA | 14 | — |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -15 | 183 |
| 2019-06-21 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship State championship | Santa Clara, CA | -15 | 56 |
| 2019-06-21 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 State championship | Belvidere, IL | -15 | 50 |
| 2019-06-21 | Bring'n Home the Bacon State championship | West Salem, WI | -15 | 37 |
| 2019-06-21 | 8th Annual Covington Cork & Pork Festival State championship | Covington, VA | -15 | 32 |
| 2019-06-21 | 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off State championship | Auburn Hills, MI | -15 | 30 |
| 2019-06-21 | Blount County BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | -15 | 27 |
| 2019-06-21 | Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest State championship | Leadville, CO | -15 | 26 |
| 2019-06-21 | Ribs on the River State championship | Louisiana, MO | -15 | 26 |
| 2019-06-21 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Elkmont, AL | -15 | 23 |
| 2019-06-21 | Ayr Charity BBQ | Ayr Ontario, N0B 1E0 | -15 | 23 |
| 2019-06-21 | Viva La BBQ Fest | San Juan, | -15 | 12 |
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.