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, July 20, 2019 · 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.
- 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
- 19 Aug 24
- 11 Aug 31
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 | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2019 Your weekend |
4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | Bad Bellingen, Germany | Same day | 44 |
| Jul 20, 2019 Your weekend |
Ribs and Rhythm & Blues State championship | Auburn, NY | Same day | 34 |
| Jul 20, 2019 Your weekend |
Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show State championship | Osceola, MO | Same day | 27 |
| Jul 20, 2019 Your weekend |
Barn Burner BBQ | Chilliwack, BC | Same day | 21 |
| Jul 20, 2019 Your weekend |
Rescue Smokers Cook School | Warner Robins, GA | Same day | — |
| Jul 19, 2019 Your weekend |
Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Peoria, IL | 1 day before | 40 |
| Jul 19, 2019 Your weekend |
Cookin On Kampeska State championship | Watertown, SD | 1 day before | 40 |
| Jul 19, 2019 Your weekend |
Smokin on the Summit State championship | Unity Village, MO | 1 day before | 35 |
| Jul 19, 2019 Your weekend |
BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! State championship | Waterloo, IA | 1 day before | 33 |
| Jul 19, 2019 Your weekend |
Bordertown BBQ Brawl State championship | Sault Ste Marie, MI | 1 day before | 28 |
| Jul 19, 2019 Your weekend |
Downtown BBQ Showdown State championship | Hattiesburg, MS | 1 day before | 28 |
| Jul 19, 2019 Your weekend |
Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 1 day before | 27 |
| Jul 19, 2019 Your weekend |
Piggin in the Park State championship | Jasper, GA | 1 day before | 25 |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Smoke in the Grove State championship | Spring Grove, PA | 6 days after | 53 |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ State championship | Iola, KS | 6 days after | 41 |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition State championship | Dodge City, KS | 6 days after | 39 |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge State championship | Gilroy, CA | 6 days after | 36 |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Hartselle, AL | 6 days after | 27 |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Effingham -Jam State championship | Effingham, IL | 6 days after | 26 |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Fire on the Mountain State championship | Leburn, KY | 6 days after | 25 |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Rumble on the River | Morris MB, Canada | 6 days after | 15 |
| Jul 13, 2019 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 State championship | Green Bay, WI | 7 days before | 36 |
| Jul 27, 2019 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival State championship | Windsor, VT | 7 days after | 33 |
| Jul 27, 2019 | Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival State championship | Hannibal, MO | 7 days after | 18 |
| Jul 13, 2019 | Celtic Smoke at Dalriana Festival Of Music & Food | Glenarm, Billobo, Ireland | 7 days before | 10 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | SC Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 8 days before | 83 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 8 days before | 64 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest State championship | Mayetta, KS | 8 days before | 59 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 1 State championship | Green Bay, WI | 8 days before | 37 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) State championship | Cameron, MO | 8 days before | 35 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off State championship | Kettering, OH | 8 days before | 33 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off State championship | Clayton, CA | 8 days before | 31 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Harvest On Fire at The Winery State championship | Marshall, IL | 8 days before | 31 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In State championship | Jamestown, TN | 8 days before | 29 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Adath Israel Kosher BBQ Cook-off (KOSHER SERIES) | Cincinnati, OH | 8 days before | 14 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Northwoods Triple Crown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Antigo, WI | 8 days before | 10 |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Glenarm Estate, Glenarm, Ireland | 8 days before | — |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Table Captain Class | Glenarm Estate, Glenarm, Ireland | 8 days before | — |
| Aug 2, 2019 | San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ State championship | Alamosa, CO | 13 days after | 54 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Hawgin On Lanier State championship | Gainesville, GA | 13 days after | 45 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Pigs & Pedals State championship | Asheboro, NC | 13 days after | 40 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | 13 days after | 40 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | 10th Annual Vista BBQ Classic State championship | Vista, CA | 13 days after | 34 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition State championship | Cincinnati, OH | 13 days after | 31 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ State championship | Laurie, MO | 13 days after | 30 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY) | Warsaw, MO | 13 days after | 15 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Hometown BBQ Bash State championship | Hoover, AL | 13 days after | 15 |
| Jul 6, 2019 | BBQ an der Burg 2019 | Geestland, Germany | 14 days before | 36 |
| Aug 3, 2019 | Burleigh BBQ Championships | Queensland, Australia | 14 days after | 32 |
| Jul 5, 2019 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge State championship | Warrensburg, MO | 15 days before | 37 |
| Jul 5, 2019 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival State championship | Lake Placid, NY | 15 days before | 32 |
| Jul 5, 2019 | Smoke & Hops State championship | Harmony, CA | 15 days before | 26 |
| Jul 5, 2019 | Smoke on the Dragon BBQ-N-Brew State championship | Dallas, OR | 15 days before | 16 |
| Jul 5, 2019 | Ceramic City Jazz, Blues & BBQ Festival State championship | East Liverpool, OH | 15 days before | 11 |
| Jul 5, 2019 | Cameron Cruise N Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Cameron, MO | 15 days before | 8 |
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.