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 27, 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.
- 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
- 12 Sep 7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-27 Your weekend | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival State championship | Windsor, VT | 0 | 33 |
| 2019-07-27 Your weekend | Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival State championship | Hannibal, MO | 0 | 18 |
| 2019-07-26 Your weekend | Smoke in the Grove State championship | Spring Grove, PA | -1 | 53 |
| 2019-07-26 Your weekend | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ State championship | Iola, KS | -1 | 41 |
| 2019-07-26 Your weekend | Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition State championship | Dodge City, KS | -1 | 39 |
| 2019-07-26 Your weekend | Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge State championship | Gilroy, CA | -1 | 36 |
| 2019-07-26 Your weekend | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Hartselle, AL | -1 | 27 |
| 2019-07-26 Your weekend | Effingham -Jam State championship | Effingham, IL | -1 | 26 |
| 2019-07-26 Your weekend | Fire on the Mountain State championship | Leburn, KY | -1 | 25 |
| 2019-07-26 Your weekend | Rumble on the River | Morris MB, R0G 1K0 | -1 | 15 |
| 2019-08-02 | San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ State championship | Alamosa, CO | 6 | 54 |
| 2019-08-02 | Hawgin On Lanier State championship | Gainesville, GA | 6 | 45 |
| 2019-08-02 | Pigs & Pedals State championship | Asheboro, NC | 6 | 40 |
| 2019-08-02 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | 6 | 40 |
| 2019-08-02 | 10th Annual Vista BBQ Classic State championship | Vista, CA | 6 | 34 |
| 2019-08-02 | Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition State championship | CINCINNATI, OH | 6 | 31 |
| 2019-08-02 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ State championship | Laurie, MO | 6 | 30 |
| 2019-08-02 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY) | Warsaw, MO | 6 | 15 |
| 2019-08-02 | Hometown BBQ Bash State championship | Hoover, AL | 6 | 15 |
| 2019-07-20 | 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | Bad Bellingen, 79415 | -7 | 44 |
| 2019-07-20 | Ribs and Rhythm & Blues State championship | Auburn, NY | -7 | 34 |
| 2019-08-03 | Burleigh BBQ Championships | Queensland, 4220 | 7 | 32 |
| 2019-07-20 | Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show State championship | Osceola, MO | -7 | 27 |
| 2019-07-20 | Barn Burner BBQ | Chilliwack, BC | -7 | 21 |
| 2019-07-20 | Rescue Smokers Cook School | Warner Robins, GA | -7 | — |
| 2019-07-19 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Peoria, IL | -8 | 40 |
| 2019-07-19 | Cookin On Kampeska State championship | Watertown, SD | -8 | 40 |
| 2019-07-19 | Smokin on the Summit State championship | Unity Village, MO | -8 | 35 |
| 2019-07-19 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! State championship | Waterloo, IA | -8 | 33 |
| 2019-07-19 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl State championship | Sault Ste Marie, MI | -8 | 28 |
| 2019-07-19 | Downtown BBQ Showdown State championship | Hattiesburg, MS | -8 | 28 |
| 2019-07-19 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | -8 | 27 |
| 2019-07-19 | Piggin in the Park State championship | Jasper, GA | -8 | 25 |
| 2019-08-09 | 16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash State championship | Mason City, IA | 13 | 38 |
| 2019-08-09 | Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash State championship | Winston, MO | 13 | 30 |
| 2019-08-09 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day State championship | Milliken, CO | 13 | 30 |
| 2019-08-09 | Maryland State BBQ Bash State championship | Belair, MD | 13 | 30 |
| 2019-08-09 | GOBS Que State championship | Arlington, NE | 13 | 29 |
| 2019-08-09 | Big Blue Barbecue State championship | Shelbyville, IN | 13 | 29 |
| 2019-08-09 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show State championship | Franklin, NC | 13 | 29 |
| 2019-08-09 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Glencoe, AL | 13 | 26 |
| 2019-08-09 | Route 66 BBQ & Steak Showdown State championship | Springfiled, MO | 13 | 25 |
| 2019-07-13 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 State championship | Green Bay, WI | -14 | 36 |
| 2019-08-10 | Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark State championship | Saco, ME | 14 | 28 |
| 2019-08-10 | Wild West Fest On Fire | Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 14 | 27 |
| 2019-08-10 | Battle River BBQ Showdown | Camrose, AB | 14 | 20 |
| 2019-07-13 | Celtic Smoke at Dalriana Festival Of Music & Food | Glenarm, Billobo, | -14 | 10 |
| 2019-07-12 | SC Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | -15 | 83 |
| 2019-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | -15 | 64 |
| 2019-07-12 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest State championship | Mayetta, KS | -15 | 59 |
| 2019-07-12 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 1 State championship | Green Bay, WI | -15 | 37 |
| 2019-07-12 | 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) State championship | Cameron, MO | -15 | 35 |
| 2019-07-12 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off State championship | Kettering, OH | -15 | 33 |
| 2019-07-12 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off State championship | Clayton, CA | -15 | 31 |
| 2019-07-12 | Harvest On Fire at The Winery State championship | Marshall, IL | -15 | 31 |
| 2019-07-12 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In State championship | Jamestown, TN | -15 | 29 |
| 2019-07-12 | Adath Israel Kosher BBQ Cook-off (KOSHER SERIES) | Cincinnati, OH | -15 | 14 |
| 2019-07-12 | Northwoods Triple Crown(BACKYARD ONLY) | Antigo, WI | -15 | 10 |
| 2019-07-12 | Certified BBQ Judging Class | Glenarm Estate, Glenarm, | -15 | — |
| 2019-07-12 | Table Captain Class | Glenarm Estate, Glenarm, | -15 | — |
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.