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 11, 2022 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
12
sanctioned contests
In the window
74
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 14 Apr 30
- 12 May 7
- 19 May 14
- 13 May 21
- 8 May 28
- 15 Jun 4
- 12 Jun 11
- 18 Jun 18
- 17 Jun 25
- 11 Jul 2
- 6 Jul 9
- 12 Jul 16
- 13 Jul 23
The weekend of Jul 9 is the quietest in range: 6 contests. The biggest thing on it is South Carolina Festival of Discovery.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-11 Your weekend | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | 0 | 37 |
| 2022-06-10 Your weekend | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -1 | 39 |
| 2022-06-10 Your weekend | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -1 | 36 |
| 2022-06-10 Your weekend | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | -1 | 33 |
| 2022-06-10 Your weekend | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | -1 | 29 |
| 2022-06-10 Your weekend | Montana BBQ Cook-off State championship | Absarokee, MT | -1 | 27 |
| 2022-06-10 Your weekend | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -1 | 26 |
| 2022-06-10 Your weekend | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | -1 | 23 |
| 2022-06-10 Your weekend | Bourbon Capital BBQ Challenge & Distillers' Row Invitational State championship | New Haven, KY | -1 | 17 |
| 2022-06-10 Your weekend | WV Coalfields Cookoff State championship | Welch, WV | -1 | 15 |
| 2022-06-10 Your weekend | Cushing Chamber Annual BBQ and Blues Festival (INVITE ONLY) | Cushing, OK | -1 | 6 |
| 2022-06-10 Your weekend | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -1 | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Pineridge Campground - BBQ Competition #2 Cancelled State championship | Roebuck, SC | -1 | — |
| 2022-06-16 | Frisco BBQ Challenge State championship | Frisco, CO | 5 | 37 |
| 2022-06-17 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 State championship | Franklin, IN | 6 | 42 |
| 2022-06-17 | York County BBQ Festival State championship | Delta, PA | 6 | 34 |
| 2022-06-17 | Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest State championship | State Center, IA | 6 | 32 |
| 2022-06-17 | Central Plains Ribfest (Steak) | Holdrege, NE | 6 | 30 |
| 2022-06-17 | Central Plains Ribfest State championship | Holdrege, NE | 6 | 29 |
| 2022-06-17 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" State championship | Kansas City, KS | 6 | 29 |
| 2022-06-17 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) | Franklin, IN | 6 | 25 |
| 2022-06-17 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) | Morris, IL | 6 | 23 |
| 2022-06-17 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Roanoke, WV | 6 | 20 |
| 2022-06-17 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Logansport, IN | 6 | 14 |
| 2022-06-17 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard) | Sioux City, IA | 6 | 13 |
| 2022-06-17 | Clay County Juneteenth BBQ Contest (One Meat Ribs) | Liberty, MO | 6 | 13 |
| 2022-06-17 | Certified BBQ Judging - ITALY | Isola della Scala, 37063 | 6 | — |
| 2022-06-04 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Merrimack, NH | -7 | 37 |
| 2022-06-04 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) State championship | Greeley, CO | -7 | 34 |
| 2022-06-18 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 State championship | Franklin, IN | 7 | 27 |
| 2022-06-18 | BBQ Battle Finland (POSTPONED) | Tampere, 33840 | 7 | 23 |
| 2022-06-18 | The War of Barbeque | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 7 | 15 |
| 2022-06-18 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 7 | 10 |
| 2022-06-03 | Original SD BBQ Championship State championship | Huron, SD | -8 | 46 |
| 2022-06-03 | Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition State championship | Kansas City, MO | -8 | 41 |
| 2022-06-03 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition | Hoofddorp, 2134CG | -8 | 38 |
| 2022-06-03 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival State championship | Norco, CA | -8 | 37 |
| 2022-06-03 | Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) State championship | Owatonna, MN | -8 | 33 |
| 2022-06-03 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) State championship | Greeley, CO | -8 | 33 |
| 2022-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta | Bassano, AB | -8 | 31 |
| 2022-06-03 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | -8 | 30 |
| 2022-06-03 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival State championship | Covington, TN | -8 | 28 |
| 2022-06-03 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | -8 | 25 |
| 2022-06-03 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | -8 | 25 |
| 2022-06-03 | Country Invasion (POSTPONED) State championship | Wilmington, OH | -8 | — |
| 2022-06-03 | 3rd Annual Ironstone Throwdown in the Vineyards Cancelled State championship | Murphys, CA | -8 | — |
| 2022-06-02 | Original SD BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) | Huron, SD | -9 | 29 |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | 13 | 164 |
| 2022-06-24 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) State championship | Belvidere, IL | 13 | 36 |
| 2022-06-24 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | 13 | 29 |
| 2022-06-24 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff State championship | Miles City, MT | 13 | 26 |
| 2022-06-24 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - One Meat ribs | Belvidere, IL | 13 | 24 |
| 2022-06-24 | Lake Murvaul BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Carthage, TX | 13 | 16 |
| 2022-06-24 | Columbia Valley Smokeshow | Invermere, V0A1K0 | 13 | 11 |
| 2022-06-24 | Smokin Deltana BBQ Challenge (POSTPONED) | Delta Junction, AK | 13 | 6 |
| 2022-06-24 | Smokin Railroad Street BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (POSTPONED) | Elkmont, AL | 13 | — |
| 2022-06-24 | The Cache Smokeout at the American West Heritage Center (POSTPONED UNTIL 2023) State championship | Logan, UT | 13 | — |
| 2022-05-28 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | SHERWOOD PARK, AB | -14 | 39 |
| 2022-06-25 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) State championship | Belvidere, IL | 14 | 32 |
| 2022-06-25 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 14 | 32 |
| 2022-05-28 | Westmont Red White & BBQ Backyard BBQ Cook-Off 2022 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Westmont, IL | -14 | 28 |
| 2022-05-28 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | -14 | 27 |
| 2022-05-28 | Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (Day 2) State championship | Big Bear Lake, CA | -14 | 25 |
| 2022-06-25 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff State championship | Skowhegan, ME | 14 | 25 |
| 2022-06-25 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | 6669 MH Dodewaard, | 14 | 22 |
| 2022-05-28 | S.T.A.R Brews & Q Cancelled State championship | Lake City, CO | -14 | 19 |
| 2022-06-25 | Central Maine BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Skowhegan, ME | 14 | 15 |
| 2022-06-25 | Backyard Grill Master Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 14 | — |
| 2022-05-27 | Bombers & BBQ State championship | Hot Springs, AR | -15 | 28 |
| 2022-05-27 | Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | -15 | 26 |
| 2022-05-27 | Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (Day 1) State championship | Big Bear Lake, CA | -15 | 25 |
| 2022-05-27 | Country Roads BBQ Clash Cancelled State championship | Morgantown, WV | -15 | — |
| 2022-05-27 | Giant BBQ Battle Virtual Junior Chef Competition - Entries Accepted Starting May 27, 2022 - June 17, 2022 | Bowie, MD | -15 | — |
| 2022-06-26 | Green Mountain Grills Pellet Pit Master Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 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.