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 25, 2022 · 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.
- 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
- 14 Jul 30
- 14 Aug 6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-25 Your weekend | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) State championship | Belvidere, IL | 0 | 32 |
| 2022-06-25 Your weekend | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 0 | 32 |
| 2022-06-25 Your weekend | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff State championship | Skowhegan, ME | 0 | 25 |
| 2022-06-25 Your weekend | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | 6669 MH Dodewaard, | 0 | 22 |
| 2022-06-25 Your weekend | Central Maine BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Skowhegan, ME | 0 | 15 |
| 2022-06-25 Your weekend | Backyard Grill Master Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 0 | — |
| 2022-06-24 Your weekend | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -1 | 164 |
| 2022-06-24 Your weekend | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) State championship | Belvidere, IL | -1 | 36 |
| 2022-06-24 Your weekend | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | -1 | 29 |
| 2022-06-24 Your weekend | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff State championship | Miles City, MT | -1 | 26 |
| 2022-06-24 Your weekend | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - One Meat ribs | Belvidere, IL | -1 | 24 |
| 2022-06-24 Your weekend | Lake Murvaul BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Carthage, TX | -1 | 16 |
| 2022-06-24 Your weekend | Columbia Valley Smokeshow | Invermere, V0A1K0 | -1 | 11 |
| 2022-06-24 Your weekend | Smokin Deltana BBQ Challenge (POSTPONED) | Delta Junction, AK | -1 | 6 |
| 2022-06-24 Your weekend | Smokin Railroad Street BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (POSTPONED) | Elkmont, AL | -1 | — |
| 2022-06-24 Your weekend | The Cache Smokeout at the American West Heritage Center (POSTPONED UNTIL 2023) State championship | Logan, UT | -1 | — |
| 2022-06-26 Your weekend | Green Mountain Grills Pellet Pit Master Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | — |
| 2022-06-30 | Certified Barbeque Class - Sweet Home, OR | Sweet Home, OR | 5 | — |
| 2022-07-01 | Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge State championship | Lowell, AR | 6 | 30 |
| 2022-07-01 | The Art of BBQ State championship | Sterling, CO | 6 | 28 |
| 2022-07-01 | Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | 6 | 24 |
| 2022-07-01 | 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS) | Sparks, NV | 6 | 17 |
| 2022-07-01 | Certified BBQ Judging - LITHUANIA | Vilnius, 14200 | 6 | — |
| 2022-07-02 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 State championship | Sweet Home, OR | 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 |
| 2022-07-02 | 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sparks, NV | 7 | 17 |
| 2022-06-18 | The War of Barbeque | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | -7 | 15 |
| 2022-07-02 | Twin Smoke | Vilnius, LT | 7 | 15 |
| 2022-06-18 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | -7 | 10 |
| 2022-07-02 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Chicken) | Carmel , 6076 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022-07-02 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Ribs) | Carmel, 6076 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022-06-17 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 State championship | Franklin, IN | -8 | 42 |
| 2022-06-17 | York County BBQ Festival State championship | Delta, PA | -8 | 34 |
| 2022-06-17 | Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest State championship | State Center, IA | -8 | 32 |
| 2022-06-17 | Central Plains Ribfest (Steak) | Holdrege, NE | -8 | 30 |
| 2022-06-17 | Central Plains Ribfest State championship | Holdrege, NE | -8 | 29 |
| 2022-06-17 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" State championship | Kansas City, KS | -8 | 29 |
| 2022-06-17 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) | Franklin, IN | -8 | 25 |
| 2022-06-17 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) | Morris, IL | -8 | 23 |
| 2022-06-17 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Roanoke, WV | -8 | 20 |
| 2022-06-17 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Logansport, IN | -8 | 14 |
| 2022-06-17 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard) | Sioux City, IA | -8 | 13 |
| 2022-06-17 | Clay County Juneteenth BBQ Contest (One Meat Ribs) | Liberty, MO | -8 | 13 |
| 2022-06-17 | Certified BBQ Judging - ITALY | Isola della Scala, 37063 | -8 | — |
| 2022-06-16 | Frisco BBQ Challenge State championship | Frisco, CO | -9 | 37 |
| 2022-07-07 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 12 | 92 |
| 2022-07-08 | Harvest on Fire at the Winery State championship | Marshall, IL | 13 | 28 |
| 2022-07-08 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off State championship | Clayton, CA | 13 | 27 |
| 2022-07-08 | Sand Creek Summer Daze Saucy & Glazed BBQ Competition State championship | Newton, KS | 13 | 21 |
| 2022-07-08 | Ohio Veterans BBQ Cook-Off Cancelled State championship | Kettering, OH | 13 | — |
| 2022-07-08 | 2022 Black Silos Swine in the Vine BBQ Contest (Day 1) Cancelled State championship | Trenton, MO | 13 | — |
| 2022-07-09 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 14 | 61 |
| 2022-06-11 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -14 | 37 |
| 2022-07-09 | 2022 Black Silos Swine in the Vine BBQ Contest (Day 2) Cancelled State championship | Trenton, MO | 14 | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -15 | 39 |
| 2022-06-10 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -15 | 36 |
| 2022-06-10 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | -15 | 33 |
| 2022-06-10 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | -15 | 29 |
| 2022-06-10 | Montana BBQ Cook-off State championship | Absarokee, MT | -15 | 27 |
| 2022-06-10 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -15 | 26 |
| 2022-06-10 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | -15 | 23 |
| 2022-07-10 | CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD) | Clayton, CA | 15 | 20 |
| 2022-06-10 | Bourbon Capital BBQ Challenge & Distillers' Row Invitational State championship | New Haven, KY | -15 | 17 |
| 2022-06-10 | WV Coalfields Cookoff State championship | Welch, WV | -15 | 15 |
| 2022-06-10 | Cushing Chamber Annual BBQ and Blues Festival (INVITE ONLY) | Cushing, OK | -15 | 6 |
| 2022-06-10 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -15 | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Pineridge Campground - BBQ Competition #2 Cancelled State championship | Roebuck, SC | -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.