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 9, 2022 · 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.
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- 14 Jul 30
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- 12 Aug 20
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-09 Your weekend | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 0 | 61 |
| 2022-07-09 | 2022 Black Silos Swine in the Vine BBQ Contest (Day 2) Cancelled State championship | Trenton, MO | 0 | — |
| 2022-07-08 Your weekend | Harvest on Fire at the Winery State championship | Marshall, IL | -1 | 28 |
| 2022-07-08 Your weekend | Clayton BBQ Cook-off State championship | Clayton, CA | -1 | 27 |
| 2022-07-08 Your weekend | Sand Creek Summer Daze Saucy & Glazed BBQ Competition State championship | Newton, KS | -1 | 21 |
| 2022-07-10 Your weekend | CBCA Clayton BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD) | Clayton, CA | 1 | 20 |
| 2022-07-08 | Ohio Veterans BBQ Cook-Off Cancelled State championship | Kettering, OH | -1 | — |
| 2022-07-08 | 2022 Black Silos Swine in the Vine BBQ Contest (Day 1) Cancelled State championship | Trenton, MO | -1 | — |
| 2022-07-07 Your weekend | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | -2 | 92 |
| 2022-07-15 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | 6 | 40 |
| 2022-07-15 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 6 | 31 |
| 2022-07-15 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl State championship | Sault Ste Marie, MI | 6 | 30 |
| 2022-07-15 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl (One Meat Ribs) | Sault Ste Marie, MI | 6 | 28 |
| 2022-07-15 | 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) State championship | Cameron, MO | 6 | 27 |
| 2022-07-15 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eureka, IL | 6 | 25 |
| 2022-07-15 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) | Eureka, IL | 6 | 19 |
| 2022-07-15 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (One Meat Ribs) | Worthington, MN | 6 | 17 |
| 2022-07-15 | Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD) | Bancroft, IA | 6 | 14 |
| 2022-07-02 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 State championship | Sweet Home, OR | -7 | 34 |
| 2022-07-16 | 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) State championship | Cameron, MO | 7 | 25 |
| 2022-07-16 | 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Ribs | Cameron, MO | 7 | 23 |
| 2022-07-16 | Barn Burner BBQ (POSTPONED) | Chilliwack, BC | 7 | 20 |
| 2022-07-02 | 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sparks, NV | -7 | 17 |
| 2022-07-02 | Twin Smoke | Vilnius, LT | -7 | 15 |
| 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 |
| 2022-07-01 | Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge State championship | Lowell, AR | -8 | 30 |
| 2022-07-01 | The Art of BBQ State championship | Sterling, CO | -8 | 28 |
| 2022-07-01 | Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | -8 | 24 |
| 2022-07-01 | 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS) | Sparks, NV | -8 | 17 |
| 2022-07-01 | Certified BBQ Judging - LITHUANIA | Vilnius, 14200 | -8 | — |
| 2022-06-30 | Certified Barbeque Class - Sweet Home, OR | Sweet Home, OR | -9 | — |
| 2022-07-20 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Eagle River, AK | Eagle River, AK | 11 | — |
| 2022-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship 2022 State championship | Galax, VA | 12 | 25 |
| 2022-07-22 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest State championship | Apex, NC | 13 | 35 |
| 2022-07-22 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 13 | 28 |
| 2022-07-22 | EffingHAM-JAM State championship | Effingham, IL | 13 | 25 |
| 2022-07-22 | Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Preston, MN | 13 | 13 |
| 2022-07-22 | Ceramic City Jazz, Blues & BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship | East Liverpool, OH | 13 | 11 |
| 2022-07-22 | 1st Annual Deltana Fair BBQ Competition | Delta Junction, AK | 13 | 6 |
| 2022-06-26 | Green Mountain Grills Pellet Pit Master Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -13 | — |
| 2022-07-22 | Michigan's Big BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship | Wyoming, MI | 13 | — |
| 2022-07-22 | Marion County Fair-(BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Hillsboro, KS | 13 | — |
| 2022-07-22 | Certified Barbeque Class - Manitoba, CANADA | Niverville, Ma | 13 | — |
| 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 |
| 2022-07-23 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 14 | 26 |
| 2022-06-25 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff State championship | Skowhegan, ME | -14 | 25 |
| 2022-07-23 | The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival State championship | Windsor, VT | 14 | 25 |
| 2022-06-25 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | 6669 MH Dodewaard, | -14 | 22 |
| 2022-07-23 | 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | , | 14 | 20 |
| 2022-07-23 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 14 | 20 |
| 2022-07-23 | Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard) | Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 14 | 18 |
| 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 | — |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -15 | 164 |
| 2022-06-24 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) State championship | Belvidere, IL | -15 | 36 |
| 2022-06-24 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | -15 | 29 |
| 2022-06-24 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff State championship | Miles City, MT | -15 | 26 |
| 2022-06-24 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - One Meat ribs | Belvidere, IL | -15 | 24 |
| 2022-06-24 | Lake Murvaul BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Carthage, TX | -15 | 16 |
| 2022-06-24 | Columbia Valley Smokeshow | Invermere, V0A1K0 | -15 | 11 |
| 2022-06-24 | Smokin Deltana BBQ Challenge (POSTPONED) | Delta Junction, AK | -15 | 6 |
| 2022-06-24 | Smokin Railroad Street BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (POSTPONED) | Elkmont, AL | -15 | — |
| 2022-06-24 | The Cache Smokeout at the American West Heritage Center (POSTPONED UNTIL 2023) State championship | Logan, UT | -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.