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, August 20, 2022 · everywhere, because no place is set
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.
- 6 Jul 9
- 12 Jul 16
- 13 Jul 23
- 14 Jul 30
- 14 Aug 6
- 8 Aug 13
- 12 Aug 20
- 16 Aug 27
- 6 Sep 3
- 19 Sep 10
- 21 Sep 17
- 12 Sep 24
- 14 Oct 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-20 Your weekend | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Park Ridge, IL | 0 | 41 |
| 2022-08-20 Your weekend | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff State championship | DuPont, WA | 0 | 29 |
| 2022-08-20 Your weekend | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | 0 | 20 |
| 2022-08-20 Your weekend | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 0 | 15 |
| 2022-08-19 Your weekend | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships State championship | Lubbock, TX | -1 | 59 |
| 2022-08-19 Your weekend | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | -1 | 54 |
| 2022-08-19 Your weekend | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival State championship | Madison, IN | -1 | 45 |
| 2022-08-19 Your weekend | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival State championship | Kennesaw, GA | -1 | 30 |
| 2022-08-19 Your weekend | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | -1 | 29 |
| 2022-08-19 Your weekend | Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Frostburg, MD | -1 | 12 |
| 2022-08-19 Your weekend | BBQ Festival | Saue Parish, 76505 | -1 | 10 |
| 2022-08-18 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Worland, WY | Worland, WY | -2 | — |
| 2022-08-26 | New Holland Summer Fest State championship | New Holland, PA | 6 | 49 |
| 2022-08-26 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 6 | 48 |
| 2022-08-26 | Smoke on the Bricks (Steak) Cancelled | Baldwin City, KS | 6 | 48 |
| 2022-08-26 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival State championship | Paola, KS | 6 | 45 |
| 2022-08-26 | Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship | Bozeman, MT | 6 | 37 |
| 2022-08-26 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest State championship | Hill City, SD | 6 | 28 |
| 2022-08-26 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest (Steak) | Hill City, SD | 6 | 27 |
| 2022-08-26 | 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque State championship | Washington Island, WI | 6 | 26 |
| 2022-08-26 | 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Washington Island, WI | 6 | 23 |
| 2022-08-26 | Roast N Boast - Rib Roast (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Columbus, MS | 6 | 20 |
| 2022-08-27 | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue Cook Off (POSTPONED) State championship | Nevada, MO | 7 | 37 |
| 2022-08-27 | Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition State championship | Hiram, ME | 7 | 31 |
| 2022-08-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Didsbury, AB | 7 | 19 |
| 2022-08-27 | Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 7 | 19 |
| 2022-08-27 | Holy Smokes (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Walnut Creek, CA | 7 | 15 |
| 2022-08-13 | Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival | Nova Scotia, B0W 1M0 | -7 | 11 |
| 2022-08-13 | BIGFEAST CHALLENGE | UUSIKAUPUNKI, 23450 | -7 | 9 |
| 2022-08-13 | Certified BBQ Judging Class & Table Captain - Finland | Uusikaupunksi, 00124 | -7 | — |
| 2022-08-13 | Certified Barbeque Class - Nova Scotia, CANADA | Meteghan River, No B0W 2L0 | -7 | — |
| 2022-08-27 | BBQ Boot Camp 101 - Chicken & Ribs - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 7 | — |
| 2022-08-12 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Glencoe, AL | -8 | 35 |
| 2022-08-12 | Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash State championship | Winston, MO | -8 | 25 |
| 2022-08-12 | Reata Round Up BBQ Contest State championship | San Juan Capistrano, CA | -8 | 25 |
| 2022-08-12 | Black Mountain BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship | Black Mountain, NC | -8 | — |
| 2022-08-28 | BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts & Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 8 | — |
| 2022-08-11 | Certified Barbeque Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | -9 | — |
| 2022-09-02 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Steak) (JUDGING FULL) | Lake Placid, NY | 13 | 28 |
| 2022-09-02 | Smokin' in the Bogs State championship | Warrens, WI | 13 | 23 |
| 2022-09-02 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) | Lake Placid, NY | 13 | 22 |
| 2022-09-02 | Mozingo Lake BBQ Cancelled State championship | Maryville, MO | 13 | — |
| 2022-09-03 | Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge State championship | Omaha, NE | 14 | 45 |
| 2022-09-03 | Barbeque on the Bow | Calgary, AB | 14 | 36 |
| 2022-08-06 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley | Perth, Western Australia, | -14 | 12 |
| 2022-08-06 | Wild West Fest on Fire | Medvode, 1215 | -14 | 11 |
| 2022-08-06 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Shawnee, KS | Shawnee, KS | -14 | — |
| 2022-08-06 | Smokin on The Harbor - Judging | Warsaw, MO | -14 | — |
| 2022-08-06 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD) - Judging | Warsaw, MO | -14 | — |
| 2022-09-03 | Bedford BBQ Contest Cancelled State championship | Bedford, TX | 14 | — |
| 2022-09-03 | Certified Barbeque Class - WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Swan Valley, We 6055 | 14 | — |
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | -15 | 50 |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine State championship | Savannah, GA | -15 | 49 |
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs | Westland, MI | -15 | 42 |
| 2022-08-05 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews State championship | Alamosa, CO | -15 | 35 |
| 2022-08-05 | Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL) State championship | Warsaw, MO | -15 | 25 |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine (One Meat Ribs) | Savannah, GA | -15 | 24 |
| 2022-08-05 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Roseville, MN | -15 | 21 |
| 2022-08-05 | Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Madison, AL | -15 | 21 |
| 2022-08-05 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD) (JUDGING FULL) | Warsaw, MO | -15 | 5 |
| 2022-08-05 | 17th Annual Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Cancelled State championship | Mason City, IA | -15 | — |
| 2022-08-05 | Oinktoberfest BBQ Cookoff Cancelled State championship | Clarence, NY | -15 | — |
| 2022-08-05 | Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Cancelled State championship | Cincinnati, OH | -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.