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 27, 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.
- 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
- 20 Oct 8
The weekend of Sep 3 is the quietest in range: 6 contests. The biggest thing on it is Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-27 Your weekend | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue Cook Off (POSTPONED) State championship | Nevada, MO | 0 | 37 |
| 2022-08-27 Your weekend | Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition State championship | Hiram, ME | 0 | 31 |
| 2022-08-27 Your weekend | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Didsbury, AB | 0 | 19 |
| 2022-08-27 Your weekend | Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 0 | 19 |
| 2022-08-27 Your weekend | Holy Smokes (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Walnut Creek, CA | 0 | 15 |
| 2022-08-27 Your weekend | BBQ Boot Camp 101 - Chicken & Ribs - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 0 | — |
| 2022-08-26 Your weekend | New Holland Summer Fest State championship | New Holland, PA | -1 | 49 |
| 2022-08-26 Your weekend | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | -1 | 48 |
| 2022-08-26 | Smoke on the Bricks (Steak) Cancelled | Baldwin City, KS | -1 | 48 |
| 2022-08-26 Your weekend | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival State championship | Paola, KS | -1 | 45 |
| 2022-08-26 Your weekend | Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship | Bozeman, MT | -1 | 37 |
| 2022-08-26 Your weekend | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest State championship | Hill City, SD | -1 | 28 |
| 2022-08-26 Your weekend | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest (Steak) | Hill City, SD | -1 | 27 |
| 2022-08-26 Your weekend | 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque State championship | Washington Island, WI | -1 | 26 |
| 2022-08-26 Your weekend | 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Washington Island, WI | -1 | 23 |
| 2022-08-26 Your weekend | Roast N Boast - Rib Roast (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Columbus, MS | -1 | 20 |
| 2022-08-28 Your weekend | BBQ Boot Camp 102 - Butts & Brisket - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | — |
| 2022-09-02 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Steak) (JUDGING FULL) | Lake Placid, NY | 6 | 28 |
| 2022-09-02 | Smokin' in the Bogs State championship | Warrens, WI | 6 | 23 |
| 2022-09-02 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) | Lake Placid, NY | 6 | 22 |
| 2022-09-02 | Mozingo Lake BBQ Cancelled State championship | Maryville, MO | 6 | — |
| 2022-09-03 | Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge State championship | Omaha, NE | 7 | 45 |
| 2022-08-20 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Park Ridge, IL | -7 | 41 |
| 2022-09-03 | Barbeque on the Bow | Calgary, AB | 7 | 36 |
| 2022-08-20 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff State championship | DuPont, WA | -7 | 29 |
| 2022-08-20 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | -7 | 20 |
| 2022-08-20 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | -7 | 15 |
| 2022-09-03 | Bedford BBQ Contest Cancelled State championship | Bedford, TX | 7 | — |
| 2022-09-03 | Certified Barbeque Class - WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Swan Valley, We 6055 | 7 | — |
| 2022-08-19 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships State championship | Lubbock, TX | -8 | 59 |
| 2022-08-19 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | -8 | 54 |
| 2022-08-19 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival State championship | Madison, IN | -8 | 45 |
| 2022-08-19 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival State championship | Kennesaw, GA | -8 | 30 |
| 2022-08-19 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | -8 | 29 |
| 2022-08-19 | Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Frostburg, MD | -8 | 12 |
| 2022-08-19 | BBQ Festival | Saue Parish, 76505 | -8 | 10 |
| 2022-08-18 | Certified Barbeque Class & Table Captain Class - Worland, WY | Worland, WY | -9 | — |
| 2022-09-08 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ State championship | Huntsville, AL | 12 | 35 |
| 2022-09-09 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest State championship | Millington, TN | 13 | 38 |
| 2022-09-09 | Puckaway Pigfest State championship | Montello, WI | 13 | 38 |
| 2022-09-09 | 6th Annual Smoke on the Trails State championship | Gardner, KS | 13 | 37 |
| 2022-09-09 | Bands & BBQ at the Point State championship | Carrollton, KY | 13 | 32 |
| 2022-09-09 | Western Legends BBQ Contest State championship | Kanab, UT | 13 | 31 |
| 2022-09-09 | Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll State championship | Vermillion, SD | 13 | 28 |
| 2022-09-09 | 18th Annual Recovery Fest and 12th Annual KCBS BBQ Cookoff State championship | Hanover, VA | 13 | 17 |
| 2022-09-09 | Smokin on the White (POSTPONED) State championship | Batesville, AR | 13 | 17 |
| 2022-09-09 | Chidlow BBQ Festival | Chidlow, Western, 6556 | 13 | 17 |
| 2022-09-09 | Bar-B-QC (Backyard) | Davenport, IA | 13 | 13 |
| 2022-09-09 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Belton, MO | 13 | 13 |
| 2022-09-09 | Smoke on the Ohio State championship | Mt. Vernon, IN | 13 | 12 |
| 2022-09-09 | Annual Crawford County Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT PORK) | Mulberry, AR | 13 | 5 |
| 2022-09-09 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Undilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2022-09-10 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Roseville, MN | 14 | 30 |
| 2022-09-10 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest | Dongen, 5106NC | 14 | 28 |
| 2022-09-10 | Smoke 'N the Valley | Moose Jaw, SK | 14 | 18 |
| 2022-08-13 | Atlantic Canada Championship BBQ Festival | Nova Scotia, B0W 1M0 | -14 | 11 |
| 2022-08-13 | BIGFEAST CHALLENGE | UUSIKAUPUNKI, 23450 | -14 | 9 |
| 2022-09-10 | So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) | Ashland, MO | 14 | 8 |
| 2022-08-13 | Certified BBQ Judging Class & Table Captain - Finland | Uusikaupunksi, 00124 | -14 | — |
| 2022-08-13 | Certified Barbeque Class - Nova Scotia, CANADA | Meteghan River, No B0W 2L0 | -14 | — |
| 2022-09-10 | Bands, Brews and BBQ Cancelled State championship | Manassas, VA | 14 | — |
| 2022-08-12 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Glencoe, AL | -15 | 35 |
| 2022-08-12 | Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash State championship | Winston, MO | -15 | 25 |
| 2022-08-12 | Reata Round Up BBQ Contest State championship | San Juan Capistrano, CA | -15 | 25 |
| 2022-08-12 | Black Mountain BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship | Black Mountain, NC | -15 | — |
| 2022-08-11 | Certified Barbeque Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | -16 | — |
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.