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 3, 2023 · 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.
- 11 Apr 22
- 17 Apr 29
- 14 May 6
- 10 May 13
- 14 May 20
- 8 May 27
- 12 Jun 3
- 22 Jun 10
- 10 Jun 17
- 9 Jun 24
- 10 Jul 1
- 8 Jul 8
- 13 Jul 15
The weekend of May 27 is the quietest in range: 8 contests. The biggest thing on it is Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-03 Your weekend | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Merrimack, NH | 0 | 39 |
| 2023-06-03 Your weekend | Small Town Smoke Down | Bassano, AB | 0 | 23 |
| 2023-06-03 Your weekend | Chingawassa Days BBQ Competition State championship | Marion, KS | 0 | 5 |
| 2023-06-02 Your weekend | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival State championship | Norco, CA | -1 | 43 |
| 2023-06-02 Your weekend | Original SD BBQ Championships State championship | Huron, SD | -1 | 39 |
| 2023-06-02 Your weekend | McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | -1 | 36 |
| 2023-06-02 Your weekend | Smokin in Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | -1 | 29 |
| 2023-06-02 Your weekend | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | -1 | 28 |
| 2023-06-02 Your weekend | Covington Cork & Pork Festival State championship | Covington, VA | -1 | 27 |
| 2023-06-02 Your weekend | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | -1 | 27 |
| 2023-06-02 Your weekend | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival State championship | Covington, TN | -1 | 25 |
| 2023-06-01 Your weekend | Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) | Huron, SD | -2 | 24 |
| 2023-06-08 | Pipeline Appreciation BBQ N Blues Contest (INVITE ONLY) (ONE MEAT BRISKET) | Cushing, OK | 5 | 3 |
| 2023-06-09 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 6 | 44 |
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | 6 | 43 |
| 2023-06-09 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 State championship | Franklin, IN | 6 | 38 |
| 2023-06-09 | Montana BBQ Cookoff State championship | Absarokee, MT | 6 | 36 |
| 2023-06-09 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | 6 | 32 |
| 2023-06-09 | Ozarks BBQ Fest State championship | Springfield, MO | 6 | 30 |
| 2023-06-09 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 6 | 30 |
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) | West Salem, WI | 6 | 29 |
| 2023-06-09 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 6 | 26 |
| 2023-06-09 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | 6 | 26 |
| 2023-06-09 | WV Coalfields Cookoff State championship | Welch, WV | 6 | 16 |
| 2023-06-09 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | 6 | 16 |
| 2023-06-09 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Franklin, IN | 6 | 15 |
| 2023-06-09 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 6 | — |
| 2023-06-09 | copy of Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 6 | — |
| 2023-06-09 | copy of Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 6 | — |
| 2023-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | 7 | 40 |
| 2023-05-27 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest State championship | Castle Rock, CO | -7 | 37 |
| 2023-05-27 | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Westmont, IL | -7 | 34 |
| 2023-06-10 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #2 State championship | Franklin, IN | 7 | 28 |
| 2023-05-27 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | -7 | 25 |
| 2023-05-27 | Jack 9 Memorial | La Salette, ON | -7 | 19 |
| 2023-06-10 | Full Throttle BBQ and Music Festival | Buttai, | 7 | — |
| 2023-06-10 | WV Coalfields Cookoff - Judging | Welch, WV | 7 | — |
| 2023-06-10 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Nova Scotia, Canada | Upper Onslow, N. | 7 | — |
| 2023-05-26 | Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | -8 | 27 |
| 2023-05-26 | Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championship State championship | Big Bear Lake, CA | -8 | 19 |
| 2023-05-26 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Felton, CA | -8 | 19 |
| 2023-05-26 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Ontario, Canada | Delhi, ON | -8 | — |
| 2023-06-16 | Colorado BBQ Challenge State championship | Frisco, CO | 13 | 42 |
| 2023-06-16 | Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" State championship | Kansas City, KS | 13 | 29 |
| 2023-06-16 | York County BBQ Festival State championship | Delta, PA | 13 | 29 |
| 2023-06-16 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Buckhannon, WV | 13 | 28 |
| 2023-06-16 | Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | 13 | 27 |
| 2023-06-16 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff State championship | Miles City, MT | 13 | 22 |
| 2023-06-16 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Logansport, IN | 13 | 21 |
| 2023-06-16 | Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ | Regina, SK | 13 | 16 |
| 2023-06-16 | Santa's Summer Solstice BBQ (KCBS Masters) Cancelled | North Pole, AK | 13 | — |
| 2023-06-17 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Morris, IL | 14 | 33 |
| 2023-05-20 | Somerset Sizzle State championship | Somerset, MA | -14 | 24 |
| 2023-05-20 | Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Memphis, TN | -14 | 15 |
| 2023-06-17 | Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition | Seagrave, ON | 14 | 15 |
| 2023-05-20 | Twin Smoke | Vilnius, LT | -14 | 14 |
| 2023-05-20 | 3rd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Union City, TN | -14 | — |
| 2023-06-17 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Ontario, Canada Cancelled | Seagrave, ON | 14 | — |
| 2023-05-19 | King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | -15 | 45 |
| 2023-05-19 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke State championship | Morgantown, PA | -15 | 37 |
| 2023-05-19 | Rocking BBQ Warsaw State championship | Warsaw, IN | -15 | 35 |
| 2023-05-19 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Winchester, TN | -15 | 34 |
| 2023-05-19 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival State championship | Sevierville, TN | -15 | 32 |
| 2023-05-19 | Rocking BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Warsaw, IN | -15 | 29 |
| 2023-05-19 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival State championship | Ayden, NC | -15 | 25 |
| 2023-05-19 | 3rd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 State championship | Union City, TN | -15 | 18 |
| 2023-05-19 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | San Diego, CA | -15 | 14 |
| 2023-05-19 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -15 | — |
| 2023-05-18 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Rub Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -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.