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 17, 2023 · 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.
- 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
- 9 Jul 22
- 10 Jul 29
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-17 Your weekend | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Morris, IL | 0 | 33 |
| 2023-06-17 Your weekend | Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition | Seagrave, ON | 0 | 15 |
| 2023-06-17 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Ontario, Canada Cancelled | Seagrave, ON | 0 | — |
| 2023-06-16 Your weekend | Colorado BBQ Challenge State championship | Frisco, CO | -1 | 42 |
| 2023-06-16 Your weekend | Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" State championship | Kansas City, KS | -1 | 29 |
| 2023-06-16 Your weekend | York County BBQ Festival State championship | Delta, PA | -1 | 29 |
| 2023-06-16 Your weekend | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Buckhannon, WV | -1 | 28 |
| 2023-06-16 Your weekend | Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | -1 | 27 |
| 2023-06-16 Your weekend | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff State championship | Miles City, MT | -1 | 22 |
| 2023-06-16 Your weekend | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Logansport, IN | -1 | 21 |
| 2023-06-16 Your weekend | Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ | Regina, SK | -1 | 16 |
| 2023-06-16 | Santa's Summer Solstice BBQ (KCBS Masters) Cancelled | North Pole, AK | -1 | — |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | 6 | 167 |
| 2023-06-23 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | 6 | 36 |
| 2023-06-23 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | 6 | 15 |
| 2023-06-23 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Washington, DC (CLASS FULL) | Washington, DC | 6 | — |
| 2023-06-23 | Nashville Superspeedway BBQ Showdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) Cancelled State championship | Lebanon, TN | 6 | — |
| 2023-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -7 | 40 |
| 2023-06-24 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 7 | 29 |
| 2023-06-10 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #2 State championship | Franklin, IN | -7 | 28 |
| 2023-06-24 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Washington, DC | 7 | 27 |
| 2023-06-24 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | 6669 MH Dodewaard, | 7 | 26 |
| 2023-06-24 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Washington, DC | 7 | 26 |
| 2023-06-24 | Frog Alley BREW-B-QUE Cookoff | Schenectady, NY | 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 | — |
| 2023-06-09 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | -8 | 44 |
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -8 | 43 |
| 2023-06-09 | Hoosier BBQ Classic #1 State championship | Franklin, IN | -8 | 38 |
| 2023-06-09 | Montana BBQ Cookoff State championship | Absarokee, MT | -8 | 36 |
| 2023-06-09 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | -8 | 32 |
| 2023-06-09 | Ozarks BBQ Fest State championship | Springfield, MO | -8 | 30 |
| 2023-06-09 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -8 | 30 |
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) | West Salem, WI | -8 | 29 |
| 2023-06-09 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | -8 | 26 |
| 2023-06-09 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | -8 | 26 |
| 2023-06-09 | WV Coalfields Cookoff State championship | Welch, WV | -8 | 16 |
| 2023-06-09 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | -8 | 16 |
| 2023-06-09 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Franklin, IN | -8 | 15 |
| 2023-06-09 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2023-06-09 | copy of Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -8 | — |
| 2023-06-09 | copy of Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -8 | — |
| 2023-06-08 | Pipeline Appreciation BBQ N Blues Contest (INVITE ONLY) (ONE MEAT BRISKET) | Cushing, OK | -9 | 3 |
| 2023-06-29 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Soldotna, AK | Soldonta, AK | 12 | — |
| 2023-06-30 | Art of Barbeque State championship | Sterling, CO | 13 | 35 |
| 2023-06-30 | Happy Basset 3rd Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | 13 | 33 |
| 2023-06-30 | Ditmars Red White & Blue BBQ State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | 13 | 22 |
| 2023-06-30 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 13 | 12 |
| 2023-06-30 | Kenai River BBQ Competition | Soldotna, AK | 13 | 9 |
| 2023-06-30 | When Pigs Fly, Ford City BBQ Cook Off Cancelled | Ford City, PA | 13 | — |
| 2023-06-03 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Merrimack, NH | -14 | 39 |
| 2023-07-01 | Icebox Cookoff State championship | Sweet Home, OR | 14 | 38 |
| 2023-06-03 | Small Town Smoke Down | Bassano, AB | -14 | 23 |
| 2023-07-01 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 14 | 22 |
| 2023-07-01 | The War of Barbeque | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 14 | 15 |
| 2023-06-03 | Chingawassa Days BBQ Competition State championship | Marion, KS | -14 | 5 |
| 2023-06-02 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival State championship | Norco, CA | -15 | 43 |
| 2023-06-02 | Original SD BBQ Championships State championship | Huron, SD | -15 | 39 |
| 2023-06-02 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | -15 | 36 |
| 2023-06-02 | Smokin in Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | -15 | 29 |
| 2023-06-02 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | -15 | 28 |
| 2023-06-02 | Covington Cork & Pork Festival State championship | Covington, VA | -15 | 27 |
| 2023-06-02 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | -15 | 27 |
| 2023-06-02 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival State championship | Covington, TN | -15 | 25 |
| 2023-07-02 | Magic City Summer Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) (POSTPONED) | Birmingham, AL | 15 | — |
| 2023-06-01 | Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) | Huron, SD | -16 | 24 |
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.