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, July 1, 2023 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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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 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
- 11 Aug 5
- 15 Aug 12
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2023 Your weekend |
Icebox Cookoff State championship | Sweet Home, OR | Same day | 38 |
| Jul 1, 2023 Your weekend |
The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Isola della Scala (VR), Italy | Same day | 22 |
| Jul 1, 2023 Your weekend |
The War of Barbeque | Isola della Scala (VR), Italy | Same day | 15 |
| Jun 30, 2023 Your weekend |
Art of Barbeque State championship | Sterling, CO | 1 day before | 35 |
| Jun 30, 2023 Your weekend |
Happy Basset 3rd Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | 1 day before | 33 |
| Jun 30, 2023 Your weekend |
Ditmars Red White & Blue BBQ State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | 1 day before | 22 |
| Jun 30, 2023 Your weekend |
K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 1 day before | 12 |
| Jun 30, 2023 Your weekend |
Kenai River BBQ Competition | Soldotna, AK | 1 day before | 9 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | When Pigs Fly, Ford City BBQ Cook Off Cancelled | Ford City, PA | 1 day before | — |
| Jul 2, 2023 Your weekend |
Magic City Summer Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) (POSTPONED) | Birmingham, AL | 1 day after | — |
| Jun 29, 2023 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Soldotna, AK | Soldonta, AK | 2 days before | — |
| Jul 6, 2023 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 5 days after | 76 |
| Jul 6, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Delta Junction, AK Cancelled | Delta Junction, AK | 5 days after | — |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off State championship | Cameron, MO | 6 days after | 30 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | 6 days after | 30 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Art of the Que State championship | Spencer, IA | 6 days after | 28 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (BACKYARD 2) | Cameron, MO | 6 days after | 12 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Smoky Hayes BBQ Competition & Cook-Off | Delta Junction, AK | 6 days after | 6 |
| Jun 24, 2023 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 7 days before | 29 |
| Jun 24, 2023 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Washington, DC | 7 days before | 27 |
| Jun 24, 2023 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | Dodewaard, Netherlands | 7 days before | 26 |
| Jun 24, 2023 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Washington, DC | 7 days before | 26 |
| Jun 24, 2023 | Frog Alley BREW-B-QUE Cookoff | Schenectady, NY | 7 days before | 19 |
| Jul 8, 2023 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Chicken) | Carmel, Australia | 7 days after | 9 |
| Jul 8, 2023 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Ribs) | Carmel, Australia | 7 days after | 9 |
| Jun 23, 2023 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | 8 days before | 167 |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | 8 days before | 36 |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | 8 days before | 15 |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Washington, DC (CLASS FULL) | Washington, DC | 8 days before | — |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Nashville Superspeedway BBQ Showdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) Cancelled State championship | Lebanon, TN | 8 days before | — |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captian Class - Butler, MO | Butler, MO | 12 days after | — |
| Jul 14, 2023 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 13 days after | 64 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | 13 days after | 39 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 13 days after | 36 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1) State championship | Butler, MO | 13 days after | 27 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eureka, IL | 13 days after | 25 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Smokin in the Electric City (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Butler, MO | 13 days after | 23 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | 13 days after | 19 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-of (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 13 days after | 17 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) | Eureka, IL | 13 days after | 15 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Oshkosh, WI | 13 days after | 15 |
| Jun 17, 2023 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Morris, IL | 14 days before | 33 |
| Jul 15, 2023 | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 2) State championship | Butler, MO | 14 days after | 21 |
| Jul 15, 2023 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | 14 days after | 16 |
| Jun 17, 2023 | Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition | Seagrave, ON | 14 days before | 15 |
| Jun 17, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Ontario, Canada Cancelled | Seagrave, ON | 14 days before | — |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Colorado BBQ Challenge State championship | Frisco, CO | 15 days before | 42 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" State championship | Kansas City, KS | 15 days before | 29 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | York County BBQ Festival State championship | Delta, PA | 15 days before | 29 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Buckhannon, WV | 15 days before | 28 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | 15 days before | 27 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff State championship | Miles City, MT | 15 days before | 22 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Logansport, IN | 15 days before | 21 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ | Regina, SK | 15 days before | 16 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Santa's Summer Solstice BBQ (KCBS Masters) Cancelled | North Pole, AK | 15 days before | — |
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.
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.