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 15, 2023 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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 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
- 13 Aug 19
- 18 Aug 26
The weekend of Jul 8 is the quietest in range: 8 contests. The biggest thing on it is South Carolina Festival of Discovery.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2023 Your weekend |
Smokin in the Electric City (Day 2) State championship | Butler, MO | Same day | 21 |
| Jul 15, 2023 Your weekend |
Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | Same day | 16 |
| Jul 14, 2023 Your weekend |
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 1 day before | 64 |
| Jul 14, 2023 Your weekend |
KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | 1 day before | 39 |
| Jul 14, 2023 Your weekend |
Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 1 day before | 36 |
| Jul 14, 2023 Your weekend |
Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1) State championship | Butler, MO | 1 day before | 27 |
| Jul 14, 2023 Your weekend |
Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eureka, IL | 1 day before | 25 |
| Jul 14, 2023 Your weekend |
Smokin in the Electric City (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Butler, MO | 1 day before | 23 |
| Jul 14, 2023 Your weekend |
BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | 1 day before | 19 |
| Jul 14, 2023 Your weekend |
KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-of (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 1 day before | 17 |
| Jul 14, 2023 Your weekend |
Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) | Eureka, IL | 1 day before | 15 |
| Jul 14, 2023 Your weekend |
BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Oshkosh, WI | 1 day before | 15 |
| Jul 13, 2023 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captian Class - Butler, MO | Butler, MO | 2 days before | — |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | Raymond, AB | 5 days after | 12 |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard) | Raymond, AB | 5 days after | 6 |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | 6 days after | 38 |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 6 days after | 37 |
| Jul 21, 2023 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 6 days after | 32 |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 6 days after | 31 |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Preston, MN | 6 days after | 15 |
| Jul 22, 2023 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 7 days after | 28 |
| Jul 22, 2023 | Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Osceola, MO | 7 days after | 27 |
| Jul 8, 2023 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Chicken) | Carmel, Australia | 7 days before | 9 |
| Jul 8, 2023 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Ribs) | Carmel, Australia | 7 days before | 9 |
| Jul 22, 2023 | Auburn Rotary Party In the Park Cancelled State championship | Auburn, NY | 7 days after | — |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off State championship | Cameron, MO | 8 days before | 30 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | 8 days before | 30 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Art of the Que State championship | Spencer, IA | 8 days before | 28 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (BACKYARD 2) | Cameron, MO | 8 days before | 12 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Smoky Hayes BBQ Competition & Cook-Off | Delta Junction, AK | 8 days before | 6 |
| Jul 6, 2023 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 9 days before | 76 |
| Jul 6, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Delta Junction, AK Cancelled | Delta Junction, AK | 9 days before | — |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) Cancelled State championship | Spring Grove, PA | 13 days after | 52 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 13 days after | 51 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | 13 days after | 32 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Smokin on the Route State championship | Miami, OK | 13 days after | 29 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Dodge City, KS | 13 days after | 26 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ State championship | Iola, KS | 13 days after | 25 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 13 days after | 25 |
| Jul 2, 2023 | Magic City Summer Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) (POSTPONED) | Birmingham, AL | 13 days before | — |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) Cancelled State championship | Spring Grove, PA | 14 days after | 52 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 14 days after | 40 |
| Jul 1, 2023 | Icebox Cookoff State championship | Sweet Home, OR | 14 days before | 38 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 14 days after | 27 |
| Jul 1, 2023 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Isola della Scala (VR), Italy | 14 days before | 22 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off Cancelled State championship | Montaque, CA | 14 days after | 22 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Reichenau, Austria | 14 days after | 16 |
| Jul 1, 2023 | The War of Barbeque | Isola della Scala (VR), Italy | 14 days before | 15 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days | Reichenau, Austria | 14 days after | 12 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Castle Rock, CO | 14 days after | 12 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Art of Barbeque State championship | Sterling, CO | 15 days before | 35 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Happy Basset 3rd Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | 15 days before | 33 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Ditmars Red White & Blue BBQ State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | 15 days before | 22 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 15 days before | 12 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Kenai River BBQ Competition | Soldotna, AK | 15 days before | 9 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | When Pigs Fly, Ford City BBQ Cook Off Cancelled | Ford City, PA | 15 days before | — |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Soldotna, AK | Soldonta, AK | 16 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.