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 · 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 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 | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-15 Your weekend | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 2) State championship | Butler, MO | 0 | 21 |
| 2023-07-15 Your weekend | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | 0 | 16 |
| 2023-07-14 Your weekend | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | -1 | 64 |
| 2023-07-14 Your weekend | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | -1 | 39 |
| 2023-07-14 Your weekend | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | -1 | 36 |
| 2023-07-14 Your weekend | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1) State championship | Butler, MO | -1 | 27 |
| 2023-07-14 Your weekend | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eureka, IL | -1 | 25 |
| 2023-07-14 Your weekend | Smokin in the Electric City (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Butler, MO | -1 | 23 |
| 2023-07-14 Your weekend | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | -1 | 19 |
| 2023-07-14 Your weekend | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-of (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | -1 | 17 |
| 2023-07-14 Your weekend | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) | Eureka, IL | -1 | 15 |
| 2023-07-14 Your weekend | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Oshkosh, WI | -1 | 15 |
| 2023-07-13 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captian Class - Butler, MO | Butler, MO | -2 | — |
| 2023-07-20 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | Raymond, AB | 5 | 12 |
| 2023-07-20 | Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard) | Raymond, AB | 5 | 6 |
| 2023-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | 6 | 38 |
| 2023-07-21 | Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 6 | 37 |
| 2023-07-21 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 6 | 32 |
| 2023-07-21 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 6 | 31 |
| 2023-07-21 | Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Preston, MN | 6 | 15 |
| 2023-07-22 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 7 | 28 |
| 2023-07-22 | Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Osceola, MO | 7 | 27 |
| 2023-07-08 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Chicken) | Carmel , 6076 | -7 | 9 |
| 2023-07-08 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Ribs) | Carmel , 6076 | -7 | 9 |
| 2023-07-22 | Auburn Rotary Party In the Park Cancelled State championship | Auburn, NY | 7 | — |
| 2023-07-07 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off State championship | Cameron, MO | -8 | 30 |
| 2023-07-07 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | -8 | 30 |
| 2023-07-07 | Art of the Que State championship | Spencer, IA | -8 | 28 |
| 2023-07-07 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (BACKYARD 2) | Cameron, MO | -8 | 12 |
| 2023-07-07 | Smoky Hayes BBQ Competition & Cook-Off | Delta Junction, AK | -8 | 6 |
| 2023-07-06 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | -9 | 76 |
| 2023-07-06 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Delta Junction, AK Cancelled | Delta Junction, AK | -9 | — |
| 2023-07-28 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) Cancelled State championship | Spring Grove, PA | 13 | 52 |
| 2023-07-28 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 13 | 51 |
| 2023-07-28 | 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | 13 | 32 |
| 2023-07-28 | Smokin on the Route State championship | Miami, OK | 13 | 29 |
| 2023-07-28 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Dodge City, KS | 13 | 26 |
| 2023-07-28 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ State championship | Iola, KS | 13 | 25 |
| 2023-07-28 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 13 | 25 |
| 2023-07-02 | Magic City Summer Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) (POSTPONED) | Birmingham, AL | -13 | — |
| 2023-07-29 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) Cancelled State championship | Spring Grove, PA | 14 | 52 |
| 2023-07-29 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 14 | 40 |
| 2023-07-01 | Icebox Cookoff State championship | Sweet Home, OR | -14 | 38 |
| 2023-07-29 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 14 | 27 |
| 2023-07-01 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | -14 | 22 |
| 2023-07-29 | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off Cancelled State championship | Montaque, CA | 14 | 22 |
| 2023-07-29 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Reichenau, | 14 | 16 |
| 2023-07-01 | The War of Barbeque | Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | -14 | 15 |
| 2023-07-29 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days | Reichenau, | 14 | 12 |
| 2023-07-29 | Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Castle Rock, CO | 14 | 12 |
| 2023-06-30 | Art of Barbeque State championship | Sterling, CO | -15 | 35 |
| 2023-06-30 | Happy Basset 3rd Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | -15 | 33 |
| 2023-06-30 | Ditmars Red White & Blue BBQ State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | -15 | 22 |
| 2023-06-30 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | -15 | 12 |
| 2023-06-30 | Kenai River BBQ Competition | Soldotna, AK | -15 | 9 |
| 2023-06-30 | When Pigs Fly, Ford City BBQ Cook Off Cancelled | Ford City, PA | -15 | — |
| 2023-06-29 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Soldotna, AK | Soldonta, AK | -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.