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 22, 2023 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
9
sanctioned contests
In the window
59
±2 weeks either side
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 9 Sep 2
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2023 Your weekend |
Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | Same day | 28 |
| Jul 22, 2023 Your weekend |
Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Osceola, MO | Same day | 27 |
| Jul 22, 2023 | Auburn Rotary Party In the Park Cancelled State championship | Auburn, NY | Same day | — |
| Jul 21, 2023 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | 1 day before | 38 |
| Jul 21, 2023 Your weekend |
Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 1 day before | 37 |
| Jul 21, 2023 Your weekend |
The Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 1 day before | 32 |
| Jul 21, 2023 Your weekend |
Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 1 day before | 31 |
| Jul 21, 2023 Your weekend |
Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Preston, MN | 1 day before | 15 |
| Jul 20, 2023 Your weekend |
Smoke, Wind & Fire | Raymond, AB | 2 days before | 12 |
| Jul 20, 2023 Your weekend |
Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard) | Raymond, AB | 2 days before | 6 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) Cancelled State championship | Spring Grove, PA | 6 days after | 52 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 6 days after | 51 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | 6 days after | 32 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Smokin on the Route State championship | Miami, OK | 6 days after | 29 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Dodge City, KS | 6 days after | 26 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ State championship | Iola, KS | 6 days after | 25 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 6 days after | 25 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) Cancelled State championship | Spring Grove, PA | 7 days after | 52 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 7 days after | 40 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 7 days after | 27 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off Cancelled State championship | Montaque, CA | 7 days after | 22 |
| Jul 15, 2023 | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 2) State championship | Butler, MO | 7 days before | 21 |
| Jul 15, 2023 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | 7 days before | 16 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Reichenau, Austria | 7 days after | 16 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days | Reichenau, Austria | 7 days after | 12 |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Castle Rock, CO | 7 days after | 12 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 8 days before | 64 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | 8 days before | 39 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 8 days before | 36 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1) State championship | Butler, MO | 8 days before | 27 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eureka, IL | 8 days before | 25 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Smokin in the Electric City (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Butler, MO | 8 days before | 23 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | 8 days before | 19 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-of (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 8 days before | 17 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) | Eureka, IL | 8 days before | 15 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Oshkosh, WI | 8 days before | 15 |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captian Class - Butler, MO | Butler, MO | 9 days before | — |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) | Madison, AL | 13 days after | 58 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | 13 days after | 44 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | 13 days after | 37 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Que' For a Cause | Tahlequah, OK | 13 days after | 36 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 13 days after | 33 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Dinuba, CA | 13 days after | 29 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash Cancelled State championship | Winston, MO | 13 days after | 27 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Que' For a Cause (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Tahlequah, OK | 13 days after | 23 |
| Aug 5, 2023 | East Helena Smoke Show State championship | East Helena, MT | 14 days after | 24 |
| Aug 5, 2023 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Didsbury, AB | 14 days after | 17 |
| Aug 5, 2023 | Smokin on The Harbor (MASTER & BACKYARD) Cancelled State championship | Warsaw, MO | 14 days after | 16 |
| Jul 8, 2023 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Chicken) | Carmel, Australia | 14 days before | 9 |
| Jul 8, 2023 | Smokin with Weemala (One Meat Ribs) | Carmel, Australia | 14 days before | 9 |
| Aug 5, 2023 | Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters | Chew Magna, Near Bristol, United Kingdom | 14 days after | 8 |
| Aug 5, 2023 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley | Herne Hill, Western Australia, Australia | 14 days after | 8 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off State championship | Cameron, MO | 15 days before | 30 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | 15 days before | 30 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Art of the Que State championship | Spencer, IA | 15 days before | 28 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (BACKYARD 2) | Cameron, MO | 15 days before | 12 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Smoky Hayes BBQ Competition & Cook-Off | Delta Junction, AK | 15 days before | 6 |
| Jul 6, 2023 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 16 days before | 76 |
| Jul 6, 2023 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Delta Junction, AK Cancelled | Delta Junction, 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.