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, May 25, 2024 · 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 Apr 13
- 18 Apr 20
- 7 Apr 27
- 11 May 4
- 7 May 11
- 17 May 18
- 10 May 25
- 12 Jun 1
- 16 Jun 8
- 14 Jun 15
- 9 Jun 22
- 10 Jun 29
- 4 Jul 6
The weekend of Jul 6 is the quietest in range: 4 contests. The biggest thing on it is 2024 Icebox Cookoff.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-25 Your weekend | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL | Lebanon, TN | 0 | 81 |
| 2024-05-25 Your weekend | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL | Lebanon, TN | 0 | 47 |
| 2024-05-25 Your weekend | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | Calmar, AB | 0 | 39 |
| 2024-05-25 Your weekend | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | 0 | 27 |
| 2024-05-25 Your weekend | Jack 9 Memorial | La Salette, ON | 0 | 20 |
| 2024-05-24 Your weekend | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN | Lebanon, TN | -1 | 118 |
| 2024-05-24 | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Westmont, IL | -1 | 52 |
| 2024-05-24 Your weekend | Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | -1 | 33 |
| 2024-05-24 Your weekend | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Rochester, PA | -1 | 23 |
| 2024-05-24 Your weekend | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off State championship | Felton, CA | -1 | 21 |
| 2024-05-24 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR | -1 | — |
| 2024-05-31 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival State championship | Norco, CA | 6 | 39 |
| 2024-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | 6 | 35 |
| 2024-05-31 | Smokin in Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | 6 | 32 |
| 2024-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | 6 | 25 |
| 2024-05-31 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | 6 | 25 |
| 2024-05-31 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival State championship | Covington, TN | 6 | 25 |
| 2024-05-31 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3 | Boom, 2850 | 6 | 12 |
| 2024-05-31 | Kenai River BBQ Competition | Soldotna, AK | 6 | 7 |
| 2024-06-01 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Merrimack, NH | 7 | 37 |
| 2024-05-18 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) State championship | Wrentham, MA | -7 | 31 |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) State championship | Morgantown, PA | -7 | 26 |
| 2024-05-18 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival | Freistadt, Os 4240 | -7 | 22 |
| 2024-05-18 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Freistadt, Os 4240 | -7 | 22 |
| 2024-06-01 | The Beltway BBQ Showdown State championship | Upper Marlboro, MD | 7 | 19 |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Smoke | Vilnius, LT | -7 | 18 |
| 2024-06-01 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 | Boom, 2850 | 7 | 16 |
| 2024-06-01 | Columbia Valley Smoke Show | Invermere, BC | 7 | 9 |
| 2024-05-17 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Winchester, TN | -8 | 39 |
| 2024-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) State championship | Morgantown, PA | -8 | 37 |
| 2024-05-17 | King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | -8 | 36 |
| 2024-05-17 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw State championship | Warsaw, IN | -8 | 32 |
| 2024-05-17 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Warsaw, IN | -8 | 32 |
| 2024-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival State championship | Sevierville, TN | -8 | 31 |
| 2024-05-17 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ State championship | Iola, KS | -8 | 31 |
| 2024-05-17 | Massachusetts in May (Day 1) State championship | Wrentham, MA | -8 | 30 |
| 2024-05-17 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival State championship | Ayden, NC | -8 | 18 |
| 2024-05-17 | Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival State championship | West Plains, MO | -8 | 17 |
| 2024-05-17 | RTrowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin (BACKYARD) | Derby, KS | -8 | 14 |
| 2024-05-17 | Expert Brisket Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -8 | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | 13 | 43 |
| 2024-06-07 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | 13 | 41 |
| 2024-06-07 | Hoosier BBQ Classic State championship | Franklin, IN | 13 | 38 |
| 2024-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 13 | 35 |
| 2024-06-07 | Original SD BBQ Championships State championship | Huron, SD | 13 | 34 |
| 2024-06-07 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 13 | 33 |
| 2024-06-07 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | 13 | 33 |
| 2024-06-07 | Montana BBQ Cookoff State championship | Absarokee, MT | 13 | 28 |
| 2024-06-07 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) | West Salem, WI | 13 | 26 |
| 2024-06-07 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Huron, SD | 13 | 19 |
| 2024-06-07 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Franklin, IN | 13 | 15 |
| 2024-06-07 | WV Coalfields Cookoff State championship | Welch, WV | 13 | 13 |
| 2024-06-07 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2024-06-08 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | 14 | 37 |
| 2024-06-08 | Small Town Smoke Down | Bassano, AB | 14 | 27 |
| 2024-06-08 | 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sycamore, IL | 14 | 9 |
| 2024-05-11 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Canisteo, NY | Canisteo, NY | -14 | — |
| 2024-05-10 | Minnesota in May State championship | St. Peter, MN | -15 | 58 |
| 2024-05-10 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) | St. Peter, MN | -15 | 49 |
| 2024-05-10 | 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off State championship | Waynesboro, GA | -15 | 42 |
| 2024-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | -15 | 29 |
| 2024-05-10 | Kennett Jaycees Show-Me State BBQ Cook Off State championship | Kennett, MO | -15 | 26 |
| 2024-05-10 | Derby Park Que Off | Louisville, KY | -15 | 21 |
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.