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 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

118

6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN

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±2 weeks either side

The weekends around yours

How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.

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

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