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.
Busier than the weekends around it Saturday, June 8, 2024 · everywhere, because no place is set
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 17 Jul 13
- 14 Jul 20
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-08 Your weekend | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | 0 | 37 |
| 2024-06-08 Your weekend | Small Town Smoke Down | Bassano, AB | 0 | 27 |
| 2024-06-08 Your weekend | 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sycamore, IL | 0 | 9 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | -1 | 43 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -1 | 41 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Hoosier BBQ Classic State championship | Franklin, IN | -1 | 38 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | -1 | 35 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Original SD BBQ Championships State championship | Huron, SD | -1 | 34 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -1 | 33 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | -1 | 33 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Montana BBQ Cookoff State championship | Absarokee, MT | -1 | 28 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) | West Salem, WI | -1 | 26 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Huron, SD | -1 | 19 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Franklin, IN | -1 | 15 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | WV Coalfields Cookoff State championship | Welch, WV | -1 | 13 |
| 2024-06-07 Your weekend | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -1 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Morris, IL | 6 | 40 |
| 2024-06-14 | 10th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | 6 | 34 |
| 2024-06-14 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Buckhannon, WV | 6 | 30 |
| 2024-06-14 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Logansport, IN | 6 | 28 |
| 2024-06-14 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) State championship | Clayton, CA | 6 | 25 |
| 2024-06-14 | 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | 6 | 25 |
| 2024-06-14 | Ignite your Passion State championship | Winchester, CA | 6 | 22 |
| 2024-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff State championship | Miles City, MT | 6 | 16 |
| 2024-06-14 | Catskills Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY) | Liberty, NY | 6 | 9 |
| 2024-06-14 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class - Italy | Peschiera del Garda, 37063 | 6 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Graham BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Graham, NC | 6 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Colorado BBQ Challenge Cancelled State championship | Copper Mountain, CO | 6 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Regina, Saskatchewan Canada Cancelled | Regina, SK | 6 | — |
| 2024-06-01 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Merrimack, NH | -7 | 37 |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 7 | 28 |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 7 | 24 |
| 2024-06-01 | The Beltway BBQ Showdown State championship | Upper Marlboro, MD | -7 | 19 |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 7 | 17 |
| 2024-06-01 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 | Boom, 2850 | -7 | 16 |
| 2024-06-15 | Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ Cancelled | Regina, SK | 7 | 16 |
| 2024-06-01 | Columbia Valley Smoke Show | Invermere, BC | -7 | 9 |
| 2024-06-15 | Catskills Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Liberty, NY | 7 | 9 |
| 2024-06-15 | Lee's Summit Fathers Day Cookoff Cancelled State championship | Lee's Summit, MO | 7 | — |
| 2024-06-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | 7 | — |
| 2024-05-31 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival State championship | Norco, CA | -8 | 39 |
| 2024-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | -8 | 35 |
| 2024-05-31 | Smokin in Steele State championship | Owatonna, MN | -8 | 32 |
| 2024-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | -8 | 25 |
| 2024-05-31 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | -8 | 25 |
| 2024-05-31 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Festival State championship | Covington, TN | -8 | 25 |
| 2024-05-31 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3 | Boom, 2850 | -8 | 12 |
| 2024-05-31 | Kenai River BBQ Competition | Soldotna, AK | -8 | 7 |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | 13 | 172 |
| 2024-06-21 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | 13 | 33 |
| 2024-06-21 | Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | 13 | 29 |
| 2024-06-21 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | 13 | 17 |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL | Lebanon, TN | -14 | 81 |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL | Lebanon, TN | -14 | 47 |
| 2024-05-25 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | Calmar, AB | -14 | 39 |
| 2024-06-22 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 14 | 36 |
| 2024-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay State championship | North Bend, OR | -14 | 27 |
| 2024-06-22 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | 6669 BZ Dodewaard, | 14 | 23 |
| 2024-06-22 | Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff State championship | Schenectady, NY | 14 | 21 |
| 2024-05-25 | Jack 9 Memorial | La Salette, ON | -14 | 20 |
| 2024-06-22 | Cotswolds Barbecue Championship | Cheltenham, GL50 1SD | 14 | 6 |
| 2024-06-22 | Backyard Grill Master Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 14 | — |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN | Lebanon, TN | -15 | 118 |
| 2024-05-24 | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Westmont, IL | -15 | 52 |
| 2024-05-24 | Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | -15 | 33 |
| 2024-05-24 | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest State championship | Rochester, PA | -15 | 23 |
| 2024-05-24 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off State championship | Felton, CA | -15 | 21 |
| 2024-05-24 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - North Bend, OR | North Bend, OR | -15 | — |
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.