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, June 22, 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.
- 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
- 13 Jul 27
- 4 Aug 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-22 Your weekend | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 0 | 36 |
| 2024-06-22 Your weekend | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | 6669 BZ Dodewaard, | 0 | 23 |
| 2024-06-22 Your weekend | Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff State championship | Schenectady, NY | 0 | 21 |
| 2024-06-22 Your weekend | Cotswolds Barbecue Championship | Cheltenham, GL50 1SD | 0 | 6 |
| 2024-06-22 Your weekend | Backyard Grill Master Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 0 | — |
| 2024-06-21 Your weekend | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -1 | 172 |
| 2024-06-21 Your weekend | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | -1 | 33 |
| 2024-06-21 Your weekend | Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | -1 | 29 |
| 2024-06-21 Your weekend | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | -1 | 17 |
| 2024-06-28 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest State championship | Riverside, CA | 6 | 35 |
| 2024-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | Delta, PA | 6 | 29 |
| 2024-06-28 | Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | 6 | 28 |
| 2024-06-28 | Smoke-N-Wings State championship | Blackfoot, ID | 6 | 28 |
| 2024-06-28 | The Art of Barbeque State championship | Sterling, CO | 6 | 25 |
| 2024-06-28 | Art of the Que Cancelled State championship | Spencer, IA | 6 | 18 |
| 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 |
| 2024-06-29 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | Delta, PA | 7 | 19 |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -7 | 17 |
| 2024-06-15 | Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ Cancelled | Regina, SK | -7 | 16 |
| 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 | — |
| 2024-06-29 | Country and Coals (POSTPONED) | Dauphin, R&N0Z4 | 7 | — |
| 2024-06-29 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Plainfield, IL | Plainfield, IL | 7 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Morris, IL | -8 | 40 |
| 2024-06-14 | 10th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | -8 | 34 |
| 2024-06-14 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Buckhannon, WV | -8 | 30 |
| 2024-06-14 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Logansport, IN | -8 | 28 |
| 2024-06-14 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) State championship | Clayton, CA | -8 | 25 |
| 2024-06-14 | 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | -8 | 25 |
| 2024-06-14 | Ignite your Passion State championship | Winchester, CA | -8 | 22 |
| 2024-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff State championship | Miles City, MT | -8 | 16 |
| 2024-06-14 | Catskills Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY) | Liberty, NY | -8 | 9 |
| 2024-06-14 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class - Italy | Peschiera del Garda, 37063 | -8 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Graham BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Graham, NC | -8 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Colorado BBQ Challenge Cancelled State championship | Copper Mountain, CO | -8 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Regina, Saskatchewan Canada Cancelled | Regina, SK | -8 | — |
| 2024-06-30 | York County BBQ Festival - Online Registration State championship | Delta, PA | 8 | — |
| 2024-07-02 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sweet Home, OR | Sweet Home, OR | 10 | — |
| 2024-07-05 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | 13 | 26 |
| 2024-07-05 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) | Stanley, WI | 13 | 16 |
| 2024-06-08 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -14 | 37 |
| 2024-07-06 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff State championship | Sweet Home, OR | 14 | 37 |
| 2024-06-08 | Small Town Smoke Down | Bassano, AB | -14 | 27 |
| 2024-07-06 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 14 | 14 |
| 2024-06-08 | 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sycamore, IL | -14 | 9 |
| 2024-06-07 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | -15 | 43 |
| 2024-06-07 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -15 | 41 |
| 2024-06-07 | Hoosier BBQ Classic State championship | Franklin, IN | -15 | 38 |
| 2024-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | -15 | 35 |
| 2024-06-07 | Original SD BBQ Championships State championship | Huron, SD | -15 | 34 |
| 2024-06-07 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -15 | 33 |
| 2024-06-07 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | -15 | 33 |
| 2024-06-07 | Montana BBQ Cookoff State championship | Absarokee, MT | -15 | 28 |
| 2024-06-07 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) | West Salem, WI | -15 | 26 |
| 2024-06-07 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Huron, SD | -15 | 19 |
| 2024-06-07 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Franklin, IN | -15 | 15 |
| 2024-06-07 | WV Coalfields Cookoff State championship | Welch, WV | -15 | 13 |
| 2024-06-07 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -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.