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 29, 2024 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest

In the window

±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
Jun 29, 2024 Your weekend	York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship	Delta, PA	Same day	19
Jun 29, 2024 Your weekend	Country and Coals (POSTPONED)	Dauphin, Canada	Same day	—
Jun 29, 2024 Your weekend	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Plainfield, IL	Plainfield, IL	Same day	—
Jun 28, 2024 Your weekend	20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest State championship	Riverside, CA	1 day before	35
Jun 28, 2024 Your weekend	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship	Delta, PA	1 day before	29
Jun 28, 2024 Your weekend	Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition State championship	Topeka, KS	1 day before	28
Jun 28, 2024 Your weekend	Smoke-N-Wings State championship	Blackfoot, ID	1 day before	28
Jun 28, 2024 Your weekend	The Art of Barbeque State championship	Sterling, CO	1 day before	25
Jun 28, 2024	Art of the Que Cancelled State championship	Spencer, IA	1 day before	18
Jun 30, 2024 Your weekend	York County BBQ Festival - Online Registration State championship	Delta, PA	1 day after	—
Jul 2, 2024 Your weekend	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sweet Home, OR	Sweet Home, OR	3 days after	—
Jul 5, 2024	Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ State championship	Council Bluffs, IA	6 days after	26
Jul 5, 2024	Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)	Stanley, WI	6 days after	16
Jul 6, 2024	2024 Icebox Cookoff State championship	Sweet Home, OR	7 days after	37
Jun 22, 2024	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship	Washington, DC	7 days before	36
Jun 22, 2024	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest	Dodewaard, Netherlands	7 days before	23
Jun 22, 2024	Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff State championship	Schenectady, NY	7 days before	21
Jul 6, 2024	K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)	Kennett Square, PA	7 days after	14
Jun 22, 2024	Cotswolds Barbecue Championship	Cheltenham, United Kingdom	7 days before	6
Jun 22, 2024	Backyard Grill Master Class - BBQ Maestros	Indianapolis, IN	7 days before	—
Jun 21, 2024	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship	Lenexa, KS	8 days before	172
Jun 21, 2024	Big BBQ Bash State championship	Maryville, TN	8 days before	33
Jun 21, 2024	Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship State championship	Ogden, UT	8 days before	29
Jun 21, 2024	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Sioux City, IA	8 days before	17
Jul 11, 2024	South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship	Greenwood, SC	12 days after	76
Jul 12, 2024	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off State championship	Worthington, MN	13 days after	34
Jul 12, 2024	Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship	Somers, CT	13 days after	30
Jul 12, 2024	2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off State championship	Cameron, MO	13 days after	28
Jul 12, 2024	Smoke & Soul Fest State championship	Casper, WY	13 days after	26
Jul 12, 2024	2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship	Cameron, MO	13 days after	20
Jul 12, 2024	Connecticut Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Somers, CT	13 days after	19
Jul 12, 2024	The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY)	Shelbyville, TN	13 days after	17
Jul 12, 2024	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Worthington, MN	13 days after	13
Jul 12, 2024	Saucy and Glazed State championship	Newton, KS	13 days after	12
Jul 12, 2024	Saucy and Glazed (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled	Newton, KS	13 days after	12
Jul 12, 2024	Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Miles, IA	13 days after	11
Jul 12, 2024	NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)	Tomball, TX	13 days after	10
Jul 12, 2024	2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - Backyard A	Cameron, MO	13 days after	10
Jul 12, 2024	2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - Backyard B	Cameron, MO	13 days after	7
Jul 13, 2024	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship	North Wildwood, NJ	14 days after	62
Jun 15, 2024	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Peschiera del Garda, Italy	14 days before	28
Jun 15, 2024	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Peschiera del Garda, Italy	14 days before	24
Jun 15, 2024	The War of Barbeque	Peschiera del Garda, Italy	14 days before	17
Jun 15, 2024	Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ Cancelled	Regina, SK	14 days before	16
Jun 15, 2024	Catskills Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled	Liberty, NY	14 days before	9
Jun 15, 2024	Lee's Summit Fathers Day Cookoff Cancelled State championship	Lee's Summit, MO	14 days before	—
Jun 15, 2024	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO	Kansas City, MO	14 days before	—
Jul 13, 2024	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - King, NC	King, NC	14 days after	—
Jul 13, 2024	Rippilekonig of St. Lorenzen (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled	St. Lorenzo, Italy	14 days after	—
Jul 13, 2024	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Tomball, TX	Tomball, TX	14 days after	—
Jun 14, 2024	Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Morris, IL	15 days before	40
Jun 14, 2024	10th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life State championship	Kansas City, KS	15 days before	34
Jun 14, 2024	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship	Buckhannon, WV	15 days before	30
Jun 14, 2024	Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Logansport, IN	15 days before	28
Jun 14, 2024	CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) State championship	Clayton, CA	15 days before	25
Jun 14, 2024	23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State championship	State Center, IA	15 days before	25
Jun 14, 2024	Ignite your Passion State championship	Winchester, CA	15 days before	22
Jun 14, 2024	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff State championship	Miles City, MT	15 days before	16
Jun 14, 2024	Catskills Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY)	Liberty, NY	15 days before	9
Jun 14, 2024	Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class - Italy	Peschiera del Garda, Italy	15 days before	—
Jun 14, 2024	Graham BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled	Graham, NC	15 days before	—
Jun 14, 2024	Colorado BBQ Challenge Cancelled State championship	Copper Mountain, CO	15 days before	—
Jun 14, 2024	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Regina, Saskatchewan Canada Cancelled	Regina, SK	15 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.