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 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 9 Aug 10
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-29 Your weekend | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | Delta, PA | 0 | 19 |
| 2024-06-29 Your weekend | Country and Coals (POSTPONED) | Dauphin, R&N0Z4 | 0 | — |
| 2024-06-29 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Plainfield, IL | Plainfield, IL | 0 | — |
| 2024-06-28 Your weekend | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest State championship | Riverside, CA | -1 | 35 |
| 2024-06-28 Your weekend | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | Delta, PA | -1 | 29 |
| 2024-06-28 Your weekend | Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | -1 | 28 |
| 2024-06-28 Your weekend | Smoke-N-Wings State championship | Blackfoot, ID | -1 | 28 |
| 2024-06-28 Your weekend | The Art of Barbeque State championship | Sterling, CO | -1 | 25 |
| 2024-06-28 | Art of the Que Cancelled State championship | Spencer, IA | -1 | 18 |
| 2024-06-30 Your weekend | York County BBQ Festival - Online Registration State championship | Delta, PA | 1 | — |
| 2024-07-02 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sweet Home, OR | Sweet Home, OR | 3 | — |
| 2024-07-05 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | 6 | 26 |
| 2024-07-05 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) | Stanley, WI | 6 | 16 |
| 2024-07-06 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff State championship | Sweet Home, OR | 7 | 37 |
| 2024-06-22 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | -7 | 36 |
| 2024-06-22 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | 6669 BZ Dodewaard, | -7 | 23 |
| 2024-06-22 | Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff State championship | Schenectady, NY | -7 | 21 |
| 2024-07-06 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 7 | 14 |
| 2024-06-22 | Cotswolds Barbecue Championship | Cheltenham, GL50 1SD | -7 | 6 |
| 2024-06-22 | Backyard Grill Master Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -7 | — |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -8 | 172 |
| 2024-06-21 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | -8 | 33 |
| 2024-06-21 | Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | -8 | 29 |
| 2024-06-21 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | -8 | 17 |
| 2024-07-11 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 12 | 76 |
| 2024-07-12 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | 13 | 34 |
| 2024-07-12 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | 13 | 30 |
| 2024-07-12 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off State championship | Cameron, MO | 13 | 28 |
| 2024-07-12 | Smoke & Soul Fest State championship | Casper, WY | 13 | 26 |
| 2024-07-12 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Cameron, MO | 13 | 20 |
| 2024-07-12 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Somers, CT | 13 | 19 |
| 2024-07-12 | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) | Shelbyville, TN | 13 | 17 |
| 2024-07-12 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 13 | 13 |
| 2024-07-12 | Saucy and Glazed State championship | Newton, KS | 13 | 12 |
| 2024-07-12 | Saucy and Glazed (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Newton, KS | 13 | 12 |
| 2024-07-12 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Miles, IA | 13 | 11 |
| 2024-07-12 | NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Tomball, TX | 13 | 10 |
| 2024-07-12 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - Backyard A | Cameron, MO | 13 | 10 |
| 2024-07-12 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - Backyard B | Cameron, MO | 13 | 7 |
| 2024-07-13 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 14 | 62 |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -14 | 28 |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -14 | 24 |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -14 | 17 |
| 2024-06-15 | Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ Cancelled | Regina, SK | -14 | 16 |
| 2024-06-15 | Catskills Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Liberty, NY | -14 | 9 |
| 2024-06-15 | Lee's Summit Fathers Day Cookoff Cancelled State championship | Lee's Summit, MO | -14 | — |
| 2024-06-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | -14 | — |
| 2024-07-13 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - King, NC | King, NC | 14 | — |
| 2024-07-13 | Rippilekonig of St. Lorenzen (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | St. Lorenzo, 39O30 | 14 | — |
| 2024-07-13 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Tomball, TX | Tomball, TX | 14 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Morris, IL | -15 | 40 |
| 2024-06-14 | 10th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | -15 | 34 |
| 2024-06-14 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Buckhannon, WV | -15 | 30 |
| 2024-06-14 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Logansport, IN | -15 | 28 |
| 2024-06-14 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) State championship | Clayton, CA | -15 | 25 |
| 2024-06-14 | 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | -15 | 25 |
| 2024-06-14 | Ignite your Passion State championship | Winchester, CA | -15 | 22 |
| 2024-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff State championship | Miles City, MT | -15 | 16 |
| 2024-06-14 | Catskills Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY) | Liberty, NY | -15 | 9 |
| 2024-06-14 | Certified BBQ Judging & Table Captain Class - Italy | Peschiera del Garda, 37063 | -15 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Graham BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Graham, NC | -15 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Colorado BBQ Challenge Cancelled State championship | Copper Mountain, CO | -15 | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Regina, Saskatchewan Canada Cancelled | Regina, SK | -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.