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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, July 6, 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.
- 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
- 15 Aug 17
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-06 Your weekend | 2024 Icebox Cookoff State championship | Sweet Home, OR | 0 | 37 |
| 2024-07-06 Your weekend | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 0 | 14 |
| 2024-07-05 Your weekend | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | -1 | 26 |
| 2024-07-05 Your weekend | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) | Stanley, WI | -1 | 16 |
| 2024-07-02 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sweet Home, OR | Sweet Home, OR | -4 | — |
| 2024-07-11 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 5 | 76 |
| 2024-07-12 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | 6 | 34 |
| 2024-07-12 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | 6 | 30 |
| 2024-07-12 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off State championship | Cameron, MO | 6 | 28 |
| 2024-07-12 | Smoke & Soul Fest State championship | Casper, WY | 6 | 26 |
| 2024-07-12 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Cameron, MO | 6 | 20 |
| 2024-07-12 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Somers, CT | 6 | 19 |
| 2024-07-12 | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) | Shelbyville, TN | 6 | 17 |
| 2024-07-12 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 6 | 13 |
| 2024-07-12 | Saucy and Glazed State championship | Newton, KS | 6 | 12 |
| 2024-07-12 | Saucy and Glazed (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Newton, KS | 6 | 12 |
| 2024-07-12 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Miles, IA | 6 | 11 |
| 2024-07-12 | NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Tomball, TX | 6 | 10 |
| 2024-07-12 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - Backyard A | Cameron, MO | 6 | 10 |
| 2024-07-12 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - Backyard B | Cameron, MO | 6 | 7 |
| 2024-06-30 | York County BBQ Festival - Online Registration State championship | Delta, PA | -6 | — |
| 2024-07-13 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 7 | 62 |
| 2024-06-29 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | Delta, PA | -7 | 19 |
| 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 | — |
| 2024-07-13 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - King, NC | King, NC | 7 | — |
| 2024-07-13 | Rippilekonig of St. Lorenzen (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | St. Lorenzo, 39O30 | 7 | — |
| 2024-07-13 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Tomball, TX | Tomball, TX | 7 | — |
| 2024-06-28 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest State championship | Riverside, CA | -8 | 35 |
| 2024-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | Delta, PA | -8 | 29 |
| 2024-06-28 | Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | -8 | 28 |
| 2024-06-28 | Smoke-N-Wings State championship | Blackfoot, ID | -8 | 28 |
| 2024-06-28 | The Art of Barbeque State championship | Sterling, CO | -8 | 25 |
| 2024-06-28 | Art of the Que Cancelled State championship | Spencer, IA | -8 | 18 |
| 2024-07-19 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 13 | 37 |
| 2024-07-19 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | 13 | 37 |
| 2024-07-19 | Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 13 | 36 |
| 2024-07-19 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 13 | 33 |
| 2024-07-19 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 13 | 31 |
| 2024-07-19 | The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff State championship | Salt Lake City, UT | 13 | 16 |
| 2024-07-19 | Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Osceola, MO | 13 | 13 |
| 2024-07-19 | Steel City Smokeout State championship | Bethlehem, PA | 13 | 10 |
| 2024-06-22 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | -14 | 36 |
| 2024-07-20 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 14 | 33 |
| 2024-07-20 | The Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | 14 | 30 |
| 2024-06-22 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | 6669 BZ Dodewaard, | -14 | 23 |
| 2024-07-20 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | 14 | 23 |
| 2024-06-22 | Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff State championship | Schenectady, NY | -14 | 21 |
| 2024-07-20 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Oshkosh, WI | 14 | 20 |
| 2024-07-20 | Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | 14 | 20 |
| 2024-07-20 | Alps BBQ Days | Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | 14 | 10 |
| 2024-06-22 | Cotswolds Barbecue Championship | Cheltenham, GL50 1SD | -14 | 6 |
| 2024-06-22 | Backyard Grill Master Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -14 | — |
| 2024-07-20 | Bend in the River BBQ Championship Cancelled | Hawkshaw, NB | 14 | — |
| 2024-07-20 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - New Brunswick, Canada Cancelled | Fredericton, NB | 14 | — |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -15 | 172 |
| 2024-06-21 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | -15 | 33 |
| 2024-06-21 | Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | -15 | 29 |
| 2024-06-21 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | -15 | 17 |
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.