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