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.
The busiest weekend in range Saturday, July 13, 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.
- 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
- 15 Aug 24
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-13 Your weekend | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 0 | 62 |
| 2024-07-13 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - King, NC | King, NC | 0 | — |
| 2024-07-13 | Rippilekonig of St. Lorenzen (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | St. Lorenzo, 39O30 | 0 | — |
| 2024-07-13 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Tomball, TX | Tomball, TX | 0 | — |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | -1 | 34 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | -1 | 30 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off State championship | Cameron, MO | -1 | 28 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | Smoke & Soul Fest State championship | Casper, WY | -1 | 26 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Cameron, MO | -1 | 20 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Somers, CT | -1 | 19 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) | Shelbyville, TN | -1 | 17 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | -1 | 13 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | Saucy and Glazed State championship | Newton, KS | -1 | 12 |
| 2024-07-12 | Saucy and Glazed (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Newton, KS | -1 | 12 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Miles, IA | -1 | 11 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Tomball, TX | -1 | 10 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - Backyard A | Cameron, MO | -1 | 10 |
| 2024-07-12 Your weekend | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - Backyard B | Cameron, MO | -1 | 7 |
| 2024-07-11 Your weekend | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | -2 | 76 |
| 2024-07-19 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 6 | 37 |
| 2024-07-19 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | 6 | 37 |
| 2024-07-19 | Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 6 | 36 |
| 2024-07-19 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 6 | 33 |
| 2024-07-19 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 6 | 31 |
| 2024-07-19 | The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff State championship | Salt Lake City, UT | 6 | 16 |
| 2024-07-19 | Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Osceola, MO | 6 | 13 |
| 2024-07-19 | Steel City Smokeout State championship | Bethlehem, PA | 6 | 10 |
| 2024-07-06 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff State championship | Sweet Home, OR | -7 | 37 |
| 2024-07-20 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 7 | 33 |
| 2024-07-20 | The Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | 7 | 30 |
| 2024-07-20 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | 7 | 23 |
| 2024-07-20 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Oshkosh, WI | 7 | 20 |
| 2024-07-20 | Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | 7 | 20 |
| 2024-07-06 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | -7 | 14 |
| 2024-07-20 | Alps BBQ Days | Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | 7 | 10 |
| 2024-07-20 | Bend in the River BBQ Championship Cancelled | Hawkshaw, NB | 7 | — |
| 2024-07-20 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - New Brunswick, Canada Cancelled | Fredericton, NB | 7 | — |
| 2024-07-05 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | -8 | 26 |
| 2024-07-05 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) | Stanley, WI | -8 | 16 |
| 2024-07-02 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sweet Home, OR | Sweet Home, OR | -11 | — |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 13 | 35 |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | 13 | 32 |
| 2024-07-26 | 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | 13 | 28 |
| 2024-07-26 | Smokin on the Route State championship | Miami, OK | 13 | 27 |
| 2024-07-26 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 13 | 20 |
| 2024-07-26 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff State championship | Laramie, WY | 13 | 17 |
| 2024-07-26 | Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eagle River, AK | 13 | 8 |
| 2024-06-30 | York County BBQ Festival - Online Registration State championship | Delta, PA | -13 | — |
| 2024-07-27 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main State championship | Collinsville, IL | 14 | 34 |
| 2024-07-27 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 14 | 32 |
| 2024-07-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Didsbury, AB | 14 | 28 |
| 2024-07-27 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 14 | 20 |
| 2024-06-29 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | Delta, PA | -14 | 19 |
| 2024-07-27 | Operation Up in Smoke State championship | Epping, NH | 14 | 19 |
| 2024-07-27 | Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | 14 | 11 |
| 2024-06-29 | Country and Coals (POSTPONED) | Dauphin, R&N0Z4 | -14 | — |
| 2024-06-29 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Plainfield, IL | Plainfield, IL | -14 | — |
| 2024-06-28 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest State championship | Riverside, CA | -15 | 35 |
| 2024-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | Delta, PA | -15 | 29 |
| 2024-06-28 | Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition State championship | Topeka, KS | -15 | 28 |
| 2024-06-28 | Smoke-N-Wings State championship | Blackfoot, ID | -15 | 28 |
| 2024-06-28 | The Art of Barbeque State championship | Sterling, CO | -15 | 25 |
| 2024-06-28 | Art of the Que Cancelled State championship | Spencer, IA | -15 | 18 |
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.