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, July 27, 2024 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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.
- 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
- 7 Aug 31
- 9 Sep 7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2024 Your weekend |
Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main State championship | Collinsville, IL | Same day | 34 |
| Jul 27, 2024 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | Same day | 32 |
| Jul 27, 2024 Your weekend |
Didsbury Lions BBQ | Didsbury, AB | Same day | 28 |
| Jul 27, 2024 Your weekend |
Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | Same day | 20 |
| Jul 27, 2024 Your weekend |
Operation Up in Smoke State championship | Epping, NH | Same day | 19 |
| Jul 27, 2024 Your weekend |
Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | Same day | 11 |
| Jul 26, 2024 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 1 day before | 35 |
| Jul 26, 2024 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | 1 day before | 32 |
| Jul 26, 2024 Your weekend |
8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | 1 day before | 28 |
| Jul 26, 2024 Your weekend |
Smokin on the Route State championship | Miami, OK | 1 day before | 27 |
| Jul 26, 2024 Your weekend |
Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 1 day before | 20 |
| Jul 26, 2024 Your weekend |
Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff State championship | Laramie, WY | 1 day before | 17 |
| Jul 26, 2024 Your weekend |
Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eagle River, AK | 1 day before | 8 |
| Aug 2, 2024 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | 6 days after | 40 |
| Aug 2, 2024 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | 6 days after | 26 |
| Aug 2, 2024 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 6 days after | 26 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 7 days before | 33 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | The Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | 7 days before | 30 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | 7 days before | 23 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Oshkosh, WI | 7 days before | 20 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Reichenau an der Rax, Austria | 7 days before | 20 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Alps BBQ Days | Reichenau an der Rax, Austria | 7 days before | 10 |
| Aug 3, 2024 | Smokin' in the Valley | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | 7 days after | 10 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Bend in the River BBQ Championship Cancelled | Hawkshaw, NB | 7 days before | — |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - New Brunswick, Canada Cancelled | Fredericton, NB | 7 days before | — |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 8 days before | 37 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | 8 days before | 37 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 8 days before | 36 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 8 days before | 33 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 8 days before | 31 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff State championship | Salt Lake City, UT | 8 days before | 16 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Osceola, MO | 8 days before | 13 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Steel City Smokeout State championship | Bethlehem, PA | 8 days before | 10 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 13 days after | 46 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews State championship | Alamosa, CO | 13 days after | 29 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) State championship | Ashland, VA | 13 days after | 27 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Ashland, VA | 13 days after | 22 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | East Helena Smoke Show State championship | East Helena, MT | 13 days after | 18 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Ashland, VA | 13 days after | 17 |
| Jul 13, 2024 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 14 days before | 62 |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) State championship | Ashland, VA | 14 days after | 28 |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, Slovenia | 14 days after | 14 |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Wild West Fest on Fire | Medvode, Slovenia | 14 days after | 11 |
| Jul 13, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - King, NC | King, NC | 14 days before | — |
| Jul 13, 2024 | Rippilekonig of St. Lorenzen (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | St. Lorenzo, Italy | 14 days before | — |
| Jul 13, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Tomball, TX | Tomball, TX | 14 days before | — |
| Jul 12, 2024 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | 15 days before | 34 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | 15 days before | 30 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off State championship | Cameron, MO | 15 days before | 28 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Smoke & Soul Fest State championship | Casper, WY | 15 days before | 26 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Cameron, MO | 15 days before | 20 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Somers, CT | 15 days before | 19 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) | Shelbyville, TN | 15 days before | 17 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 15 days before | 13 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Saucy and Glazed State championship | Newton, KS | 15 days before | 12 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Saucy and Glazed (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Newton, KS | 15 days before | 12 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Miles, IA | 15 days before | 11 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Tomball, TX | 15 days before | 10 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - Backyard A | Cameron, MO | 15 days before | 10 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - Backyard B | Cameron, MO | 15 days before | 7 |
| Jul 11, 2024 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 16 days before | 76 |
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.