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, August 3, 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.
- 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
- 21 Sep 14
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2024 Your weekend |
Smokin' in the Valley | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | Same day | 10 |
| Aug 2, 2024 Your weekend |
All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | 1 day before | 40 |
| Aug 2, 2024 Your weekend |
All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | 1 day before | 26 |
| Aug 2, 2024 Your weekend |
La Classique BBQ Labonte | Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 1 day before | 26 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 6 days after | 46 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews State championship | Alamosa, CO | 6 days after | 29 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) State championship | Ashland, VA | 6 days after | 27 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Ashland, VA | 6 days after | 22 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | East Helena Smoke Show State championship | East Helena, MT | 6 days after | 18 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Ashland, VA | 6 days after | 17 |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main State championship | Collinsville, IL | 7 days before | 34 |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 7 days before | 32 |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Didsbury, AB | 7 days before | 28 |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) State championship | Ashland, VA | 7 days after | 28 |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 7 days before | 20 |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Operation Up in Smoke State championship | Epping, NH | 7 days before | 19 |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, Slovenia | 7 days after | 14 |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | 7 days before | 11 |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Wild West Fest on Fire | Medvode, Slovenia | 7 days after | 11 |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 8 days before | 35 |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | 8 days before | 32 |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | 8 days before | 28 |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Smokin on the Route State championship | Miami, OK | 8 days before | 27 |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 8 days before | 20 |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff State championship | Laramie, WY | 8 days before | 17 |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eagle River, AK | 8 days before | 8 |
| Aug 16, 2024 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | 13 days after | 65 |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues State championship | Madison, IN | 13 days after | 49 |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships State championship | Lubbock, TX | 13 days after | 41 |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | 13 days after | 29 |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival State championship | Kennesaw, GA | 13 days after | 26 |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Sugar Creek Casino's Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition State championship | Hinton, OK | 13 days after | 25 |
| Aug 16, 2024 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Saue Parish, Estonia | 13 days after | 16 |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Hiram, ME | Hiram, ME | 13 days after | — |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Estonia | Vanamoisa vabaohukeskus, Estonia | 13 days after | — |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Kora Kares for Kids State championship | Hiram, ME | 14 days after | 39 |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 14 days after | 35 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 14 days before | 33 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | The Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | 14 days before | 30 |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Smoke N for the Kids State championship | Troy, IL | 14 days after | 27 |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | 14 days after | 26 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | 14 days before | 23 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Oshkosh, WI | 14 days before | 20 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Reichenau an der Rax, Austria | 14 days before | 20 |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 14 days after | 18 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Alps BBQ Days | Reichenau an der Rax, Austria | 14 days before | 10 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Bend in the River BBQ Championship Cancelled | Hawkshaw, NB | 14 days before | — |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - New Brunswick, Canada Cancelled | Fredericton, NB | 14 days before | — |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 15 days before | 37 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | 15 days before | 37 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 15 days before | 36 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 15 days before | 33 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 15 days before | 31 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff State championship | Salt Lake City, UT | 15 days before | 16 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Osceola, MO | 15 days before | 13 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Steel City Smokeout State championship | Bethlehem, PA | 15 days before | 10 |
| Aug 18, 2024 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 15 days after | — |
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.