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 · 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.
- 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 | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-03 Your weekend | Smokin' in the Valley | Perth, Western Australia, | 0 | 10 |
| 2024-08-02 Your weekend | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | -1 | 40 |
| 2024-08-02 Your weekend | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | -1 | 26 |
| 2024-08-02 Your weekend | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Sainte-Perpetue, QC | -1 | 26 |
| 2024-08-09 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 6 | 46 |
| 2024-08-09 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews State championship | Alamosa, CO | 6 | 29 |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) State championship | Ashland, VA | 6 | 27 |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Ashland, VA | 6 | 22 |
| 2024-08-09 | East Helena Smoke Show State championship | East Helena, MT | 6 | 18 |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Ashland, VA | 6 | 17 |
| 2024-07-27 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main State championship | Collinsville, IL | -7 | 34 |
| 2024-07-27 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -7 | 32 |
| 2024-07-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Didsbury, AB | -7 | 28 |
| 2024-08-10 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) State championship | Ashland, VA | 7 | 28 |
| 2024-07-27 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | -7 | 20 |
| 2024-07-27 | Operation Up in Smoke State championship | Epping, NH | -7 | 19 |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, 1215 | 7 | 14 |
| 2024-07-27 | Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | -7 | 11 |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire | Medvode, 1215 | 7 | 11 |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -8 | 35 |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | -8 | 32 |
| 2024-07-26 | 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | -8 | 28 |
| 2024-07-26 | Smokin on the Route State championship | Miami, OK | -8 | 27 |
| 2024-07-26 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | -8 | 20 |
| 2024-07-26 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff State championship | Laramie, WY | -8 | 17 |
| 2024-07-26 | Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eagle River, AK | -8 | 8 |
| 2024-08-16 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | 13 | 65 |
| 2024-08-16 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues State championship | Madison, IN | 13 | 49 |
| 2024-08-16 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships State championship | Lubbock, TX | 13 | 41 |
| 2024-08-16 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | 13 | 29 |
| 2024-08-16 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival State championship | Kennesaw, GA | 13 | 26 |
| 2024-08-16 | Sugar Creek Casino's Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition State championship | Hinton, OK | 13 | 25 |
| 2024-08-16 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Saue Parish, 76505 | 13 | 16 |
| 2024-08-16 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Hiram, ME | Hiram, ME | 13 | — |
| 2024-08-16 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Estonia | Vanamoisa vabaohukeskus, Ha 76407 | 13 | — |
| 2024-08-17 | Kora Kares for Kids State championship | Hiram, ME | 14 | 39 |
| 2024-08-17 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 14 | 35 |
| 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 |
| 2024-08-17 | Smoke N for the Kids State championship | Troy, IL | 14 | 27 |
| 2024-08-17 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | 14 | 26 |
| 2024-07-20 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | -14 | 23 |
| 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 |
| 2024-08-17 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 14 | 18 |
| 2024-07-20 | Alps BBQ Days | Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | -14 | 10 |
| 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 | — |
| 2024-07-19 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | -15 | 37 |
| 2024-07-19 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | -15 | 37 |
| 2024-07-19 | Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ State championship | Shenandoah, IA | -15 | 36 |
| 2024-07-19 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | -15 | 33 |
| 2024-07-19 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | -15 | 31 |
| 2024-07-19 | The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff State championship | Salt Lake City, UT | -15 | 16 |
| 2024-07-19 | Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Osceola, MO | -15 | 13 |
| 2024-07-19 | Steel City Smokeout State championship | Bethlehem, PA | -15 | 10 |
| 2024-08-18 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 15 | — |
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.