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, August 10, 2024 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 17 Sep 21
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-10 Your weekend | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) State championship | Ashland, VA | 0 | 28 |
| 2024-08-10 Your weekend | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, 1215 | 0 | 14 |
| 2024-08-10 Your weekend | Wild West Fest on Fire | Medvode, 1215 | 0 | 11 |
| 2024-08-09 Your weekend | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | -1 | 46 |
| 2024-08-09 Your weekend | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews State championship | Alamosa, CO | -1 | 29 |
| 2024-08-09 Your weekend | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) State championship | Ashland, VA | -1 | 27 |
| 2024-08-09 Your weekend | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Ashland, VA | -1 | 22 |
| 2024-08-09 Your weekend | East Helena Smoke Show State championship | East Helena, MT | -1 | 18 |
| 2024-08-09 Your weekend | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Ashland, VA | -1 | 17 |
| 2024-08-16 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | 6 | 65 |
| 2024-08-16 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues State championship | Madison, IN | 6 | 49 |
| 2024-08-16 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships State championship | Lubbock, TX | 6 | 41 |
| 2024-08-16 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | 6 | 29 |
| 2024-08-16 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival State championship | Kennesaw, GA | 6 | 26 |
| 2024-08-16 | Sugar Creek Casino's Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition State championship | Hinton, OK | 6 | 25 |
| 2024-08-16 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Saue Parish, 76505 | 6 | 16 |
| 2024-08-16 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Hiram, ME | Hiram, ME | 6 | — |
| 2024-08-16 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Estonia | Vanamoisa vabaohukeskus, Ha 76407 | 6 | — |
| 2024-08-17 | Kora Kares for Kids State championship | Hiram, ME | 7 | 39 |
| 2024-08-17 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 7 | 35 |
| 2024-08-17 | Smoke N for the Kids State championship | Troy, IL | 7 | 27 |
| 2024-08-17 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | 7 | 26 |
| 2024-08-17 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 7 | 18 |
| 2024-08-03 | Smokin' in the Valley | Perth, Western Australia, | -7 | 10 |
| 2024-08-02 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | -8 | 40 |
| 2024-08-02 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | -8 | 26 |
| 2024-08-02 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Sainte-Perpetue, QC | -8 | 26 |
| 2024-08-18 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 8 | — |
| 2024-08-22 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Pierz, MN Cancelled | Pierz, MN | 12 | — |
| 2024-08-22 | 12th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 1) Cancelled State championship | Washington Island, WI | 12 | — |
| 2024-08-23 | East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship State championship | Paola, KS | 13 | 42 |
| 2024-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship | Bozeman, MT | 13 | 39 |
| 2024-08-23 | New Holland Summer Fest State championship | New Holland, PA | 13 | 38 |
| 2024-08-23 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ State championship | Hill City, SD | 13 | 29 |
| 2024-08-23 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Lincoln, IL | 13 | 28 |
| 2024-08-23 | MN Masters BBQ State championship | Pierz, MN | 13 | 27 |
| 2024-08-23 | Smoke in the North | Rolfstorp, | 13 | 23 |
| 2024-08-23 | Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show Cancelled State championship | Liberal, KS | 13 | 19 |
| 2024-08-23 | All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Auburn, CA | 13 | 13 |
| 2024-08-23 | Cowchip BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | Beaver, OK | 13 | 2 |
| 2024-08-23 | 12th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 2) Cancelled State championship | Washington Island, WI | 13 | — |
| 2024-08-23 | 12th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Washington Island, WI | 13 | — |
| 2024-08-24 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Park Ridge, IL | 14 | 36 |
| 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 |
| 2024-08-24 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition State championship | DuPont, WA | 14 | 27 |
| 2024-07-27 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | -14 | 20 |
| 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 |
| 2024-08-24 | Cowchip BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | Beaver, OK | 14 | 2 |
| 2024-08-24 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | 14 | — |
| 2024-08-24 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Jonesboro, AR | Jonesboro, AR | 14 | — |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -15 | 35 |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | -15 | 32 |
| 2024-07-26 | 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | -15 | 28 |
| 2024-07-26 | Smokin on the Route State championship | Miami, OK | -15 | 27 |
| 2024-07-26 | Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | -15 | 20 |
| 2024-07-26 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff State championship | Laramie, WY | -15 | 17 |
| 2024-07-26 | Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eagle River, AK | -15 | 8 |
| 2024-08-25 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition - Judging | DuPont, WA | 15 | — |
| 2024-08-25 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Washington Island, WI Cancelled | Washignton Island, WI | 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.