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 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Smoke on the Bricks

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±2 weeks either side

The weekends around yours

How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.

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
Aug 10, 2024 Your weekend	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) State championship	Ashland, VA	Same day	28
Aug 10, 2024 Your weekend	Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Medvode, Slovenia	Same day	14
Aug 10, 2024 Your weekend	Wild West Fest on Fire	Medvode, Slovenia	Same day	11
Aug 9, 2024 Your weekend	Smoke on the Bricks State championship	Baldwin City, KS	1 day before	46
Aug 9, 2024 Your weekend	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews State championship	Alamosa, CO	1 day before	29
Aug 9, 2024 Your weekend	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) State championship	Ashland, VA	1 day before	27
Aug 9, 2024 Your weekend	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Ashland, VA	1 day before	22
Aug 9, 2024 Your weekend	East Helena Smoke Show State championship	East Helena, MT	1 day before	18
Aug 9, 2024 Your weekend	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Ashland, VA	1 day before	17
Aug 16, 2024	BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship	Excelsior Springs, MO	6 days after	65
Aug 16, 2024	Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues State championship	Madison, IN	6 days after	49
Aug 16, 2024	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships State championship	Lubbock, TX	6 days after	41
Aug 16, 2024	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival State championship	Worland, WY	6 days after	29
Aug 16, 2024	Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival State championship	Kennesaw, GA	6 days after	26
Aug 16, 2024	Sugar Creek Casino's Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition State championship	Hinton, OK	6 days after	25
Aug 16, 2024	BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia	Saue Parish, Estonia	6 days after	16
Aug 16, 2024	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Hiram, ME	Hiram, ME	6 days after	—
Aug 16, 2024	Certified BBQ Judging Class - Estonia	Vanamoisa vabaohukeskus, Estonia	6 days after	—
Aug 17, 2024	Kora Kares for Kids State championship	Hiram, ME	7 days after	39
Aug 17, 2024	Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Hiram, ME	7 days after	35
Aug 17, 2024	Smoke N for the Kids State championship	Troy, IL	7 days after	27
Aug 17, 2024	Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)	Fairbury, IL	7 days after	26
Aug 17, 2024	Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)	Canton, MN	7 days after	18
Aug 3, 2024	Smokin' in the Valley	Perth, Western Australia, Australia	7 days before	10
Aug 2, 2024	All American BBQ Throwdown State championship	Westland, MI	8 days before	40
Aug 2, 2024	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Westland, MI	8 days before	26
Aug 2, 2024	La Classique BBQ Labonte	Sainte-Perpetue, QC	8 days before	26
Aug 18, 2024	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD	Bel Air, MD	8 days after	—
Aug 22, 2024	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Pierz, MN Cancelled	Pierz, MN	12 days after	—
Aug 22, 2024	12th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 1) Cancelled State championship	Washington Island, WI	12 days after	—
Aug 23, 2024	East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship State championship	Paola, KS	13 days after	42
Aug 23, 2024	Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship	Bozeman, MT	13 days after	39
Aug 23, 2024	New Holland Summer Fest State championship	New Holland, PA	13 days after	38
Aug 23, 2024	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ State championship	Hill City, SD	13 days after	29
Aug 23, 2024	Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)	Lincoln, IL	13 days after	28
Aug 23, 2024	MN Masters BBQ State championship	Pierz, MN	13 days after	27
Aug 23, 2024	Smoke in the North	Rolfstorp, Sweden	13 days after	23
Aug 23, 2024	Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show Cancelled State championship	Liberal, KS	13 days after	19
Aug 23, 2024	All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES)	Auburn, CA	13 days after	13
Aug 23, 2024	Cowchip BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1	Beaver, OK	13 days after	2
Aug 23, 2024	12th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 2) Cancelled State championship	Washington Island, WI	13 days after	—
Aug 23, 2024	12th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled	Washington Island, WI	13 days after	—
Aug 24, 2024	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Park Ridge, IL	14 days after	36
Jul 27, 2024	Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main State championship	Collinsville, IL	14 days before	34
Jul 27, 2024	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship	New Freedom, PA	14 days before	32
Jul 27, 2024	Didsbury Lions BBQ	Didsbury, AB	14 days before	28
Aug 24, 2024	7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition State championship	DuPont, WA	14 days after	27
Jul 27, 2024	Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) State championship	Dodge City, KS	14 days before	20
Jul 27, 2024	Operation Up in Smoke State championship	Epping, NH	14 days before	19
Jul 27, 2024	Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off State championship	Dillon, MT	14 days before	11
Aug 24, 2024	Cowchip BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2	Beaver, OK	14 days after	2
Aug 24, 2024	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO	Kansas City, MO	14 days after	—
Aug 24, 2024	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Jonesboro, AR	Jonesboro, AR	14 days after	—
Jul 26, 2024	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship	New Freedom, PA	15 days before	35
Jul 26, 2024	Smoke on the Mountain State championship	Galax, VA	15 days before	32
Jul 26, 2024	8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship	Emmetsburg, IA	15 days before	28
Jul 26, 2024	Smokin on the Route State championship	Miami, OK	15 days before	27
Jul 26, 2024	Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) State championship	Dodge City, KS	15 days before	20
Jul 26, 2024	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff State championship	Laramie, WY	15 days before	17
Jul 26, 2024	Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown State championship	Eagle River, AK	15 days before	8
Aug 25, 2024	7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition - Judging	DuPont, WA	15 days after	—
Aug 25, 2024	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Washington Island, WI Cancelled	Washignton Island, WI	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.