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 17, 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.
- 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
- 8 Sep 28
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-17 Your weekend | Kora Kares for Kids State championship | Hiram, ME | 0 | 39 |
| 2024-08-17 Your weekend | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 0 | 35 |
| 2024-08-17 Your weekend | Smoke N for the Kids State championship | Troy, IL | 0 | 27 |
| 2024-08-17 Your weekend | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | 0 | 26 |
| 2024-08-17 Your weekend | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 0 | 18 |
| 2024-08-16 Your weekend | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | -1 | 65 |
| 2024-08-16 Your weekend | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues State championship | Madison, IN | -1 | 49 |
| 2024-08-16 Your weekend | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships State championship | Lubbock, TX | -1 | 41 |
| 2024-08-16 Your weekend | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | -1 | 29 |
| 2024-08-16 Your weekend | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival State championship | Kennesaw, GA | -1 | 26 |
| 2024-08-16 Your weekend | Sugar Creek Casino's Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition State championship | Hinton, OK | -1 | 25 |
| 2024-08-16 Your weekend | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Saue Parish, 76505 | -1 | 16 |
| 2024-08-16 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Hiram, ME | Hiram, ME | -1 | — |
| 2024-08-16 Your weekend | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Estonia | Vanamoisa vabaohukeskus, Ha 76407 | -1 | — |
| 2024-08-18 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 1 | — |
| 2024-08-22 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Pierz, MN Cancelled | Pierz, MN | 5 | — |
| 2024-08-22 | 12th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 1) Cancelled State championship | Washington Island, WI | 5 | — |
| 2024-08-23 | East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship State championship | Paola, KS | 6 | 42 |
| 2024-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship | Bozeman, MT | 6 | 39 |
| 2024-08-23 | New Holland Summer Fest State championship | New Holland, PA | 6 | 38 |
| 2024-08-23 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ State championship | Hill City, SD | 6 | 29 |
| 2024-08-23 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Lincoln, IL | 6 | 28 |
| 2024-08-23 | MN Masters BBQ State championship | Pierz, MN | 6 | 27 |
| 2024-08-23 | Smoke in the North | Rolfstorp, | 6 | 23 |
| 2024-08-23 | Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show Cancelled State championship | Liberal, KS | 6 | 19 |
| 2024-08-23 | All American Rib Cookoff (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Auburn, CA | 6 | 13 |
| 2024-08-23 | Cowchip BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | Beaver, OK | 6 | 2 |
| 2024-08-23 | 12th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 2) Cancelled State championship | Washington Island, WI | 6 | — |
| 2024-08-23 | 12th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Washington Island, WI | 6 | — |
| 2024-08-24 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Park Ridge, IL | 7 | 36 |
| 2024-08-10 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) State championship | Ashland, VA | -7 | 28 |
| 2024-08-24 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition State championship | DuPont, WA | 7 | 27 |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, 1215 | -7 | 14 |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire | Medvode, 1215 | -7 | 11 |
| 2024-08-24 | Cowchip BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | Beaver, OK | 7 | 2 |
| 2024-08-24 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | 7 | — |
| 2024-08-24 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Jonesboro, AR | Jonesboro, AR | 7 | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | -8 | 46 |
| 2024-08-09 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews State championship | Alamosa, CO | -8 | 29 |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) State championship | Ashland, VA | -8 | 27 |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Ashland, VA | -8 | 22 |
| 2024-08-09 | East Helena Smoke Show State championship | East Helena, MT | -8 | 18 |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Ashland, VA | -8 | 17 |
| 2024-08-25 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition - Judging | DuPont, WA | 8 | — |
| 2024-08-25 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Washington Island, WI Cancelled | Washignton Island, WI | 8 | — |
| 2024-08-30 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival State championship | King, NC | 13 | 28 |
| 2024-08-30 | SD BBQ Shootout at Huset's Speedway Cancelled | Brandon, SD | 13 | — |
| 2024-08-31 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Calgary, AB | 14 | 35 |
| 2024-08-31 | Smoke on the River State championship | Burlington, KS | 14 | 28 |
| 2024-08-31 | Prairie Dog on the Bow | Calgary, AB | 14 | 24 |
| 2024-08-31 | Smoke on the River (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Burlington, KS | 14 | 13 |
| 2024-08-03 | Smokin' in the Valley | Perth, Western Australia, | -14 | 10 |
| 2024-08-02 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | -15 | 40 |
| 2024-08-02 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | -15 | 26 |
| 2024-08-02 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Sainte-Perpetue, QC | -15 | 26 |
| 2024-09-01 | Rib Double Dip (1) (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Chillicothe, IL | 15 | 19 |
| 2024-09-01 | Rib Double Dip (2) (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Chillicothe, IL | 15 | 18 |
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.