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.
The busiest weekend in range Saturday, June 28, 2025 · 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.
- 17 May 17
- 14 May 24
- 14 May 31
- 15 Jun 7
- 15 Jun 14
- 14 Jun 21
- 20 Jun 28
- 1 Jul 5
- 14 Jul 12
- 10 Jul 19
- 11 Jul 26
- 9 Aug 2
- 13 Aug 9
The weekend of Jul 5 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-28 Your weekend | KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest | Sorocaba - Sao Paulo, 18042-280 | 0 | 26 |
| 2025-06-28 Your weekend | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 0 | 18 |
| 2025-06-28 Your weekend | Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Innsbruck, 6020 | 0 | 11 |
| 2025-06-28 Your weekend | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | Delta, PA | 0 | 10 |
| 2025-06-28 Your weekend | Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck | Innsbruck, 6020 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025-06-28 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Brazil | Sao Paulo - SP, 04079-001 | 0 | — |
| 2025-06-28 | St. Joseph County Fair Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | South Bend, IN | 0 | — |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -1 | 159 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | Smoke-N-Wings State championship | Blackfoot, ID | -1 | 32 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | Old Town Smokeout State championship | Van Buren, AR | -1 | 27 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | Delta, PA | -1 | 26 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eureka, IL | -1 | 26 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | Art of the Que (Backyard 2) | Spencer, IA | -1 | 17 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 | Perez Zeldon, SJ | -1 | 16 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) State championship | Spencer, IA | -1 | 15 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Eureka, IL | -1 | 15 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | -1 | 13 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | Art of the Que (One Meat Ribs) | Spencer, IA | -1 | 12 |
| 2025-06-27 | The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Mobile, AL | -1 | 10 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | Old Town Smokeout (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Van Buren, AR | -1 | 6 |
| 2025-06-27 Your weekend | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -1 | — |
| 2025-06-30 Your weekend | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown | Winnipeg, MB | 2 | 24 |
| 2025-06-21 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Washington, DC | -7 | 29 |
| 2025-06-21 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Kipling, SK | -7 | 27 |
| 2025-06-21 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | -7 | 26 |
| 2025-06-21 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Washington, DC | -7 | 24 |
| 2025-06-21 | Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff State championship | Schenectady, NY | -7 | 18 |
| 2025-07-05 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | 7 | 13 |
| 2025-06-21 | Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eagle River, AK | -7 | 8 |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q State championship | Montgomery, AL | -8 | 42 |
| 2025-06-20 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Morris, IL | -8 | 36 |
| 2025-06-20 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | -8 | 26 |
| 2025-06-20 | Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | -8 | 25 |
| 2025-06-20 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | -8 | 20 |
| 2025-06-20 | Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | -8 | 16 |
| 2025-06-20 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | San Diego, CA | -8 | 15 |
| 2025-06-20 | Cowtown Cookoff Cancelled State championship | Miles City, MT | -8 | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Saskatchewan, Canada | Kipling, SK | -8 | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Expert Brisket Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -8 | — |
| 2025-07-10 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 12 | 66 |
| 2025-07-11 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cameron, MO | 13 | 36 |
| 2025-07-11 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | 13 | 27 |
| 2025-07-11 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler State championship | Worthington, MN | 13 | 26 |
| 2025-07-11 | Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown State championship | Papillion, NE | 13 | 24 |
| 2025-07-11 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | Miles, IA | 13 | 18 |
| 2025-07-11 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 13 | 10 |
| 2025-07-11 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (Backyard 2) | Cameron, MO | 13 | 10 |
| 2025-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 14 | 63 |
| 2025-06-14 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -14 | 36 |
| 2025-07-12 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | 14 | 30 |
| 2025-06-14 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -14 | 28 |
| 2025-06-14 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -14 | 25 |
| 2025-06-14 | Smoke 'N the Valley (Day 2) Cancelled | Fort Qu'Appelle, SK | -14 | 21 |
| 2025-06-14 | The War of Barbeque | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -14 | 20 |
| 2025-07-12 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) | Miles, IA | 14 | 16 |
| 2025-07-12 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 14 | 12 |
| 2025-06-14 | Smokin Barrel Fest | Nanson, WA | -14 | 10 |
| 2025-07-12 | California State Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sacramento, CA | 14 | 10 |
| 2025-07-12 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Croatia | Zagreb, 10000 | 14 | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -15 | 36 |
| 2025-06-13 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | -15 | 36 |
| 2025-06-13 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -15 | 36 |
| 2025-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) | West Salem, WI | -15 | 35 |
| 2025-06-13 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | -15 | 35 |
| 2025-06-13 | Montana BBQ Cookoff State championship | Absarokee, MT | -15 | 33 |
| 2025-06-13 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Buckhannon, WV | -15 | 30 |
| 2025-06-13 | 11th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | -15 | 30 |
| 2025-06-13 | Smoke 'N the Valley (Day 1) Cancelled | Fort Qu'Appelle, SK | -15 | 21 |
| 2025-06-13 | Squeal on the Eel (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Logansport, IN | -15 | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Italy | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -15 | — |
| 2025-06-12 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Absarokee, MT | Absarokee, MT | -16 | — |
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.