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, July 5, 2025 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
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sanctioned contest
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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.
- 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
- 15 Aug 16
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2025 Your weekend |
Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | Same day | 13 |
| Jul 10, 2025 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 5 days after | 66 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown | Winnipeg, MB | 5 days before | 24 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cameron, MO | 6 days after | 36 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | 6 days after | 27 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler State championship | Worthington, MN | 6 days after | 26 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown State championship | Papillion, NE | 6 days after | 24 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | Miles, IA | 6 days after | 18 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 6 days after | 10 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (Backyard 2) | Cameron, MO | 6 days after | 10 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 7 days after | 63 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | 7 days after | 30 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest | Sorocaba - Sao Paulo, Brazil | 7 days before | 26 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) | Dodewaard, Netherlands | 7 days before | 18 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) | Miles, IA | 7 days after | 16 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 7 days after | 12 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Mee (a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Innsbruck, Austria | 7 days before | 11 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | Delta, PA | 7 days before | 10 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | California State Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sacramento, CA | 7 days after | 10 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Mee (a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck | Innsbruck, Austria | 7 days before | 7 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Brazil | Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil | 7 days before | — |
| Jun 28, 2025 | St. Joseph County Fair Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | South Bend, IN | 7 days before | — |
| Jul 12, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Croatia | Zagreb, Croatia | 7 days after | — |
| Jun 27, 2025 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | 8 days before | 159 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Smoke-N-Wings State championship | Blackfoot, ID | 8 days before | 32 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Old Town Smokeout State championship | Van Buren, AR | 8 days before | 27 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | Delta, PA | 8 days before | 26 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eureka, IL | 8 days before | 26 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Art of the Que (Backyard 2) | Spencer, IA | 8 days before | 17 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 | Perez Zeldon, Costa Rica | 8 days before | 16 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) State championship | Spencer, IA | 8 days before | 15 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Eureka, IL | 8 days before | 15 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) | Dodewaard, Netherlands | 8 days before | 13 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Art of the Que (One Meat Ribs) | Spencer, IA | 8 days before | 12 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Mobile, AL | 8 days before | 10 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Old Town Smokeout (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Van Buren, AR | 8 days before | 6 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 8 days before | — |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 13 days after | 40 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 13 days after | 34 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 13 days after | 32 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 13 days after | 30 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Blaze of 47 State championship | Salt Lake City, UT | 13 days after | 26 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Osceola, MO | 13 days after | 9 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | 14 days after | 35 |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Washington, DC | 14 days before | 29 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 14 days after | 28 |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Kipling, SK | 14 days before | 27 |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 14 days before | 26 |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Washington, DC | 14 days before | 24 |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff State championship | Schenectady, NY | 14 days before | 18 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | 14 days after | 17 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition | Bible Hill, NS | 14 days after | 11 |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eagle River, AK | 14 days before | 8 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Nova Scotia, Canada Cancelled | Bible Hill, NS | 14 days after | — |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Poosa Q State championship | Montgomery, AL | 15 days before | 42 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Morris, IL | 15 days before | 36 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | 15 days before | 26 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | 15 days before | 25 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | 15 days before | 20 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | 15 days before | 16 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | San Diego, CA | 15 days before | 15 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Cowtown Cookoff Cancelled State championship | Miles City, MT | 15 days before | — |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Saskatchewan, Canada | Kipling, SK | 15 days before | — |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Expert Brisket Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | 15 days before | — |
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.