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 · everywhere, because no place is set
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How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
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- 20 Jun 28
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- 15 Aug 16
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-05 Your weekend | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | 0 | 13 |
| 2025-07-10 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 5 | 66 |
| 2025-06-30 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown | Winnipeg, MB | -5 | 24 |
| 2025-07-11 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cameron, MO | 6 | 36 |
| 2025-07-11 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | 6 | 27 |
| 2025-07-11 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler State championship | Worthington, MN | 6 | 26 |
| 2025-07-11 | Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown State championship | Papillion, NE | 6 | 24 |
| 2025-07-11 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | Miles, IA | 6 | 18 |
| 2025-07-11 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 6 | 10 |
| 2025-07-11 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (Backyard 2) | Cameron, MO | 6 | 10 |
| 2025-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 7 | 63 |
| 2025-07-12 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | 7 | 30 |
| 2025-06-28 | KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest | Sorocaba - Sao Paulo, 18042-280 | -7 | 26 |
| 2025-06-28 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | -7 | 18 |
| 2025-07-12 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) | Miles, IA | 7 | 16 |
| 2025-07-12 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 7 | 12 |
| 2025-06-28 | Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Innsbruck, 6020 | -7 | 11 |
| 2025-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | Delta, PA | -7 | 10 |
| 2025-07-12 | California State Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sacramento, CA | 7 | 10 |
| 2025-06-28 | Mee(a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck | Innsbruck, 6020 | -7 | 7 |
| 2025-06-28 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Brazil | Sao Paulo - SP, 04079-001 | -7 | — |
| 2025-06-28 | St. Joseph County Fair Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | South Bend, IN | -7 | — |
| 2025-07-12 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Croatia | Zagreb, 10000 | 7 | — |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -8 | 159 |
| 2025-06-27 | Smoke-N-Wings State championship | Blackfoot, ID | -8 | 32 |
| 2025-06-27 | Old Town Smokeout State championship | Van Buren, AR | -8 | 27 |
| 2025-06-27 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | Delta, PA | -8 | 26 |
| 2025-06-27 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eureka, IL | -8 | 26 |
| 2025-06-27 | Art of the Que (Backyard 2) | Spencer, IA | -8 | 17 |
| 2025-06-27 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 | Perez Zeldon, SJ | -8 | 16 |
| 2025-06-27 | Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) State championship | Spencer, IA | -8 | 15 |
| 2025-06-27 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Eureka, IL | -8 | 15 |
| 2025-06-27 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | -8 | 13 |
| 2025-06-27 | Art of the Que (One Meat Ribs) | Spencer, IA | -8 | 12 |
| 2025-06-27 | The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Mobile, AL | -8 | 10 |
| 2025-06-27 | Old Town Smokeout (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Van Buren, AR | -8 | 6 |
| 2025-06-27 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2025-07-18 | Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 13 | 40 |
| 2025-07-18 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 13 | 34 |
| 2025-07-18 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 13 | 32 |
| 2025-07-18 | Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 13 | 30 |
| 2025-07-18 | Blaze of 47 State championship | Salt Lake City, UT | 13 | 26 |
| 2025-07-18 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Osceola, MO | 13 | 9 |
| 2025-07-19 | Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | 14 | 35 |
| 2025-06-21 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cancelled | Washington, DC | -14 | 29 |
| 2025-07-19 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 14 | 28 |
| 2025-06-21 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Kipling, SK | -14 | 27 |
| 2025-06-21 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | -14 | 26 |
| 2025-06-21 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Washington, DC | -14 | 24 |
| 2025-06-21 | Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff State championship | Schenectady, NY | -14 | 18 |
| 2025-07-19 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | 14 | 17 |
| 2025-07-19 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition | Bible Hill, NS | 14 | 11 |
| 2025-06-21 | Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eagle River, AK | -14 | 8 |
| 2025-07-19 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Nova Scotia, Canada Cancelled | Bible Hill, NS | 14 | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q State championship | Montgomery, AL | -15 | 42 |
| 2025-06-20 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Morris, IL | -15 | 36 |
| 2025-06-20 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | -15 | 26 |
| 2025-06-20 | Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | -15 | 25 |
| 2025-06-20 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | -15 | 20 |
| 2025-06-20 | Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | -15 | 16 |
| 2025-06-20 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | San Diego, CA | -15 | 15 |
| 2025-06-20 | Cowtown Cookoff Cancelled State championship | Miles City, MT | -15 | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Saskatchewan, Canada | Kipling, SK | -15 | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Expert Brisket Class - BBQ Maestros | Indianapolis, IN | -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.