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, July 12, 2025 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
That weekend
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 11 Aug 23
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 | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2025 Your weekend |
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | Same day | 63 |
| Jul 12, 2025 Your weekend |
Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | Same day | 30 |
| Jul 12, 2025 Your weekend |
Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) | Miles, IA | Same day | 16 |
| Jul 12, 2025 Your weekend |
K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | Same day | 12 |
| Jul 12, 2025 Your weekend |
California State Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sacramento, CA | Same day | 10 |
| Jul 12, 2025 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Croatia | Zagreb, Croatia | Same day | — |
| Jul 11, 2025 Your weekend |
Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cameron, MO | 1 day before | 36 |
| Jul 11, 2025 Your weekend |
Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | 1 day before | 27 |
| Jul 11, 2025 Your weekend |
KTD Smokn' Gobbler State championship | Worthington, MN | 1 day before | 26 |
| Jul 11, 2025 Your weekend |
Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown State championship | Papillion, NE | 1 day before | 24 |
| Jul 11, 2025 Your weekend |
Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | Miles, IA | 1 day before | 18 |
| Jul 11, 2025 Your weekend |
KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 1 day before | 10 |
| Jul 11, 2025 Your weekend |
Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (Backyard 2) | Cameron, MO | 1 day before | 10 |
| Jul 10, 2025 Your weekend |
South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 2 days before | 66 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 6 days after | 40 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 6 days after | 34 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 6 days after | 32 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 6 days after | 30 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Blaze of 47 State championship | Salt Lake City, UT | 6 days after | 26 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Osceola, MO | 6 days after | 9 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | 7 days after | 35 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 7 days after | 28 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | 7 days after | 17 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | 7 days before | 13 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition | Bible Hill, NS | 7 days after | 11 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Nova Scotia, Canada Cancelled | Bible Hill, NS | 7 days after | — |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown | Winnipeg, MB | 12 days before | 24 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | 13 days after | 37 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | 13 days after | 31 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 13 days after | 30 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Laramie, WY | 13 days after | 26 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 13 days after | 18 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Curley Que Classic State championship | Honolulu, HI | 13 days after | 12 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Fire on the Mountain BBQ State championship | Leburn, KY | 13 days after | 10 |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Didsbury, AB | 14 days after | 32 |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main State championship | Collinsville, IL | 14 days after | 32 |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 14 days after | 27 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest | Sorocaba - Sao Paulo, Brazil | 14 days before | 26 |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 14 days after | 19 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) | Dodewaard, Netherlands | 14 days before | 18 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Mee (a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Innsbruck, Austria | 14 days before | 11 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | Delta, PA | 14 days before | 10 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Mee (a)t and Fire BBQ Festival Innsbruck | Innsbruck, Austria | 14 days before | 7 |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Brazil | Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil | 14 days before | — |
| Jun 28, 2025 | St. Joseph County Fair Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | South Bend, IN | 14 days before | — |
| Jun 27, 2025 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | 15 days before | 159 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Smoke-N-Wings State championship | Blackfoot, ID | 15 days before | 32 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Old Town Smokeout State championship | Van Buren, AR | 15 days before | 27 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | Delta, PA | 15 days before | 26 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown State championship | Eureka, IL | 15 days before | 26 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Art of the Que (Backyard 2) | Spencer, IA | 15 days before | 17 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 | Perez Zeldon, Costa Rica | 15 days before | 16 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) State championship | Spencer, IA | 15 days before | 15 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Eureka, IL | 15 days before | 15 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) | Dodewaard, Netherlands | 15 days before | 13 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Art of the Que (One Meat Ribs) | Spencer, IA | 15 days before | 12 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Mobile, AL | 15 days before | 10 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Old Town Smokeout (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Van Buren, AR | 15 days before | 6 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 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.
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