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 19, 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.
- 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
- 8 Aug 30
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 19, 2025 Your weekend |
Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | Same day | 35 |
| Jul 19, 2025 Your weekend |
Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | Same day | 28 |
| Jul 19, 2025 Your weekend |
Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | Same day | 17 |
| Jul 19, 2025 Your weekend |
The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition | Bible Hill, NS | Same day | 11 |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Nova Scotia, Canada Cancelled | Bible Hill, NS | Same day | — |
| Jul 18, 2025 Your weekend |
Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 1 day before | 40 |
| Jul 18, 2025 Your weekend |
Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 1 day before | 34 |
| Jul 18, 2025 Your weekend |
Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 1 day before | 32 |
| Jul 18, 2025 Your weekend |
Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 1 day before | 30 |
| Jul 18, 2025 Your weekend |
Blaze of 47 State championship | Salt Lake City, UT | 1 day before | 26 |
| Jul 18, 2025 Your weekend |
Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Osceola, MO | 1 day before | 9 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | 6 days after | 37 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | 6 days after | 31 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 6 days after | 30 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Laramie, WY | 6 days after | 26 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 6 days after | 18 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Curley Que Classic State championship | Honolulu, HI | 6 days after | 12 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Fire on the Mountain BBQ State championship | Leburn, KY | 6 days after | 10 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 7 days before | 63 |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Didsbury, AB | 7 days after | 32 |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main State championship | Collinsville, IL | 7 days after | 32 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | 7 days before | 30 |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 7 days after | 27 |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 7 days after | 19 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) | Miles, IA | 7 days before | 16 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 7 days before | 12 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | California State Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sacramento, CA | 7 days before | 10 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Croatia | Zagreb, Croatia | 7 days before | — |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Cameron, MO | 8 days before | 36 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | 8 days before | 27 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler State championship | Worthington, MN | 8 days before | 26 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown State championship | Papillion, NE | 8 days before | 24 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | Miles, IA | 8 days before | 18 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 8 days before | 10 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (Backyard 2) | Cameron, MO | 8 days before | 10 |
| Jul 10, 2025 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 9 days before | 66 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | 13 days after | 43 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Port Jervis, NY | 13 days after | 34 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | 13 days after | 29 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ Cancelled State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | 13 days after | 24 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Florence, AL | 13 days after | 23 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | La Classique What the Pork? | Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 13 days after | 18 |
| Aug 2, 2025 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) State championship | Port Jervis, NY | 14 days after | 47 |
| Jul 5, 2025 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | 14 days before | 13 |
| Aug 2, 2025 | Smokin in the Valley | Herne Hill, Western Australia, Australia | 14 days after | 12 |
| Aug 2, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | 14 days after | — |
| Aug 2, 2025 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sweden | Rolfstorp, Sweden | 14 days after | — |
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.