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, August 2, 2025 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 13 Sep 6
- 20 Sep 13
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-02 Your weekend | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) State championship | Port Jervis, NY | 0 | 47 |
| 2025-08-02 Your weekend | Smokin in the Valley | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 0 | 12 |
| 2025-08-02 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | 0 | — |
| 2025-08-02 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sweden | Rolfstorp, 432 97 | 0 | — |
| 2025-08-01 Your weekend | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | -1 | 43 |
| 2025-08-01 Your weekend | Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Port Jervis, NY | -1 | 34 |
| 2025-08-01 Your weekend | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | -1 | 29 |
| 2025-08-01 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ Cancelled State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | -1 | 24 |
| 2025-08-01 Your weekend | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Florence, AL | -1 | 23 |
| 2025-08-01 Your weekend | La Classique What the Pork? | Sainte-Perpetue, QC | -1 | 18 |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 6 | 53 |
| 2025-08-08 | 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) State championship | Felton, CA | 6 | 25 |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) State championship | Doswell, VA | 6 | 25 |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke | Keswick, NB | 6 | 15 |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Doswell, VA | 6 | 13 |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Doswell, VA | 6 | 12 |
| 2025-08-08 | Grill in the Ville Cancelled | Hughesville, PA | 6 | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Big Boy BBQ Bash (Day 1) Cancelled | Melbourne, 3000 | 6 | — |
| 2025-07-26 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Didsbury, AB | -7 | 32 |
| 2025-07-26 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main State championship | Collinsville, IL | -7 | 32 |
| 2025-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -7 | 27 |
| 2025-08-09 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) State championship | Doswell, VA | 7 | 25 |
| 2025-08-09 | 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) State championship | Felton, CA | 7 | 21 |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire | Medvode, 1215 | 7 | 20 |
| 2025-08-09 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown State championship | Canton, MA | 7 | 20 |
| 2025-07-26 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | -7 | 19 |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, 1215 | 7 | 19 |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Medvode, 1215 | 7 | 19 |
| 2025-08-09 | Smokin Downtown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Warsaw, IN | 7 | 18 |
| 2025-08-09 | Big Boy BBQ Bash (Day 2) Cancelled | Melbourne, 3000 | 7 | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | -8 | 37 |
| 2025-07-25 | 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | -8 | 31 |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -8 | 30 |
| 2025-07-25 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Laramie, WY | -8 | 26 |
| 2025-07-25 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | -8 | 18 |
| 2025-07-25 | Curley Que Classic State championship | Honolulu, HI | -8 | 12 |
| 2025-07-25 | Fire on the Mountain BBQ State championship | Leburn, KY | -8 | 10 |
| 2025-08-14 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Peru | San Borja, Lima, 15036 | 12 | — |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | 13 | 62 |
| 2025-08-15 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship State championship | Lubbock, TX | 13 | 55 |
| 2025-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest State championship | Madison, IN | 13 | 45 |
| 2025-08-15 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | 13 | 27 |
| 2025-08-15 | Pigs & Peaches State championship | Kennesaw, GA | 13 | 27 |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Saue, 76505 | 13 | 11 |
| 2025-08-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Peru | San Borja, Lima, 15036 | 13 | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Kora Kares for Kids State championship | Hiram, ME | 14 | 40 |
| 2025-08-16 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 14 | 39 |
| 2025-07-19 | Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | -14 | 35 |
| 2025-08-16 | Smoke N for the Kids State championship | Troy, IL | 14 | 32 |
| 2025-08-16 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition State championship | DuPont, WA | 14 | 30 |
| 2025-07-19 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | -14 | 28 |
| 2025-08-16 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | 14 | 20 |
| 2025-07-19 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Dowagiac, MI | -14 | 17 |
| 2025-08-16 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 14 | 17 |
| 2025-07-19 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition | Bible Hill, NS | -14 | 11 |
| 2025-07-19 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Nova Scotia, Canada Cancelled | Bible Hill, NS | -14 | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 14 | — |
| 2025-07-18 | Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | -15 | 40 |
| 2025-07-18 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | -15 | 34 |
| 2025-07-18 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | -15 | 32 |
| 2025-07-18 | Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | -15 | 30 |
| 2025-07-18 | Blaze of 47 State championship | Salt Lake City, UT | -15 | 26 |
| 2025-07-18 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Osceola, MO | -15 | 9 |
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.