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 9, 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.
- 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
- 17 Sep 20
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-09 Your weekend | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) State championship | Doswell, VA | 0 | 25 |
| 2025-08-09 Your weekend | 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) State championship | Felton, CA | 0 | 21 |
| 2025-08-09 Your weekend | Wild West Fest on Fire | Medvode, 1215 | 0 | 20 |
| 2025-08-09 Your weekend | Trillium BBQ Throwdown State championship | Canton, MA | 0 | 20 |
| 2025-08-09 Your weekend | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, 1215 | 0 | 19 |
| 2025-08-09 Your weekend | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Medvode, 1215 | 0 | 19 |
| 2025-08-09 Your weekend | Smokin Downtown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Warsaw, IN | 0 | 18 |
| 2025-08-09 | Big Boy BBQ Bash (Day 2) Cancelled | Melbourne, 3000 | 0 | — |
| 2025-08-08 Your weekend | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | -1 | 53 |
| 2025-08-08 Your weekend | 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) State championship | Felton, CA | -1 | 25 |
| 2025-08-08 Your weekend | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) State championship | Doswell, VA | -1 | 25 |
| 2025-08-08 Your weekend | Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke | Keswick, NB | -1 | 15 |
| 2025-08-08 Your weekend | Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Doswell, VA | -1 | 13 |
| 2025-08-08 Your weekend | Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Doswell, VA | -1 | 12 |
| 2025-08-08 | Grill in the Ville Cancelled | Hughesville, PA | -1 | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Big Boy BBQ Bash (Day 1) Cancelled | Melbourne, 3000 | -1 | — |
| 2025-08-14 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Peru | San Borja, Lima, 15036 | 5 | — |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | 6 | 62 |
| 2025-08-15 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship State championship | Lubbock, TX | 6 | 55 |
| 2025-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest State championship | Madison, IN | 6 | 45 |
| 2025-08-15 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | 6 | 27 |
| 2025-08-15 | Pigs & Peaches State championship | Kennesaw, GA | 6 | 27 |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Saue, 76505 | 6 | 11 |
| 2025-08-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Peru | San Borja, Lima, 15036 | 6 | — |
| 2025-08-02 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) State championship | Port Jervis, NY | -7 | 47 |
| 2025-08-16 | Kora Kares for Kids State championship | Hiram, ME | 7 | 40 |
| 2025-08-16 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 7 | 39 |
| 2025-08-16 | Smoke N for the Kids State championship | Troy, IL | 7 | 32 |
| 2025-08-16 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition State championship | DuPont, WA | 7 | 30 |
| 2025-08-16 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | 7 | 20 |
| 2025-08-16 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 7 | 17 |
| 2025-08-02 | Smokin in the Valley | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | -7 | 12 |
| 2025-08-02 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | -7 | — |
| 2025-08-02 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sweden | Rolfstorp, 432 97 | -7 | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 7 | — |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | -8 | 43 |
| 2025-08-01 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Port Jervis, NY | -8 | 34 |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | -8 | 29 |
| 2025-08-01 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ Cancelled State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | -8 | 24 |
| 2025-08-01 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Florence, AL | -8 | 23 |
| 2025-08-01 | La Classique What the Pork? | Sainte-Perpetue, QC | -8 | 18 |
| 2025-08-22 | Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship | Bozeman, MT | 13 | 38 |
| 2025-08-22 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Lincoln, IL | 13 | 31 |
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North | Rolfstorp, | 13 | 31 |
| 2025-08-22 | Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | 13 | 29 |
| 2025-08-22 | East Central State BBQ Cookoff State championship | Paola, KS | 13 | 27 |
| 2025-08-22 | MN Masters BBQ State championship | Pierz, MN | 13 | 26 |
| 2025-08-22 | Cruisin' and BBQin' State championship | Hampton, IA | 13 | 18 |
| 2025-08-22 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff State championship | Edinburg, VA | 13 | 16 |
| 2025-07-26 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Didsbury, AB | -14 | 32 |
| 2025-07-26 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main State championship | Collinsville, IL | -14 | 32 |
| 2025-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -14 | 27 |
| 2025-08-23 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle | London, ON | 14 | 22 |
| 2025-07-26 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) State championship | Dodge City, KS | -14 | 19 |
| 2025-08-23 | Auburn Rib Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Auburn, CA | 14 | 11 |
| 2025-08-23 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Ontario, Canada | London, ON | 14 | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Mountain State championship | Galax, VA | -15 | 37 |
| 2025-07-25 | 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | -15 | 31 |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -15 | 30 |
| 2025-07-25 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Laramie, WY | -15 | 26 |
| 2025-07-25 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) State championship | Dodge City, KS | -15 | 18 |
| 2025-07-25 | Curley Que Classic State championship | Honolulu, HI | -15 | 12 |
| 2025-07-25 | Fire on the Mountain BBQ State championship | Leburn, KY | -15 | 10 |
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.