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 16, 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.
- 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
- 18 Sep 27
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-16 Your weekend | Kora Kares for Kids State championship | Hiram, ME | 0 | 40 |
| 2025-08-16 Your weekend | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 0 | 39 |
| 2025-08-16 Your weekend | Smoke N for the Kids State championship | Troy, IL | 0 | 32 |
| 2025-08-16 Your weekend | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition State championship | DuPont, WA | 0 | 30 |
| 2025-08-16 Your weekend | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | 0 | 20 |
| 2025-08-16 Your weekend | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 0 | 17 |
| 2025-08-16 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 0 | — |
| 2025-08-15 Your weekend | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | -1 | 62 |
| 2025-08-15 Your weekend | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship State championship | Lubbock, TX | -1 | 55 |
| 2025-08-15 Your weekend | Madison Ribberfest State championship | Madison, IN | -1 | 45 |
| 2025-08-15 Your weekend | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | -1 | 27 |
| 2025-08-15 Your weekend | Pigs & Peaches State championship | Kennesaw, GA | -1 | 27 |
| 2025-08-15 Your weekend | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Saue, 76505 | -1 | 11 |
| 2025-08-15 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Peru | San Borja, Lima, 15036 | -1 | — |
| 2025-08-14 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Peru | San Borja, Lima, 15036 | -2 | — |
| 2025-08-22 | Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship | Bozeman, MT | 6 | 38 |
| 2025-08-22 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Lincoln, IL | 6 | 31 |
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North | Rolfstorp, | 6 | 31 |
| 2025-08-22 | Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | 6 | 29 |
| 2025-08-22 | East Central State BBQ Cookoff State championship | Paola, KS | 6 | 27 |
| 2025-08-22 | MN Masters BBQ State championship | Pierz, MN | 6 | 26 |
| 2025-08-22 | Cruisin' and BBQin' State championship | Hampton, IA | 6 | 18 |
| 2025-08-22 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff State championship | Edinburg, VA | 6 | 16 |
| 2025-08-09 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) State championship | Doswell, VA | -7 | 25 |
| 2025-08-23 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle | London, ON | 7 | 22 |
| 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 |
| 2025-08-09 | 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 |
| 2025-08-23 | Auburn Rib Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Auburn, CA | 7 | 11 |
| 2025-08-09 | Big Boy BBQ Bash (Day 2) Cancelled | Melbourne, 3000 | -7 | — |
| 2025-08-23 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Ontario, Canada | London, ON | 7 | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | -8 | 53 |
| 2025-08-08 | 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) State championship | Felton, CA | -8 | 25 |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) State championship | Doswell, VA | -8 | 25 |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke | Keswick, NB | -8 | 15 |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Doswell, VA | -8 | 13 |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Doswell, VA | -8 | 12 |
| 2025-08-08 | Grill in the Ville Cancelled | Hughesville, PA | -8 | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Big Boy BBQ Bash (Day 1) Cancelled | Melbourne, 3000 | -8 | — |
| 2025-08-29 | SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway State championship | Brandon, SD | 13 | 44 |
| 2025-08-29 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest State championship | Meridian, ID | 13 | 39 |
| 2025-08-29 | Smoke on the River (Day 1) State championship | Burlington, KS | 13 | 25 |
| 2025-08-29 | Vuur en Vlees | Deurne, 5753 SG | 13 | 13 |
| 2025-08-29 | DJ Basin 1st Annual BBQ, Blues & Brews Cancelled State championship | Greeley, CO | 13 | — |
| 2025-08-02 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) State championship | Port Jervis, NY | -14 | 47 |
| 2025-08-30 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Calgary, AB | 14 | 38 |
| 2025-08-30 | Smoke on the River (Day 2) State championship | Burlington, KS | 14 | 24 |
| 2025-08-02 | Smokin in the Valley | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | -14 | 12 |
| 2025-08-02 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO | -14 | — |
| 2025-08-02 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sweden | Rolfstorp, 432 97 | -14 | — |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | -15 | 43 |
| 2025-08-01 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship (Invitational) (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Port Jervis, NY | -15 | 34 |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | -15 | 29 |
| 2025-08-01 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ Cancelled State championship | Council Bluffs, IA | -15 | 24 |
| 2025-08-01 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Florence, AL | -15 | 23 |
| 2025-08-01 | La Classique What the Pork? | Sainte-Perpetue, QC | -15 | 18 |
| 2025-08-31 | Smokin Ghost BBQ Rib Double Dip 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Chillicothe, IL | 15 | 15 |
| 2025-08-31 | Smokin Ghost BBQ Rib Double Dip 2 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Chillicothe, IL | 15 | 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.