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 23, 2025 · everywhere, because no place is set
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 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
- 12 Oct 4
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 Your weekend | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle | London, ON | 0 | 22 |
| 2025-08-23 Your weekend | Auburn Rib Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Auburn, CA | 0 | 11 |
| 2025-08-23 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Ontario, Canada | London, ON | 0 | — |
| 2025-08-22 Your weekend | Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship | Bozeman, MT | -1 | 38 |
| 2025-08-22 Your weekend | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Lincoln, IL | -1 | 31 |
| 2025-08-22 Your weekend | Smoke in the North | Rolfstorp, | -1 | 31 |
| 2025-08-22 Your weekend | Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | -1 | 29 |
| 2025-08-22 Your weekend | East Central State BBQ Cookoff State championship | Paola, KS | -1 | 27 |
| 2025-08-22 Your weekend | MN Masters BBQ State championship | Pierz, MN | -1 | 26 |
| 2025-08-22 Your weekend | Cruisin' and BBQin' State championship | Hampton, IA | -1 | 18 |
| 2025-08-22 Your weekend | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff State championship | Edinburg, VA | -1 | 16 |
| 2025-08-29 | SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway State championship | Brandon, SD | 6 | 44 |
| 2025-08-29 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest State championship | Meridian, ID | 6 | 39 |
| 2025-08-29 | Smoke on the River (Day 1) State championship | Burlington, KS | 6 | 25 |
| 2025-08-29 | Vuur en Vlees | Deurne, 5753 SG | 6 | 13 |
| 2025-08-29 | DJ Basin 1st Annual BBQ, Blues & Brews Cancelled State championship | Greeley, CO | 6 | — |
| 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 |
| 2025-08-30 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Calgary, AB | 7 | 38 |
| 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 |
| 2025-08-30 | Smoke on the River (Day 2) State championship | Burlington, KS | 7 | 24 |
| 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 |
| 2025-08-16 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | -7 | — |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | -8 | 62 |
| 2025-08-15 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship State championship | Lubbock, TX | -8 | 55 |
| 2025-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest State championship | Madison, IN | -8 | 45 |
| 2025-08-15 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | -8 | 27 |
| 2025-08-15 | Pigs & Peaches State championship | Kennesaw, GA | -8 | 27 |
| 2025-08-31 | Smokin Ghost BBQ Rib Double Dip 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Chillicothe, IL | 8 | 15 |
| 2025-08-31 | Smokin Ghost BBQ Rib Double Dip 2 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Chillicothe, IL | 8 | 15 |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Saue, 76505 | -8 | 11 |
| 2025-08-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Peru | San Borja, Lima, 15036 | -8 | — |
| 2025-08-14 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Peru | San Borja, Lima, 15036 | -9 | — |
| 2025-09-04 | Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Lee's Summit, MO | 12 | 41 |
| 2025-09-05 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl State championship | Wellington, OH | 13 | 42 |
| 2025-09-05 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Park Ridge, IL | 13 | 38 |
| 2025-09-05 | Puckaway Pigfest State championship | Montello, WI | 13 | 35 |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Cullman, AL | 13 | 29 |
| 2025-09-05 | Uniquely Union Festival State championship | Union, SC | 13 | 25 |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Cullman, AL | 13 | 19 |
| 2025-09-05 | Buds Blues and BBQ State championship | Columbia, MO | 13 | 9 |
| 2025-09-05 | Buds Blues and BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Columbia, MO | 13 | 7 |
| 2025-09-05 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado BBQ Contest Cancelled State championship | Castle Rock, CO | 13 | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) State championship | Doswell, VA | -14 | 25 |
| 2025-08-09 | 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) State championship | Felton, CA | -14 | 21 |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire | Medvode, 1215 | -14 | 20 |
| 2025-08-09 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown State championship | Canton, MA | -14 | 20 |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, 1215 | -14 | 19 |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Medvode, 1215 | -14 | 19 |
| 2025-08-09 | Smokin Downtown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Warsaw, IN | -14 | 18 |
| 2025-09-06 | Big Smoke Bonnyville | Bonnyville, AB | 14 | 15 |
| 2025-09-06 | Saxonburg BBQ Smokeout | Saxonburg, PA | 14 | 14 |
| 2025-08-09 | Big Boy BBQ Bash (Day 2) Cancelled | Melbourne, 3000 | -14 | — |
| 2025-09-06 | The Bob and Moe BBQ Show Class | Syracuse, NY | 14 | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | -15 | 53 |
| 2025-08-08 | 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) State championship | Felton, CA | -15 | 25 |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) State championship | Doswell, VA | -15 | 25 |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke in the Orchard, Powered by Sunpoke | Keswick, NB | -15 | 15 |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Doswell, VA | -15 | 13 |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Doswell, VA | -15 | 12 |
| 2025-08-08 | Grill in the Ville Cancelled | Hughesville, PA | -15 | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Big Boy BBQ Bash (Day 1) Cancelled | Melbourne, 3000 | -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.