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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, August 30, 2025 · everywhere, because no place is set
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
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- 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
- 14 Oct 11
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-30 Your weekend | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Calgary, AB | 0 | 38 |
| 2025-08-30 Your weekend | Smoke on the River (Day 2) State championship | Burlington, KS | 0 | 24 |
| 2025-08-29 Your weekend | SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway State championship | Brandon, SD | -1 | 44 |
| 2025-08-29 Your weekend | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest State championship | Meridian, ID | -1 | 39 |
| 2025-08-29 Your weekend | Smoke on the River (Day 1) State championship | Burlington, KS | -1 | 25 |
| 2025-08-31 Your weekend | Smokin Ghost BBQ Rib Double Dip 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Chillicothe, IL | 1 | 15 |
| 2025-08-31 Your weekend | Smokin Ghost BBQ Rib Double Dip 2 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Chillicothe, IL | 1 | 15 |
| 2025-08-29 Your weekend | Vuur en Vlees | Deurne, 5753 SG | -1 | 13 |
| 2025-08-29 | DJ Basin 1st Annual BBQ, Blues & Brews Cancelled State championship | Greeley, CO | -1 | — |
| 2025-09-04 | Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Lee's Summit, MO | 5 | 41 |
| 2025-09-05 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl State championship | Wellington, OH | 6 | 42 |
| 2025-09-05 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Park Ridge, IL | 6 | 38 |
| 2025-09-05 | Puckaway Pigfest State championship | Montello, WI | 6 | 35 |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Cullman, AL | 6 | 29 |
| 2025-09-05 | Uniquely Union Festival State championship | Union, SC | 6 | 25 |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Cullman, AL | 6 | 19 |
| 2025-09-05 | Buds Blues and BBQ State championship | Columbia, MO | 6 | 9 |
| 2025-09-05 | Buds Blues and BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) State championship | Columbia, MO | 6 | 7 |
| 2025-09-05 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado BBQ Contest Cancelled State championship | Castle Rock, CO | 6 | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 6 | — |
| 2025-08-23 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle | London, ON | -7 | 22 |
| 2025-09-06 | Big Smoke Bonnyville | Bonnyville, AB | 7 | 15 |
| 2025-09-06 | Saxonburg BBQ Smokeout | Saxonburg, PA | 7 | 14 |
| 2025-08-23 | Auburn Rib Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Auburn, CA | -7 | 11 |
| 2025-08-23 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Ontario, Canada | London, ON | -7 | — |
| 2025-09-06 | The Bob and Moe BBQ Show Class | Syracuse, NY | 7 | — |
| 2025-08-22 | Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship | Bozeman, MT | -8 | 38 |
| 2025-08-22 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Lincoln, IL | -8 | 31 |
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North | Rolfstorp, | -8 | 31 |
| 2025-08-22 | Brighton Barbeque Bash State championship | Oshkosh, WI | -8 | 29 |
| 2025-08-22 | East Central State BBQ Cookoff State championship | Paola, KS | -8 | 27 |
| 2025-08-22 | MN Masters BBQ State championship | Pierz, MN | -8 | 26 |
| 2025-08-22 | Cruisin' and BBQin' State championship | Hampton, IA | -8 | 18 |
| 2025-08-22 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff State championship | Edinburg, VA | -8 | 16 |
| 2025-09-12 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff State championship | Waller, TX | 13 | 92 |
| 2025-09-12 | 21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest State championship | Riverside, CA | 13 | 35 |
| 2025-09-12 | Bands and BBQ at the Point State championship | Carrollton, KY | 13 | 29 |
| 2025-09-12 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | Guntersville, AL | 13 | 28 |
| 2025-09-12 | Smoke on the Ohio State championship | Mt. Vernon, IN | 13 | 27 |
| 2025-09-12 | Grillstock State championship | Moore, OK | 13 | 23 |
| 2025-09-12 | East Helena Smoke Show Cancelled State championship | East Helena, MT | 13 | 21 |
| 2025-09-12 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship | Southwick, MA | 13 | 16 |
| 2025-09-12 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) | Dongen, 5106NC | 13 | 16 |
| 2025-09-12 | Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival | Leduc, AB | 13 | 16 |
| 2025-09-12 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Battle of the Bones" (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Guntersville, AL | 13 | 15 |
| 2025-09-12 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Lakeside Pork Fest" (ONE MEAT PORK) | Guntersville, AL | 13 | 13 |
| 2025-09-12 | Bulgarian Barbecue Championship | Sofia, 1000 | 13 | 11 |
| 2025-09-12 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bulgaria | Sofia, 1000 | 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 |
| 2025-08-16 | 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 |
| 2025-09-13 | Trekking for CDH State championship | Pierron, IL | 14 | 27 |
| 2025-09-13 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) | Dongen, 5106NC | 14 | 23 |
| 2025-08-16 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | -14 | 20 |
| 2025-09-13 | Trekking for CDH (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Pierron, IL | 14 | 19 |
| 2025-08-16 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | -14 | 17 |
| 2025-09-13 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship | Southwick, MA | 14 | 16 |
| 2025-09-13 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Ribs) | Southwick, MA | 14 | 9 |
| 2025-09-13 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken) | Southwick, MA | 14 | 8 |
| 2025-09-13 | Patriot Day of Remembrance BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Webb City, MO | 14 | 5 |
| 2025-08-16 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | -14 | — |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | -15 | 62 |
| 2025-08-15 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship State championship | Lubbock, TX | -15 | 55 |
| 2025-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest State championship | Madison, IN | -15 | 45 |
| 2025-08-15 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | -15 | 27 |
| 2025-08-15 | Pigs & Peaches State championship | Kennesaw, GA | -15 | 27 |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Saue, 76505 | -15 | 11 |
| 2025-08-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Peru | San Borja, Lima, 15036 | -15 | — |
| 2025-08-14 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Peru | San Borja, Lima, 15036 | -16 | — |
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.