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, October 4, 2025 · everywhere, because no place is set

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

ND BBQ Championship

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±2 weeks either side

The weekends around yours

How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.

The weekend of Nov 15 is the quietest in range: 2 contests. The biggest thing on it is Atlanta BBQ Store Classic.

Contests within ±2 weeks

Date	Contest	Where	Days off	Field
2025-10-03 Your weekend	ND BBQ Championship State championship	Fargo, ND	-1	46
2025-10-03 Your weekend	La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown State championship	La Belle, MO	-1	39
2025-10-03 Your weekend	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival State championship	Lyons, GA	-1	32
2025-10-03 Your weekend	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship State championship	Harrisburg, PA	-1	30
2025-10-03 Your weekend	Hub City BBQ Fest (formerly TN River BBQ Fest) State championship	Jackson, TN	-1	25
2025-10-03 Your weekend	ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Fargo, ND	-1	24
2025-10-03 Your weekend	Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)	Pleasant Hill, MO	-1	23
2025-10-03 Your weekend	Meat Inferno State championship	Edgerton, KS	-1	21
2025-10-03 Your weekend	Gladstone Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Gladstone, MO	-1	17
2025-10-03 Your weekend	Carnivore Carnival (COMPETITOR SERIES)	Platte City, MO	-1	14
2025-10-03 Your weekend	Meat Inferno (One Meat Ribs)	Edgerton, KS	-1	12
2025-10-03 Your weekend	Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild State championship	Branson, MO	-1	11
2025-10-03	Red White & Q (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled	Henryetta, OK	-1	9
2025-10-03	Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition Cancelled State championship	Hinton, OK	-1	—
2025-10-03	MP Fire & Fiddle Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled	Manassas Park, VA	-1	—
2025-10-10	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Lynchburg, TN	6	90
2025-10-10	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Scottsboro, AL	6	30
2025-10-10	Smoke on the Water State championship	Topeka, KS	6	30
2025-10-10	MD State BBQ Bash State championship	Bel Air, MD	6	29
2025-09-28	First State BBQ Bash (SUNDAY BACKYARD ONLY)	Milford, DE	-6	14
2025-10-10	Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Stover, MO	6	13
2025-10-10	CabotFest Bags n BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Cabot, AR	6	9
2025-10-10	CabotFest Bags n BBQ (ONE MEAT PORK)	Cabot, AR	6	9
2025-10-10	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Lynchburg, TN	Lynchburg, TN	6	—
2025-10-10	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Hungary	Sazerencs, 3900	6	—
2025-09-27	Smoke in the Valley	Edmonton, AB	-7	23
2025-10-11	V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition	Szerencs, 3900	7	21
2025-10-11	Bean Town BBQ Cookoff	Bow Island, AB	7	15
2025-09-27	Spencerville Smoke Ring	Spencerville, K0E 1X0	-7	14
2025-10-11	V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Szerencs, 3900	7	9
2025-10-11	Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)	Luray, VA	7	9
2025-09-27	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Spencerville, Ontario Canada	Spencerville, ON	-7	—
2025-09-27	Ribs & Brisket Class - BBQ Maestros	Indianapolis, IN	-7	—
2025-09-26	Shawnee Great Grillers State championship	Shawnee, KS	-8	67
2025-09-26	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival State championship	Jonesboro, AR	-8	26
2025-09-26	Fire in the Foothills State championship	King, NC	-8	25
2025-09-26	First State BBQ Bash State championship	Milford, DE	-8	25
2025-09-26	Smokin on the Route State championship	Miami, OK	-8	20
2025-09-26	Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash State championship	Egg Harbor, WI	-8	16
2025-09-26	First State BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Milford, DE	-8	16
2025-09-26	Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Clanton, AL	-8	15
2025-09-26	Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Egg Harbor, WI	-8	13
2025-09-26	First State BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Milford, DE	-8	12
2025-09-26	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Friday Night Chicken Fight" (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Clanton, AL	-8	11
2025-10-12	DMV Kosher Brisket BBQ Competition (COMPETITOR SERIES)	Waynesboro, PA	8	7
2025-09-26	Chicken & Butts Class - BBQ Maestros	Indianapolis, IN	-8	—
2025-09-26	Invisible Wounds Project Backyard Barbecue Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled	Forest Lake, MN	-8	—
2025-09-26	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Ogden, UT	Ogden, UT	-8	—
2025-10-16	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)	Roswell, GA	12	36
2025-10-17	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Huntsville, AL	13	39
2025-10-17	Happy Basset 5th Annual BBQ Competition State championship	Topeka, KS	13	23
2025-10-17	Balloons and Barbeque State championship	Poteau, OK	13	15
2025-10-17	Roast N Boast State championship	Columbus, MS	13	13
2025-10-17	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Ogden, UT Cancelled	Ogden, UT	13	—
2025-09-20	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) State championship	Braintree, VT	-14	25
2025-09-20	Fo.G & Smoke 2025	Spilamberto, I-41057	-14	24
2025-09-20	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD)	Glencoe, AL	-14	22
2025-09-20	12 Bridge Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Lincoln, CA	-14	19
2025-10-18	Battle for the Bones BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Birmingham, AL	14	17
2025-10-18	Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Fossalta di Piave , 30020	14	16
2025-10-18	Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Fossalta di Piave , 30020	14	16
2025-09-20	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Ribs)	Braintree, VT	-14	14
2025-10-18	Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Vienna, 1110	14	14
2025-09-20	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken)	Braintree, VT	-14	12
2025-10-18	Vienna BBQ Days	Vienna, 1110	14	11
2025-09-19	Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard State championship	Murphysboro, IL	-15	56
2025-09-19	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge State championship	Rutherford College, NC	-15	36
2025-09-19	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)	Glencoe, AL	-15	30
2025-09-19	37th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out State championship	Kearney, MO	-15	30
2025-09-19	September Fest State championship	Coldwater, MI	-15	26
2025-09-19	Tri-City BBQ Fest State championship	Denison, IA	-15	26
2025-09-19	Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off State championship	Ponca City, OK	-15	25
2025-09-19	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Cancelled State championship	Braintree, VT	-15	20
2025-09-19	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Don't Burn the Brisket" (ONE MEAT BRISKET)	Glencoe, AL	-15	19
2025-09-19	Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY)	Loves Park, IL	-15	17
2025-09-19	September Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Coldwater, MI	-15	14
2025-09-19	Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Ponca City, OK	-15	7

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.