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 11, 2025 · everywhere, because no place is set

That weekend

sanctioned contests

Biggest that weekend

Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

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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
2025-10-11 Your weekend	V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition	Szerencs, 3900	0	21
2025-10-11 Your weekend	Bean Town BBQ Cookoff	Bow Island, AB	0	15
2025-10-11 Your weekend	V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Szerencs, 3900	0	9
2025-10-11 Your weekend	Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)	Luray, VA	0	9
2025-10-10 Your weekend	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Lynchburg, TN	-1	90
2025-10-10 Your weekend	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Scottsboro, AL	-1	30
2025-10-10 Your weekend	Smoke on the Water State championship	Topeka, KS	-1	30
2025-10-10 Your weekend	MD State BBQ Bash State championship	Bel Air, MD	-1	29
2025-10-10 Your weekend	Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Stover, MO	-1	13
2025-10-10 Your weekend	CabotFest Bags n BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Cabot, AR	-1	9
2025-10-10 Your weekend	CabotFest Bags n BBQ (ONE MEAT PORK)	Cabot, AR	-1	9
2025-10-12 Your weekend	DMV Kosher Brisket BBQ Competition (COMPETITOR SERIES)	Waynesboro, PA	1	7
2025-10-10 Your weekend	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Lynchburg, TN	Lynchburg, TN	-1	—
2025-10-10 Your weekend	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Hungary	Sazerencs, 3900	-1	—
2025-10-16	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)	Roswell, GA	5	36
2025-10-17	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Huntsville, AL	6	39
2025-10-17	Happy Basset 5th Annual BBQ Competition State championship	Topeka, KS	6	23
2025-10-17	Balloons and Barbeque State championship	Poteau, OK	6	15
2025-10-17	Roast N Boast State championship	Columbus, MS	6	13
2025-10-17	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Ogden, UT Cancelled	Ogden, UT	6	—
2025-10-18	Battle for the Bones BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Birmingham, AL	7	17
2025-10-18	Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Fossalta di Piave , 30020	7	16
2025-10-18	Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Fossalta di Piave , 30020	7	16
2025-10-18	Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Vienna, 1110	7	14
2025-10-18	Vienna BBQ Days	Vienna, 1110	7	11
2025-10-03	ND BBQ Championship State championship	Fargo, ND	-8	46
2025-10-03	La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown State championship	La Belle, MO	-8	39
2025-10-03	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival State championship	Lyons, GA	-8	32
2025-10-03	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship State championship	Harrisburg, PA	-8	30
2025-10-03	Hub City BBQ Fest (formerly TN River BBQ Fest) State championship	Jackson, TN	-8	25
2025-10-03	ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Fargo, ND	-8	24
2025-10-03	Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)	Pleasant Hill, MO	-8	23
2025-10-03	Meat Inferno State championship	Edgerton, KS	-8	21
2025-10-03	Gladstone Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Gladstone, MO	-8	17
2025-10-03	Carnivore Carnival (COMPETITOR SERIES)	Platte City, MO	-8	14
2025-10-03	Meat Inferno (One Meat Ribs)	Edgerton, KS	-8	12
2025-10-03	Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild State championship	Branson, MO	-8	11
2025-10-03	Red White & Q (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled	Henryetta, OK	-8	9
2025-10-03	Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition Cancelled State championship	Hinton, OK	-8	—
2025-10-03	MP Fire & Fiddle Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled	Manassas Park, VA	-8	—
2025-10-24	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown State championship	Rocky Mount, NC	13	45
2025-10-24	VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition State championship	Vidalia, LA	13	33
2025-10-24	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship	Jackson, NJ	13	31
2025-10-24	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Cleveland, AL	13	28
2025-10-24	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Cleveland, AL	13	27
2025-10-24	1st Annual Boost & BBQ State championship	Odessa, MO	13	25
2025-10-24	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK)	Cleveland, AL	13	24
2025-10-24	BBQ for Bravery Cancelled State championship	Alcoa, TN	13	19
2025-10-24	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Chicken)	Jackson, NJ	13	17
2025-09-28	First State BBQ Bash (SUNDAY BACKYARD ONLY)	Milford, DE	-13	14
2025-10-25	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship	Jackson, NJ	14	32
2025-09-27	Smoke in the Valley	Edmonton, AB	-14	23
2025-10-25	Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (One Meat Ribs)	Jackson, NJ	14	18
2025-10-25	Last Chance Points Dance (BACKYARD)	Cleveland, AL	14	16
2025-09-27	Spencerville Smoke Ring	Spencerville, K0E 1X0	-14	14
2025-10-25	Blue Bombers BBQ Tailgate Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)	Winnipeg, MB	14	5
2025-09-27	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Spencerville, Ontario Canada	Spencerville, ON	-14	—
2025-09-27	Ribs & Brisket Class - BBQ Maestros	Indianapolis, IN	-14	—
2025-10-25	Big Boy BBQ Bash October Cancelled	Melbourne, 3000	14	—
2025-10-25	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Weston, MO	Weston, MO	14	—
2025-09-26	Shawnee Great Grillers State championship	Shawnee, KS	-15	67
2025-09-26	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival State championship	Jonesboro, AR	-15	26
2025-09-26	Fire in the Foothills State championship	King, NC	-15	25
2025-09-26	First State BBQ Bash State championship	Milford, DE	-15	25
2025-09-26	Smokin on the Route State championship	Miami, OK	-15	20
2025-09-26	Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash State championship	Egg Harbor, WI	-15	16
2025-09-26	First State BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Milford, DE	-15	16
2025-09-26	Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Clanton, AL	-15	15
2025-09-26	Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Egg Harbor, WI	-15	13
2025-09-26	First State BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS)	Milford, DE	-15	12
2025-09-26	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Friday Night Chicken Fight" (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)	Clanton, AL	-15	11
2025-09-26	Chicken & Butts Class - BBQ Maestros	Indianapolis, IN	-15	—
2025-09-26	Invisible Wounds Project Backyard Barbecue Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled	Forest Lake, MN	-15	—
2025-09-26	Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Ogden, UT	Ogden, UT	-15	—
2025-10-26	Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Costa Rica	Santa Ana, 10901	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.