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, June 13, 2026 · 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.
- 20 May 2
- 8 May 9
- 17 May 16
- 18 May 23
- 8 May 30
- 10 Jun 6
- 13 Jun 13
- 13 Jun 20
- 8 Jun 27
- 2 Jul 4
- 12 Jul 11
- 15 Jul 18
- 13 Jul 25
The weekend of Jul 4 is the quietest in range: 2 contests. The biggest thing on it is Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-13 Your weekend | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | 0 | 37 |
| 2026-06-13 Your weekend | Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Bristol, CT | 0 | 26 |
| 2026-06-13 Your weekend | Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Bristol, CT | 0 | 20 |
| 2026-06-13 Your weekend | Bristol BBQ Bash - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Bristol, CT | 0 | 17 |
| 2026-06-13 Your weekend | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | Delta, PA | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-06-12 Your weekend | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) State championship | West Salem, WI | -1 | 40 |
| 2026-06-12 Your weekend | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | -1 | 36 |
| 2026-06-12 Your weekend | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Springfield, TN | -1 | 32 |
| 2026-06-12 Your weekend | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | -1 | 31 |
| 2026-06-12 Your weekend | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | West Salem, WI | -1 | 30 |
| 2026-06-12 Your weekend | York County BBQ Festival (Registration) | Delta, PA | -1 | 30 |
| 2026-06-12 Your weekend | Montana BBQ Cookoff State championship | Absarokee, MT | -1 | 29 |
| 2026-06-12 Your weekend | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | Delta, PA | -1 | 25 |
| 2026-06-19 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Morris, IL | 6 | 41 |
| 2026-06-19 | 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | 6 | 33 |
| 2026-06-19 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT) State championship | Buckhannon, WV | 6 | 29 |
| 2026-06-19 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Kipling, SK | 6 | 24 |
| 2026-06-19 | Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | 6 | 20 |
| 2026-06-19 | BBQ for Bravery State championship | Alcoa, TN | 6 | 19 |
| 2026-06-19 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2026 (Day 1) Cancelled | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 6 | 18 |
| 2026-06-19 | New Lowell True North BBQ Bash | New Lowell, ON | 6 | 16 |
| 2026-06-19 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Italy | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 6 | — |
| 2026-06-20 | The War of Barbeque | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 7 | 25 |
| 2026-06-20 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 7 | 23 |
| 2026-06-20 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 7 | 23 |
| 2026-06-20 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2026 (Day 2) Cancelled | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 7 | 18 |
| 2026-06-06 | Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown | Upper Onslow, NS | -7 | 15 |
| 2026-06-06 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Egg Harbor, WI | Egg Harbor, WI | -7 | — |
| 2026-06-20 | Father's Day BBQ Bash Cancelled | Biglerville, PA | 7 | — |
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships State championship | Huron, SD | -8 | 48 |
| 2026-06-05 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual State championship | McLouth, KS | -8 | 30 |
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Huron, SD | -8 | 29 |
| 2026-06-05 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | Glencoe, AL | -8 | 26 |
| 2026-06-05 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | -8 | 25 |
| 2026-06-05 | Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships | Mazowieckie, 05-090 | -8 | 14 |
| 2026-06-21 | Chicken & Ribs BBQ Smoke-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Herne Hill, Australia, 6056 | 8 | 13 |
| 2026-06-21 | Chicken & Ribs BBQ Smoke-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Herne Hill, Australia, 6056 | 8 | 13 |
| 2026-06-05 | Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY) | Leesburg, VA | -8 | 12 |
| 2026-06-05 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Poland | Saska , 26-600 | -8 | — |
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | 13 | 157 |
| 2026-06-26 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl State championship | Wellington, OH | 13 | 39 |
| 2026-06-26 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | 13 | 31 |
| 2026-06-26 | Smoke-N-Wings State championship | Blackfoot, ID | 13 | 31 |
| 2026-06-26 | Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | 13 | 19 |
| 2026-06-26 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 | Perez Zeldon, SJ | 13 | 19 |
| 2026-06-26 | Old Town Smokeout Cancelled State championship | Van Buren, AR | 13 | 17 |
| 2026-06-26 | Old Town Smokeout (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Van Buren, AR | 13 | 17 |
| 2026-05-31 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Overland Park, KS | Overland Park, KS | -13 | — |
| 2026-06-27 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Washington, DC | 14 | 28 |
| 2026-05-30 | Small Town Smoke Down | Bassano, AB | -14 | 24 |
| 2026-05-30 | Devils Backbone BBQ Championship Cancelled State championship | Roseland, VA | -14 | 17 |
| 2026-06-27 | AG Hall of Fame Backyard BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (POSTPONED) | Bonner Springs, KS | 14 | — |
| 2026-05-29 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Cancelled State championship | Norco, CA | -15 | 44 |
| 2026-05-29 | Spring into Summer Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Owatonna, MN | -15 | 25 |
| 2026-05-29 | Covington World's Oldest Barbeque Contest State championship | Covington, TN | -15 | 25 |
| 2026-05-29 | La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes | Montreal, QC | -15 | 24 |
| 2026-05-29 | Honeybee BBQ Competition State championship | Lafayette, GA | -15 | 19 |
| 2026-05-29 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -15 | — |
| 2026-05-27 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Canada (Calgary AB) | Calgary, AB | -17 | — |
| 2026-06-30 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pitmaster Showdown Cancelled | Winnipeg, MB | 17 | — |
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.