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, July 4, 2026 · 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.
- 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
- 7 Aug 1
- 10 Aug 8
- 12 Aug 15
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 Your weekend | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | -1 | 26 |
| 2026-07-03 Your weekend | Alberta BBQ Festival | Millet, AB | -1 | 11 |
| 2026-06-30 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pitmaster Showdown Cancelled | Winnipeg, MB | -4 | — |
| 2026-07-09 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 5 | 75 |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) State championship | Cameron, MO | 6 | 37 |
| 2026-07-10 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler State championship | Worthington, MN | 6 | 33 |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | 6 | 21 |
| 2026-07-10 | No Smoke, No Glory | Zagreb, 10000 | 6 | 16 |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD 2) | Cameron, MO | 6 | 16 |
| 2026-07-10 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | 6 | 10 |
| 2026-07-10 | Goose's Annual Pitmaster Showdown Cancelled State championship | Papillion, NE | 6 | — |
| 2026-07-11 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 7 | 62 |
| 2026-06-27 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Washington, DC | -7 | 28 |
| 2026-07-11 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 7 | 15 |
| 2026-07-11 | No Smoke, No Glory (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Zagreb, 10000 | 7 | 14 |
| 2026-07-11 | No Smoke, No Glory (ONE MEAT BRISKET) | Zagreb, 10000 | 7 | 7 |
| 2026-06-27 | AG Hall of Fame Backyard BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (POSTPONED) | Bonner Springs, KS | -7 | — |
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -8 | 157 |
| 2026-06-26 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl State championship | Wellington, OH | -8 | 39 |
| 2026-06-26 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | -8 | 31 |
| 2026-06-26 | Smoke-N-Wings State championship | Blackfoot, ID | -8 | 31 |
| 2026-06-26 | Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | -8 | 19 |
| 2026-06-26 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 | Perez Zeldon, SJ | -8 | 19 |
| 2026-06-26 | Old Town Smokeout Cancelled State championship | Van Buren, AR | -8 | 17 |
| 2026-06-26 | Old Town Smokeout (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Van Buren, AR | -8 | 17 |
| 2026-07-12 | BBQ Fest Market Plaza | La Chorrera, PO | 8 | 13 |
| 2026-07-17 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 13 | 35 |
| 2026-07-17 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 13 | 32 |
| 2026-07-17 | Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 13 | 30 |
| 2026-07-17 | Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 13 | 28 |
| 2026-07-17 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | Miles, IA | 13 | 27 |
| 2026-07-17 | KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest 2026 | Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, 18052-280 | 13 | 24 |
| 2026-07-17 | European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Wilhering, 4073 | 13 | 17 |
| 2026-07-17 | Shenandoah ShenDig (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Shenandoah, IA | 13 | 17 |
| 2026-06-21 | Chicken & Ribs BBQ Smoke-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Herne Hill, Australia, 6056 | -13 | 13 |
| 2026-06-21 | Chicken & Ribs BBQ Smoke-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Herne Hill, Australia, 6056 | -13 | 13 |
| 2026-07-17 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Santa Ana, CA | 13 | 9 |
| 2026-07-17 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class -Brazil | Sorocaba, SP | 13 | — |
| 2026-07-18 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | 14 | 36 |
| 2026-07-18 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 14 | 32 |
| 2026-07-18 | Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | 14 | 29 |
| 2026-07-18 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) | Miles, IA | 14 | 28 |
| 2026-06-20 | The War of Barbeque | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -14 | 25 |
| 2026-06-20 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -14 | 23 |
| 2026-06-20 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -14 | 23 |
| 2026-07-18 | Open Barbecue Championship | Wilhering, 4073 | 14 | 20 |
| 2026-06-20 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2026 (Day 2) Cancelled | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | -14 | 18 |
| 2026-06-20 | Father's Day BBQ Bash Cancelled | Biglerville, PA | -14 | — |
| 2026-06-19 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Morris, IL | -15 | 41 |
| 2026-06-19 | 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | -15 | 33 |
| 2026-06-19 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT) State championship | Buckhannon, WV | -15 | 29 |
| 2026-06-19 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Kipling, SK | -15 | 24 |
| 2026-06-19 | Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | -15 | 20 |
| 2026-06-19 | BBQ for Bravery State championship | Alcoa, TN | -15 | 19 |
| 2026-06-19 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2026 (Day 1) Cancelled | Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | -15 | 18 |
| 2026-06-19 | New Lowell True North BBQ Bash | New Lowell, ON | -15 | 16 |
| 2026-06-19 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Italy | Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | -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.