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, July 11, 2026 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 10 Aug 22
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 Your weekend | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 0 | 62 |
| 2026-07-11 Your weekend | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | 0 | 15 |
| 2026-07-11 Your weekend | No Smoke, No Glory (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Zagreb, 10000 | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-07-11 Your weekend | No Smoke, No Glory (ONE MEAT BRISKET) | Zagreb, 10000 | 0 | 7 |
| 2026-07-10 Your weekend | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) State championship | Cameron, MO | -1 | 37 |
| 2026-07-10 Your weekend | KTD Smokn' Gobbler State championship | Worthington, MN | -1 | 33 |
| 2026-07-10 Your weekend | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | -1 | 21 |
| 2026-07-10 Your weekend | No Smoke, No Glory | Zagreb, 10000 | -1 | 16 |
| 2026-07-10 Your weekend | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD 2) | Cameron, MO | -1 | 16 |
| 2026-07-12 Your weekend | BBQ Fest Market Plaza | La Chorrera, PO | 1 | 13 |
| 2026-07-10 Your weekend | KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | -1 | 10 |
| 2026-07-10 | Goose's Annual Pitmaster Showdown Cancelled State championship | Papillion, NE | -1 | — |
| 2026-07-09 Your weekend | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | -2 | 75 |
| 2026-07-17 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 6 | 35 |
| 2026-07-17 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | 6 | 32 |
| 2026-07-17 | Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 6 | 30 |
| 2026-07-17 | Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | 6 | 28 |
| 2026-07-17 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | Miles, IA | 6 | 27 |
| 2026-07-17 | KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest 2026 | Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, 18052-280 | 6 | 24 |
| 2026-07-17 | European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Wilhering, 4073 | 6 | 17 |
| 2026-07-17 | Shenandoah ShenDig (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Shenandoah, IA | 6 | 17 |
| 2026-07-17 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Santa Ana, CA | 6 | 9 |
| 2026-07-17 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class -Brazil | Sorocaba, SP | 6 | — |
| 2026-07-18 | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | 7 | 36 |
| 2026-07-18 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 7 | 32 |
| 2026-07-18 | Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | 7 | 29 |
| 2026-07-18 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) | Miles, IA | 7 | 28 |
| 2026-07-18 | Open Barbecue Championship | Wilhering, 4073 | 7 | 20 |
| 2026-07-03 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | -8 | 26 |
| 2026-07-03 | Alberta BBQ Festival | Millet, AB | -8 | 11 |
| 2026-06-30 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pitmaster Showdown Cancelled | Winnipeg, MB | -11 | — |
| 2026-07-24 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 13 | 43 |
| 2026-07-24 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Laramie, WY | 13 | 32 |
| 2026-07-24 | Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship State championship | Gardner, KS | 13 | 29 |
| 2026-07-24 | Fire on the Mountain BBQ State championship | Leburn, KY | 13 | 22 |
| 2026-07-24 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) | Didsbury, AB | 13 | 18 |
| 2026-07-24 | 10th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | 13 | 17 |
| 2026-07-24 | ECP BBQ Challenge | San Jose, 92701 | 13 | 17 |
| 2026-07-24 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 13 | 13 |
| 2026-07-24 | 2nd Annual Curley Que Classic State championship | Honolulu, HI | 13 | 12 |
| 2026-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 14 | 39 |
| 2026-06-27 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Washington, DC | -14 | 28 |
| 2026-07-25 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) | Didsbury, AB | 14 | 18 |
| 2026-07-25 | Waiting for W.E.S.T. (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Sand in Taufers / Campo Tures , 39032 | 14 | 6 |
| 2026-07-25 | Waiting for W.E.S.T. (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sand in Taufers / Campo Tures , 39032 | 14 | 6 |
| 2026-06-27 | AG Hall of Fame Backyard BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (POSTPONED) | Bonner Springs, KS | -14 | — |
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -15 | 157 |
| 2026-06-26 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl State championship | Wellington, OH | -15 | 39 |
| 2026-06-26 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle State championship | Washington, DC | -15 | 31 |
| 2026-06-26 | Smoke-N-Wings State championship | Blackfoot, ID | -15 | 31 |
| 2026-06-26 | Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | -15 | 19 |
| 2026-06-26 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 | Perez Zeldon, SJ | -15 | 19 |
| 2026-06-26 | Old Town Smokeout Cancelled State championship | Van Buren, AR | -15 | 17 |
| 2026-06-26 | Old Town Smokeout (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Van Buren, AR | -15 | 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.