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.
The busiest weekend in range Saturday, July 18, 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.
- 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
- 11 Aug 29
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 Your weekend | Connecticut Barbecue Challenge State championship | Somers, CT | 0 | 36 |
| 2026-07-18 Your weekend | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2) State championship | Osceola, MO | 0 | 32 |
| 2026-07-18 Your weekend | Sutherlin Throwdown State championship | Sutherlin, OR | 0 | 29 |
| 2026-07-18 Your weekend | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) | Miles, IA | 0 | 28 |
| 2026-07-18 Your weekend | Open Barbecue Championship | Wilhering, 4073 | 0 | 20 |
| 2026-07-17 Your weekend | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | -1 | 35 |
| 2026-07-17 Your weekend | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | -1 | 32 |
| 2026-07-17 Your weekend | Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | -1 | 30 |
| 2026-07-17 Your weekend | Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | -1 | 28 |
| 2026-07-17 Your weekend | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | Miles, IA | -1 | 27 |
| 2026-07-17 Your weekend | KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest 2026 | Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, 18052-280 | -1 | 24 |
| 2026-07-17 Your weekend | European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Wilhering, 4073 | -1 | 17 |
| 2026-07-17 Your weekend | Shenandoah ShenDig (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Shenandoah, IA | -1 | 17 |
| 2026-07-17 Your weekend | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Santa Ana, CA | -1 | 9 |
| 2026-07-17 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class -Brazil | Sorocaba, SP | -1 | — |
| 2026-07-24 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 6 | 43 |
| 2026-07-24 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Laramie, WY | 6 | 32 |
| 2026-07-24 | Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship State championship | Gardner, KS | 6 | 29 |
| 2026-07-24 | Fire on the Mountain BBQ State championship | Leburn, KY | 6 | 22 |
| 2026-07-24 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) | Didsbury, AB | 6 | 18 |
| 2026-07-24 | 10th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | 6 | 17 |
| 2026-07-24 | ECP BBQ Challenge | San Jose, 92701 | 6 | 17 |
| 2026-07-12 | BBQ Fest Market Plaza | La Chorrera, PO | -6 | 13 |
| 2026-07-24 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) State championship | Dodge City, KS | 6 | 13 |
| 2026-07-24 | 2nd Annual Curley Que Classic State championship | Honolulu, HI | 6 | 12 |
| 2026-07-11 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | -7 | 62 |
| 2026-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 7 | 39 |
| 2026-07-25 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) | Didsbury, AB | 7 | 18 |
| 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 |
| 2026-07-25 | Waiting for W.E.S.T. (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Sand in Taufers / Campo Tures , 39032 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026-07-25 | Waiting for W.E.S.T. (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sand in Taufers / Campo Tures , 39032 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) State championship | Cameron, MO | -8 | 37 |
| 2026-07-10 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler State championship | Worthington, MN | -8 | 33 |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | -8 | 21 |
| 2026-07-10 | No Smoke, No Glory | Zagreb, 10000 | -8 | 16 |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD 2) | Cameron, MO | -8 | 16 |
| 2026-07-10 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | -8 | 10 |
| 2026-07-10 | Goose's Annual Pitmaster Showdown Cancelled State championship | Papillion, NE | -8 | — |
| 2026-07-09 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | -9 | 75 |
| 2026-07-31 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | 13 | 45 |
| 2026-07-31 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | 13 | 32 |
| 2026-07-31 | Cruisin' and BBQin' State championship | Hampton, IA | 13 | 26 |
| 2026-07-31 | California State Fair BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sacramento, CA | 13 | 12 |
| 2026-07-31 | CTO Smoke & Iron Cancelled State championship | Bentonville, AR | 13 | — |
| 2026-08-01 | Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff | London, ON | 14 | 14 |
| 2026-08-01 | Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | London, ON | 14 | 14 |
| 2026-08-01 | Smokin in the Valley 2 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 14 | 8 |
| 2026-07-03 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off State championship | Dillon, MT | -15 | 26 |
| 2026-07-03 | Alberta BBQ Festival | Millet, AB | -15 | 11 |
| 2026-08-03 | Meet The Candidates - 2026 KCBS Board of Directors Special Election | Kansas City, MO | 16 | — |
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.