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 25, 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.
- 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
- 8 Sep 5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 Your weekend | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | 0 | 39 |
| 2026-07-25 Your weekend | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) | Didsbury, AB | 0 | 18 |
| 2026-07-25 Your weekend | Waiting for W.E.S.T. (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Sand in Taufers / Campo Tures , 39032 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-07-25 Your weekend | Waiting for W.E.S.T. (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sand in Taufers / Campo Tures , 39032 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-07-24 Your weekend | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -1 | 43 |
| 2026-07-24 Your weekend | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Laramie, WY | -1 | 32 |
| 2026-07-24 Your weekend | Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship State championship | Gardner, KS | -1 | 29 |
| 2026-07-24 Your weekend | Fire on the Mountain BBQ State championship | Leburn, KY | -1 | 22 |
| 2026-07-24 Your weekend | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) | Didsbury, AB | -1 | 18 |
| 2026-07-24 Your weekend | 10th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | -1 | 17 |
| 2026-07-24 Your weekend | ECP BBQ Challenge | San Jose, 92701 | -1 | 17 |
| 2026-07-24 Your weekend | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) State championship | Dodge City, KS | -1 | 13 |
| 2026-07-24 Your weekend | 2nd Annual Curley Que Classic State championship | Honolulu, HI | -1 | 12 |
| 2026-07-31 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | 6 | 45 |
| 2026-07-31 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | 6 | 32 |
| 2026-07-31 | Cruisin' and BBQin' State championship | Hampton, IA | 6 | 26 |
| 2026-07-31 | California State Fair BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sacramento, CA | 6 | 12 |
| 2026-07-31 | CTO Smoke & Iron Cancelled State championship | Bentonville, AR | 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 |
| 2026-08-01 | Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff | London, ON | 7 | 14 |
| 2026-08-01 | Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | London, ON | 7 | 14 |
| 2026-08-01 | Smokin in the Valley 2 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 7 | 8 |
| 2026-07-17 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | -8 | 35 |
| 2026-07-17 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | -8 | 32 |
| 2026-07-17 | Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | -8 | 30 |
| 2026-07-17 | Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | -8 | 28 |
| 2026-07-17 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | Miles, IA | -8 | 27 |
| 2026-07-17 | KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest 2026 | Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, 18052-280 | -8 | 24 |
| 2026-07-17 | European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Wilhering, 4073 | -8 | 17 |
| 2026-07-17 | Shenandoah ShenDig (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Shenandoah, IA | -8 | 17 |
| 2026-07-17 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Santa Ana, CA | -8 | 9 |
| 2026-07-17 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class -Brazil | Sorocaba, SP | -8 | — |
| 2026-08-03 | Meet The Candidates - 2026 KCBS Board of Directors Special Election | Kansas City, MO | 9 | — |
| 2026-08-07 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 13 | 52 |
| 2026-08-07 | Battle of the Blue Ridge State championship | Swannanoa, NC | 13 | 41 |
| 2026-08-07 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) State championship | Felton, CA | 13 | 25 |
| 2026-08-07 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, 1215 | 13 | 14 |
| 2026-08-07 | Chippewa Valley Ribfest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Montevideo, MN | 13 | 14 |
| 2026-07-12 | BBQ Fest Market Plaza | La Chorrera, PO | -13 | 13 |
| 2026-08-07 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Medvode, 1215 | 13 | 12 |
| 2026-07-11 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | -14 | 62 |
| 2026-08-08 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown State championship | Canton, MA | 14 | 25 |
| 2026-08-08 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 | Medvode, 1215 | 14 | 18 |
| 2026-08-08 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) State championship | Felton, CA | 14 | 17 |
| 2026-07-11 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Kennett Square, PA | -14 | 15 |
| 2026-07-11 | No Smoke, No Glory (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Zagreb, 10000 | -14 | 14 |
| 2026-08-08 | Smokin Downtown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Warsaw, IN | 14 | 13 |
| 2026-07-11 | No Smoke, No Glory (ONE MEAT BRISKET) | Zagreb, 10000 | -14 | 7 |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) State championship | Cameron, MO | -15 | 37 |
| 2026-07-10 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler State championship | Worthington, MN | -15 | 33 |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cameron, MO | -15 | 21 |
| 2026-07-10 | No Smoke, No Glory | Zagreb, 10000 | -15 | 16 |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD 2) | Cameron, MO | -15 | 16 |
| 2026-07-10 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Worthington, MN | -15 | 10 |
| 2026-07-10 | Goose's Annual Pitmaster Showdown Cancelled State championship | Papillion, NE | -15 | — |
| 2026-07-09 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | -16 | 75 |
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.