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, August 1, 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.
- 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
- 15 Sep 12
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 Your weekend | Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff | London, ON | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-08-01 | Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | London, ON | 0 | 14 |
| 2026-08-01 Your weekend | Smokin in the Valley 2 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026-07-31 Your weekend | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | -1 | 45 |
| 2026-07-31 Your weekend | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | -1 | 32 |
| 2026-07-31 Your weekend | Cruisin' and BBQin' State championship | Hampton, IA | -1 | 26 |
| 2026-07-31 Your weekend | California State Fair BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sacramento, CA | -1 | 12 |
| 2026-07-31 | CTO Smoke & Iron Cancelled State championship | Bentonville, AR | -1 | — |
| 2026-08-03 Your weekend | Meet The Candidates - 2026 KCBS Board of Directors Special Election | Kansas City, MO | 2 | — |
| 2026-08-07 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 6 | 52 |
| 2026-08-07 | Battle of the Blue Ridge State championship | Swannanoa, NC | 6 | 41 |
| 2026-08-07 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) State championship | Felton, CA | 6 | 25 |
| 2026-08-07 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, 1215 | 6 | 14 |
| 2026-08-07 | Chippewa Valley Ribfest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Montevideo, MN | 6 | 14 |
| 2026-08-07 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Medvode, 1215 | 6 | 12 |
| 2026-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -7 | 39 |
| 2026-08-08 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown State championship | Canton, MA | 7 | 25 |
| 2026-07-25 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) | Didsbury, AB | -7 | 18 |
| 2026-08-08 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 | Medvode, 1215 | 7 | 18 |
| 2026-08-08 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) State championship | Felton, CA | 7 | 17 |
| 2026-08-08 | Smokin Downtown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Warsaw, IN | 7 | 13 |
| 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 |
| 2026-07-24 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -8 | 43 |
| 2026-07-24 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Laramie, WY | -8 | 32 |
| 2026-07-24 | Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship State championship | Gardner, KS | -8 | 29 |
| 2026-07-24 | Fire on the Mountain BBQ State championship | Leburn, KY | -8 | 22 |
| 2026-07-24 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) | Didsbury, AB | -8 | 18 |
| 2026-07-24 | 10th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | -8 | 17 |
| 2026-07-24 | ECP BBQ Challenge | San Jose, 92701 | -8 | 17 |
| 2026-07-24 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) State championship | Dodge City, KS | -8 | 13 |
| 2026-07-24 | 2nd Annual Curley Que Classic State championship | Honolulu, HI | -8 | 12 |
| 2026-08-14 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | 13 | 83 |
| 2026-08-14 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | 13 | 29 |
| 2026-08-14 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) State championship | Troy, IL | 13 | 26 |
| 2026-08-14 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 | Tallinn, 15026 | 13 | 17 |
| 2026-08-14 | Big Smoke Bonnyville | Bonnyville, AB | 13 | 15 |
| 2026-08-15 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 14 | 53 |
| 2026-08-15 | Kora Kares for Kids State championship | Hiram, ME | 14 | 51 |
| 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 |
| 2026-08-15 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) State championship | Troy, IL | 14 | 32 |
| 2026-08-15 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Park Ridge, IL | 14 | 30 |
| 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 |
| 2026-07-18 | Open Barbecue Championship | Wilhering, 4073 | -14 | 20 |
| 2026-08-15 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 14 | 18 |
| 2026-08-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 14 | — |
| 2026-07-17 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | -15 | 35 |
| 2026-07-17 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) State championship | Osceola, MO | -15 | 32 |
| 2026-07-17 | Buckeye BBQ Classic State championship | Hillsboro, OH | -15 | 30 |
| 2026-07-17 | Shenandoah ShenDig State championship | Shenandoah, IA | -15 | 28 |
| 2026-07-17 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) | Miles, IA | -15 | 27 |
| 2026-07-17 | KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest 2026 | Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, 18052-280 | -15 | 24 |
| 2026-07-17 | European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Wilhering, 4073 | -15 | 17 |
| 2026-07-17 | Shenandoah ShenDig (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Shenandoah, IA | -15 | 17 |
| 2026-08-16 | Great Lakes Smoke Showdown BBQ Cook Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Lapeer, MI | 15 | 12 |
| 2026-07-17 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Santa Ana, CA | -15 | 9 |
| 2026-07-17 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class -Brazil | Sorocaba, SP | -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.