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, August 8, 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.
- 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
- 22 Sep 19
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-08 Your weekend | Trillium BBQ Throwdown State championship | Canton, MA | 0 | 25 |
| 2026-08-08 Your weekend | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 | Medvode, 1215 | 0 | 18 |
| 2026-08-08 Your weekend | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) State championship | Felton, CA | 0 | 17 |
| 2026-08-08 Your weekend | Smokin Downtown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Warsaw, IN | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-08-07 Your weekend | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | -1 | 52 |
| 2026-08-07 Your weekend | Battle of the Blue Ridge State championship | Swannanoa, NC | -1 | 41 |
| 2026-08-07 Your weekend | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) State championship | Felton, CA | -1 | 25 |
| 2026-08-07 Your weekend | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, 1215 | -1 | 14 |
| 2026-08-07 Your weekend | Chippewa Valley Ribfest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Montevideo, MN | -1 | 14 |
| 2026-08-07 Your weekend | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Medvode, 1215 | -1 | 12 |
| 2026-08-03 | Meet The Candidates - 2026 KCBS Board of Directors Special Election | Kansas City, MO | -5 | — |
| 2026-08-14 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | 6 | 83 |
| 2026-08-14 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | 6 | 29 |
| 2026-08-14 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) State championship | Troy, IL | 6 | 26 |
| 2026-08-14 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 | Tallinn, 15026 | 6 | 17 |
| 2026-08-14 | Big Smoke Bonnyville | Bonnyville, AB | 6 | 15 |
| 2026-08-15 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 7 | 53 |
| 2026-08-15 | Kora Kares for Kids State championship | Hiram, ME | 7 | 51 |
| 2026-08-15 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) State championship | Troy, IL | 7 | 32 |
| 2026-08-15 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Park Ridge, IL | 7 | 30 |
| 2026-08-15 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 7 | 18 |
| 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 |
| 2026-08-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 7 | — |
| 2026-07-31 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | -8 | 45 |
| 2026-07-31 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | -8 | 32 |
| 2026-07-31 | Cruisin' and BBQin' State championship | Hampton, IA | -8 | 26 |
| 2026-07-31 | California State Fair BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sacramento, CA | -8 | 12 |
| 2026-08-16 | Great Lakes Smoke Showdown BBQ Cook Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Lapeer, MI | 8 | 12 |
| 2026-07-31 | CTO Smoke & Iron Cancelled State championship | Bentonville, AR | -8 | — |
| 2026-08-21 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship State championship | Lubbock, TX | 13 | 51 |
| 2026-08-21 | Made for KC BBQ Championship 2026 (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Weston, MO | 13 | 43 |
| 2026-08-21 | City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest) State championship | Madison, IN | 13 | 39 |
| 2026-08-21 | Smoke in the North (Day 1) | Boras, 50113 | 13 | 28 |
| 2026-08-21 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff State championship | Edinburg, VA | 13 | 26 |
| 2026-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -14 | 39 |
| 2026-08-22 | 9th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition State championship | DuPont, WA | 14 | 27 |
| 2026-08-22 | Smoke in the North (Day 2) | Boras, 50113 | 14 | 26 |
| 2026-07-25 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) | Didsbury, AB | -14 | 18 |
| 2026-08-22 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | 14 | 16 |
| 2026-08-22 | Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff | Little Brook, NS | 14 | 10 |
| 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 |
| 2026-08-22 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Pleasant Hill, MO | Pleasant Hill, MO | 14 | — |
| 2026-07-24 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) State championship | New Freedom, PA | -15 | 43 |
| 2026-07-24 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Laramie, WY | -15 | 32 |
| 2026-07-24 | Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship State championship | Gardner, KS | -15 | 29 |
| 2026-07-24 | Fire on the Mountain BBQ State championship | Leburn, KY | -15 | 22 |
| 2026-07-24 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) | Didsbury, AB | -15 | 18 |
| 2026-07-24 | 10th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | -15 | 17 |
| 2026-07-24 | ECP BBQ Challenge | San Jose, 92701 | -15 | 17 |
| 2026-07-24 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) State championship | Dodge City, KS | -15 | 13 |
| 2026-07-24 | 2nd Annual Curley Que Classic State championship | Honolulu, HI | -15 | 12 |
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.