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 15, 2026 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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.
- 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
- 21 Sep 19
- 12 Sep 26
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 | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2026 Your weekend |
Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | Same day | 53 |
| Aug 15, 2026 Your weekend |
Kora Kares for Kids State championship | Hiram, ME | Same day | 51 |
| Aug 15, 2026 Your weekend |
Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) State championship | Troy, IL | Same day | 32 |
| Aug 15, 2026 Your weekend |
Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Park Ridge, IL | Same day | 30 |
| Aug 15, 2026 Your weekend |
Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | Same day | 18 |
| Aug 15, 2026 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | Same day | — |
| Aug 14, 2026 Your weekend |
BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | 1 day before | 83 |
| Aug 14, 2026 Your weekend |
Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | 1 day before | 29 |
| Aug 14, 2026 Your weekend |
Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) State championship | Troy, IL | 1 day before | 26 |
| Aug 14, 2026 Your weekend |
Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 | Tallinn, Estonia | 1 day before | 17 |
| Aug 14, 2026 Your weekend |
Big Smoke Bonnyville | Bonnyville, AB | 1 day before | 15 |
| Aug 16, 2026 Your weekend |
Great Lakes Smoke Showdown BBQ Cook Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Lapeer, MI | 1 day after | 12 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship State championship | Lubbock, TX | 6 days after | 51 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Made for KC BBQ Championship 2026 (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Weston, MO | 6 days after | 43 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest) State championship | Madison, IN | 6 days after | 39 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Smoke in the North (Day 1) | Boras, Sweden | 6 days after | 28 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff State championship | Edinburg, VA | 6 days after | 26 |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 9th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition State championship | DuPont, WA | 7 days after | 27 |
| Aug 22, 2026 | Smoke in the North (Day 2) | Boras, Sweden | 7 days after | 26 |
| Aug 8, 2026 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown State championship | Canton, MA | 7 days before | 25 |
| Aug 8, 2026 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 | Medvode, Slovenia | 7 days before | 18 |
| Aug 8, 2026 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) State championship | Felton, CA | 7 days before | 17 |
| Aug 22, 2026 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | 7 days after | 16 |
| Aug 8, 2026 | Smokin Downtown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Warsaw, IN | 7 days before | 13 |
| Aug 22, 2026 | Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff | Little Brook, NS | 7 days after | 10 |
| Aug 22, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Pleasant Hill, MO | Pleasant Hill, MO | 7 days after | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 8 days before | 52 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Battle of the Blue Ridge State championship | Swannanoa, NC | 8 days before | 41 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) State championship | Felton, CA | 8 days before | 25 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, Slovenia | 8 days before | 14 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Chippewa Valley Ribfest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Montevideo, MN | 8 days before | 14 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Medvode, Slovenia | 8 days before | 12 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Meet The Candidates - 2026 KCBS Board of Directors Special Election | Kansas City, MO | 12 days before | — |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship | Bozeman, MT | 13 days after | 39 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival State championship | Paola, KS | 13 days after | 31 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2) | Cherry Valley, IL | 13 days after | 25 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1) | Cherry Valley, IL | 13 days after | 24 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | MN Masters BBQ State championship | Pierz, MN | 13 days after | 22 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Lincoln, IL | 13 days after | 16 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Saxonburg BBQ Smokeout State championship | Saxonburg, PA | 13 days after | 16 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cherry Valley, IL | 13 days after | 12 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Elizabeth Backyard BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Elizabeth, CO | 13 days after | — |
| Aug 1, 2026 | Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff | London, ON | 14 days before | 14 |
| Aug 1, 2026 | Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | London, ON | 14 days before | 14 |
| Aug 29, 2026 | Capital Kosher BBQ Competition (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Waynesboro, PA | 14 days after | 10 |
| Aug 1, 2026 | Smokin in the Valley 2 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, Australia | 14 days before | 8 |
| Aug 29, 2026 | Vuur en Vlees | Deurne, Netherlands | 14 days after | 8 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | 15 days before | 45 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | 15 days before | 32 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Cruisin' and BBQin' State championship | Hampton, IA | 15 days before | 26 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | California State Fair BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sacramento, CA | 15 days before | 12 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | CTO Smoke & Iron Cancelled State championship | Bentonville, AR | 15 days before | — |
| Aug 30, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Overland Park, KS | Overland Park, KS | 15 days after | — |
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.
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.