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 · 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.
- 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
- 14 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 | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 Your weekend | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Hiram, ME | 0 | 53 |
| 2026-08-15 Your weekend | Kora Kares for Kids State championship | Hiram, ME | 0 | 51 |
| 2026-08-15 Your weekend | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) State championship | Troy, IL | 0 | 32 |
| 2026-08-15 Your weekend | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Park Ridge, IL | 0 | 30 |
| 2026-08-15 Your weekend | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 0 | 18 |
| 2026-08-15 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Bel Air, MD | Bel Air, MD | 0 | — |
| 2026-08-14 Your weekend | BBQ & Fly-In on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | -1 | 83 |
| 2026-08-14 Your weekend | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | -1 | 29 |
| 2026-08-14 Your weekend | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) State championship | Troy, IL | -1 | 26 |
| 2026-08-14 Your weekend | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 | Tallinn, 15026 | -1 | 17 |
| 2026-08-14 Your weekend | Big Smoke Bonnyville | Bonnyville, AB | -1 | 15 |
| 2026-08-16 Your weekend | Great Lakes Smoke Showdown BBQ Cook Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Lapeer, MI | 1 | 12 |
| 2026-08-21 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship State championship | Lubbock, TX | 6 | 51 |
| 2026-08-21 | Made for KC BBQ Championship 2026 (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Weston, MO | 6 | 43 |
| 2026-08-21 | City of Madison BBQ Party (formerly Madison Ribberfest) State championship | Madison, IN | 6 | 39 |
| 2026-08-21 | Smoke in the North (Day 1) | Boras, 50113 | 6 | 28 |
| 2026-08-21 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff State championship | Edinburg, VA | 6 | 26 |
| 2026-08-22 | 9th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition State championship | DuPont, WA | 7 | 27 |
| 2026-08-22 | Smoke in the North (Day 2) | Boras, 50113 | 7 | 26 |
| 2026-08-08 | Trillium BBQ Throwdown State championship | Canton, MA | -7 | 25 |
| 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 |
| 2026-08-22 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Fairbury, IL | 7 | 16 |
| 2026-08-08 | Smokin Downtown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Warsaw, IN | -7 | 13 |
| 2026-08-22 | Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff | Little Brook, NS | 7 | 10 |
| 2026-08-22 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Pleasant Hill, MO | Pleasant Hill, MO | 7 | — |
| 2026-08-07 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | -8 | 52 |
| 2026-08-07 | Battle of the Blue Ridge State championship | Swannanoa, NC | -8 | 41 |
| 2026-08-07 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) State championship | Felton, CA | -8 | 25 |
| 2026-08-07 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Medvode, 1215 | -8 | 14 |
| 2026-08-07 | Chippewa Valley Ribfest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Montevideo, MN | -8 | 14 |
| 2026-08-07 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Medvode, 1215 | -8 | 12 |
| 2026-08-03 | Meet The Candidates - 2026 KCBS Board of Directors Special Election | Kansas City, MO | -12 | — |
| 2026-08-28 | Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship | Bozeman, MT | 13 | 39 |
| 2026-08-28 | East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival State championship | Paola, KS | 13 | 31 |
| 2026-08-28 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 2) | Cherry Valley, IL | 13 | 25 |
| 2026-08-28 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY) (Contest 1) | Cherry Valley, IL | 13 | 24 |
| 2026-08-28 | MN Masters BBQ State championship | Pierz, MN | 13 | 22 |
| 2026-08-28 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Lincoln, IL | 13 | 16 |
| 2026-08-28 | Saxonburg BBQ Smokeout State championship | Saxonburg, PA | 13 | 16 |
| 2026-08-28 | Smokin Ribs for the Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Cherry Valley, IL | 13 | 12 |
| 2026-08-28 | Elizabeth Backyard BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Elizabeth, CO | 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 |
| 2026-08-29 | Capital Kosher BBQ Competition (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Waynesboro, PA | 14 | 10 |
| 2026-08-01 | Smokin in the Valley 2 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | -14 | 8 |
| 2026-08-29 | Vuur en Vlees | Deurne, 5753 SG | 14 | 8 |
| 2026-07-31 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | -15 | 45 |
| 2026-07-31 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Westland, MI | -15 | 32 |
| 2026-07-31 | Cruisin' and BBQin' State championship | Hampton, IA | -15 | 26 |
| 2026-07-31 | California State Fair BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Sacramento, CA | -15 | 12 |
| 2026-07-31 | CTO Smoke & Iron Cancelled State championship | Bentonville, AR | -15 | — |
| 2026-08-30 | Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Overland Park, KS | Overland Park, KS | 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.