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.
The busiest weekend in range Saturday, September 26, 2026 · within 300 miles of Murphysboro, IL (14 contests on record there)
2026-09-25 is not a Saturday. Contests are Saturday events, so this is answered for the weekend it falls in — use 2026-09-26 instead.
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The weekends around yours
The number is how many contests are within range of that Saturday; the bar is their competing pull, so three contests a long drive away can stand shorter than one next door — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 3 Aug 15
- 3 Aug 22
- 1 Aug 29
- 0 Sep 5
- 3 Sep 12
- 4 Sep 19
- 1 Sep 26
- 3 Oct 3
- 4 Oct 10
- 2 Oct 17
- 2 Oct 24
- 3 Oct 31
- 1 Nov 7
The weekend of Sep 5 is the quietest in range: 0 contests, pull 0 against your 71.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Distance | vs. your date | Field | Pull |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 Your weekend |
Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard State championship | Murphysboro, IL | 0 mi | Same day | 71 | 71 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship | Jonesboro, AR | 153 mi | Same day | 30 | 15 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Hub City BBQ Fest Cancelled State championship | Jackson, TN | 151 mi | Same day | 25 | 12 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | Carnivore Carnival Cancelled State championship | Kansas City, MO | 296 mi | 1 day after | — | — |
| Sep 19, 2026 | Trekking for CDH State championship | Pierron, IL | 71 mi | 6 days before | 27 | 18 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | Trekking for CDH (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Pierron, IL | 71 mi | 6 days before | 15 | 10 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | Paxton Swine n Dine (BACKYARD ONLY) | Paxton, IL | 198 mi | 6 days before | 18 | 8 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown State championship | La Belle, MO | 213 mi | 7 days after | 33 | 14 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 38th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out State championship | Kearney, MO | 294 mi | 7 days before | 26 | 9 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Argos, IN | 291 mi | 7 days after | 19 | 6 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Pleasant Hill, MO | 277 mi | 7 days after | 15 | 5 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Boost & BBQ Cancelled State championship | Odessa, MO | 260 mi | 7 days before | — | — |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 239 mi | 14 days after | 99 | 38 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Smoke on the Ohio State championship | Mt. Vernon, IN | 78 mi | 14 days before | 26 | 17 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Bands & BBQ at the Point State championship | Carrollton, KY | 234 mi | 14 days before | 38 | 15 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Guntersville, AL | 291 mi | 14 days before | 31 | 11 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | The United Rentals Big Blue BBQ at Union Station State championship | Kansas City, MO | 298 mi | 14 days after | 20 | 7 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN | 237 mi | 14 days after | — | — |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Wings 4 Water 10 (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Lee's Summit, MO | 288 mi | 15 days before | 37 | 13 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Stover, MO | 204 mi | 15 days after | 10 | 4 |
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.
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.