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.
Busier than the weekends around it Saturday, September 26, 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.
- 12 Aug 15
- 10 Aug 22
- 11 Aug 29
- 8 Sep 5
- 15 Sep 12
- 22 Sep 19
- 14 Sep 26
- 10 Oct 3
- 8 Oct 10
- 11 Oct 17
- 8 Oct 24
- 3 Oct 31
- 2 Nov 7
The weekend of Nov 7 is the quietest in range: 2 contests. The biggest thing on it is Frosty Butts BBQ Throwdown.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-26 Your weekend | Smokin Barrel Fest 2026 | Nanson, WA | 0 | 10 |
| 2026-09-26 Your weekend | Smoke Ring (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Spencerville, K0E 1X0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-09-26 | Carnivore Carnival Cancelled State championship | Kansas City, MO | 0 | — |
| 2026-09-26 Your weekend | 6. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition | Szerencs, 3900 | 0 | — |
| 2026-09-26 Your weekend | 6. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Szerencs, 3900 | 0 | — |
| 2026-09-25 Your weekend | Shawnee Great Grillers State championship | Shawnee, KS | -1 | 71 |
| 2026-09-25 Your weekend | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard State championship | Murphysboro, IL | -1 | 53 |
| 2026-09-25 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship | Jonesboro, AR | -1 | 30 |
| 2026-09-25 Your weekend | Hub City BBQ Fest State championship | Jackson, TN | -1 | 25 |
| 2026-09-25 Your weekend | First State BBQ Bash State championship | Milford, DE | -1 | 17 |
| 2026-09-27 Your weekend | First State BBQ Bash (BACKYARD SUNDAY) | Milford, DE | 1 | 17 |
| 2026-09-25 Your weekend | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Townsend, TN | -1 | — |
| 2026-09-25 Your weekend | Smoke on the Sound State championship | Redmond, WA | -1 | — |
| 2026-09-25 Your weekend | Smoke Ring | Spencerville, K0E 1X0 | -1 | — |
| 2026-09-25 Your weekend | Sandhills Smoke Show BBQ State championship | North Platte, NE | -1 | — |
| 2026-09-25 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Redmond, WA | Redmond, WA | -1 | — |
| 2026-09-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Kansas City, KS | 4 | 486 |
| 2026-09-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | Kansas City, KS | 4 | 215 |
| 2026-09-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que | Kansas City, KS | 4 | — |
| 2026-09-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides | Kansas City, KS | 4 | — |
| 2026-10-02 | La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown State championship | La Belle, MO | 6 | 39 |
| 2026-10-02 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Pleasant Hill, MO | 6 | 21 |
| 2026-10-02 | Gladfest Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Gladstone, MO | 6 | — |
| 2026-10-02 | Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Argos, IN | 6 | — |
| 2026-10-02 | Keystone Classic Cookoff State championship | Harrisburg, PA | 6 | — |
| 2026-10-02 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 6 | — |
| 2026-09-19 | Trekking for CDH State championship | Pierron, IL | -7 | 27 |
| 2026-09-19 | Trekking for CDH (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Pierron, IL | -7 | 27 |
| 2026-09-19 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Braintree, VT | -7 | 20 |
| 2026-09-19 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Braintree, VT | -7 | 20 |
| 2026-09-19 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Braintree, VT | -7 | 20 |
| 2026-09-19 | Fo.G & Smoke 2026 | Spilamberto, I-41057 | -7 | 17 |
| 2026-09-19 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash (Day 2) Cancelled State championship | Egg Harbor, WI | -7 | 15 |
| 2026-09-19 | Smoke on the Waters - The Return! 2026 | Devon, EX37 9HZ | -7 | — |
| 2026-09-19 | Paxton Swine n Dine (BACKYARD ONLY) | Paxton, IL | -7 | — |
| 2026-09-18 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge State championship | Rutherford College, NC | -8 | 30 |
| 2026-09-18 | Tri City BBQ Fest State championship | Denison, IA | -8 | 28 |
| 2026-09-18 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash (Day 1) Cancelled State championship | Egg Harbor, WI | -8 | 15 |
| 2026-09-18 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Egg Harbor, WI | -8 | 15 |
| 2026-09-18 | 22nd Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest State championship | Riverside, CA | -8 | — |
| 2026-09-18 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cookoff State championship | Ponca City, OK | -8 | — |
| 2026-09-18 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Ponca City, OK | -8 | — |
| 2026-09-18 | Boost & BBQ State championship | Odessa, MO | -8 | — |
| 2026-09-18 | 38th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out State championship | Kearney, MO | -8 | — |
| 2026-09-18 | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff State championship | Columbiana, AL | -8 | — |
| 2026-09-18 | 12 Bridges Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Lincoln, CA | -8 | — |
| 2026-09-18 | NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship State championship | Ogden, UT | -8 | — |
| 2026-09-18 | Camino del Fuego 2026 | San Rafael,Alajuela, CR | -8 | — |
| 2026-09-18 | Camino del Fuego 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | San Rafael,Alajuela, CR | -8 | — |
| 2026-09-17 | Alaska Grown BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Palmer, AK | -9 | — |
| 2026-09-17 | Alaska Grown BBQ Competition (One Meat CHICKEN) | Palmer, AK | -9 | — |
| 2026-10-09 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 13 | 88 |
| 2026-10-09 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Scottsboro, AL | 13 | 33 |
| 2026-10-09 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Topeka, KS | 13 | 31 |
| 2026-10-09 | MD State BBQ Bash State championship | Bel Air, MD | 13 | 28 |
| 2026-10-09 | The United Rentals Big Blue BBQ at Union Station State championship | Kansas City, MO | 13 | — |
| 2026-10-09 | Flavor & BBQ Festival State championship | Park City, KS | 13 | — |
| 2026-10-09 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN | 13 | — |
| 2026-09-12 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) | Dongen, 5106NC | -14 | 20 |
| 2026-10-10 | Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Stover, MO | 14 | 13 |
| 2026-09-12 | Woodland Ribs & Rods Rib Cook Off & Car Show (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Woodland, CA | -14 | — |
| 2026-09-12 | Kings BBQ Competition Class | Jacksonville, FL | -14 | — |
| 2026-09-11 | Puckaway Pigfest State championship | Montello, WI | -15 | 34 |
| 2026-09-11 | Bands & BBQ at the Point State championship | Carrollton, KY | -15 | 31 |
| 2026-09-11 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Guntersville, AL | -15 | 31 |
| 2026-09-11 | Smoke on the Ohio State championship | Mt. Vernon, IN | -15 | 24 |
| 2026-09-11 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) | Dongen, 5106NC | -15 | 20 |
| 2026-09-11 | September Fest State championship | Coldwater, MI | -15 | 19 |
| 2026-09-11 | September Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Coldwater, MI | -15 | 19 |
| 2026-09-11 | Meat Inferno State championship | Edgerton, KS | -15 | 19 |
| 2026-09-11 | Meat Inferno (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Edgerton, KS | -15 | 19 |
| 2026-09-11 | Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival | Leduc, AB | -15 | 16 |
| 2026-09-11 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff State championship | Waller, TX | -15 | — |
| 2026-09-11 | Uniquely Union State championship | Union, SC | -15 | — |
| 2026-09-10 | Wings 4 Water 10 (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Lee's Summit, MO | -16 | — |
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.