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, October 10, 2026 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
Biggest 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.
- 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
- 2 Nov 14
- 5 Nov 21
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 Your weekend | Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Stover, MO | 0 | 13 |
| 2026-10-09 Your weekend | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | -1 | 88 |
| 2026-10-09 Your weekend | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Scottsboro, AL | -1 | 33 |
| 2026-10-09 Your weekend | Smoke on the Water State championship | Topeka, KS | -1 | 31 |
| 2026-10-09 Your weekend | MD State BBQ Bash State championship | Bel Air, MD | -1 | 28 |
| 2026-10-09 Your weekend | The United Rentals Big Blue BBQ at Union Station State championship | Kansas City, MO | -1 | — |
| 2026-10-09 Your weekend | Flavor & BBQ Festival State championship | Park City, KS | -1 | — |
| 2026-10-09 Your weekend | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN | -1 | — |
| 2026-10-15 | Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) | Roswell, GA | 5 | 35 |
| 2026-10-15 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sunland Park, NM | Sunland Park, NM | 5 | — |
| 2026-10-16 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 6 | 45 |
| 2026-10-16 | King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | 6 | 33 |
| 2026-10-16 | Happy Basset 6th Annual BBQ Contest Cancelled State championship | Topeka, KS | 6 | — |
| 2026-10-16 | Hellhole Swamp Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Jamestown, SC | 6 | — |
| 2026-10-16 | All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 1) | Sunland Park, NM | 6 | — |
| 2026-10-16 | The MoCo Smoke Show | Silver Spring, MD | 6 | — |
| 2026-10-16 | All American Military/Veterans/First Responders BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Sunland Park, NM | 6 | — |
| 2026-10-17 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Fossalta di Piave , 30020 | 7 | 16 |
| 2026-10-17 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Fossalta di Piave , 30020 | 7 | 16 |
| 2026-10-17 | All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 2) | Sunland Park, NM | 7 | — |
| 2026-10-02 | La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown State championship | La Belle, MO | -8 | 39 |
| 2026-10-02 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Pleasant Hill, MO | -8 | 21 |
| 2026-10-02 | Gladfest Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Gladstone, MO | -8 | — |
| 2026-10-02 | Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Argos, IN | -8 | — |
| 2026-10-02 | Keystone Classic Cookoff State championship | Harrisburg, PA | -8 | — |
| 2026-10-02 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2026-09-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Kansas City, KS | -10 | 486 |
| 2026-09-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | Kansas City, KS | -10 | 215 |
| 2026-09-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que | Kansas City, KS | -10 | — |
| 2026-09-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides | Kansas City, KS | -10 | — |
| 2026-10-23 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition State championship | Vidalia, LA | 13 | 32 |
| 2026-09-27 | First State BBQ Bash (BACKYARD SUNDAY) | Milford, DE | -13 | 17 |
| 2026-10-23 | Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild State championship | Branson, MO | 13 | 11 |
| 2026-10-23 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship | West Creek, NJ | 13 | — |
| 2026-10-23 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | West Creek, NJ | 13 | — |
| 2026-10-23 | The Butcher's Smoke & Flames Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Cullman, AL | 13 | — |
| 2026-10-23 | Foothills Smoke-Off Challenge State championship | Lenoir, NC | 13 | — |
| 2026-09-26 | Smokin Barrel Fest 2026 | Nanson, WA | -14 | 10 |
| 2026-09-26 | Smoke Ring (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Spencerville, K0E 1X0 | -14 | — |
| 2026-09-26 | Carnivore Carnival Cancelled State championship | Kansas City, MO | -14 | — |
| 2026-09-26 | 6. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition | Szerencs, 3900 | -14 | — |
| 2026-09-26 | 6. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Szerencs, 3900 | -14 | — |
| 2026-10-24 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship | West Creek, NJ | 14 | — |
| 2026-10-24 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | West Creek, NJ | 14 | — |
| 2026-09-25 | Shawnee Great Grillers State championship | Shawnee, KS | -15 | 71 |
| 2026-09-25 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard State championship | Murphysboro, IL | -15 | 53 |
| 2026-09-25 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship | Jonesboro, AR | -15 | 30 |
| 2026-09-25 | Hub City BBQ Fest State championship | Jackson, TN | -15 | 25 |
| 2026-09-25 | First State BBQ Bash State championship | Milford, DE | -15 | 17 |
| 2026-09-25 | Big BBQ Bash State championship | Townsend, TN | -15 | — |
| 2026-09-25 | Smoke on the Sound State championship | Redmond, WA | -15 | — |
| 2026-09-25 | Smoke Ring | Spencerville, K0E 1X0 | -15 | — |
| 2026-09-25 | Sandhills Smoke Show BBQ State championship | North Platte, NE | -15 | — |
| 2026-09-25 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Redmond, WA | Redmond, WA | -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.