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, October 17, 2026 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 8 Sep 5
- 15 Sep 12
- 21 Sep 19
- 12 Sep 26
- 10 Oct 3
- 6 Oct 10
- 11 Oct 17
- 8 Oct 24
- 4 Oct 31
- 4 Nov 7
- 4 Nov 14
- 7 Nov 21
- 1 Nov 28
The weekend of Nov 28 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Mid Japan BBQ Showdown & Festival (BACKYARD ONLY).
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2026 Your weekend |
All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 2) | Sunland Park, NM | Same day | 34 |
| Oct 17, 2026 Your weekend |
Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Fossalta di Piave, Italy | Same day | 28 |
| Oct 17, 2026 Your weekend |
Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | Fossalta di Piave, Italy | Same day | 27 |
| Oct 17, 2026 Your weekend |
Smoky Cotte Master Class - Cooking Class | Rome, Italy | Same day | — |
| Oct 16, 2026 Your weekend |
WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 1 day before | 43 |
| Oct 16, 2026 Your weekend |
All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 1) | Sunland Park, NM | 1 day before | 35 |
| Oct 16, 2026 Your weekend |
King of the Corn State championship | Ottumwa, IA | 1 day before | 31 |
| Oct 16, 2026 Your weekend |
The MoCo Smoke Show State championship | Silver Spring, MD | 1 day before | 15 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Happy Basset 6th Annual BBQ Contest Cancelled State championship | Topeka, KS | 1 day before | — |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Hellhole Swamp Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES) Cancelled | Jamestown, SC | 1 day before | — |
| Oct 16, 2026 | All American Military/Veterans/First Responders BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES) Cancelled | Sunland Park, NM | 1 day before | — |
| Oct 18, 2026 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Osaka, Japan | Toyonaka Osaka, Japan | 1 day after | — |
| Oct 15, 2026 Your weekend |
Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) | Roswell, GA | 2 days before | 38 |
| Oct 15, 2026 Your weekend |
Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Sunland Park, NM | Sunland Park, NM | 2 days before | — |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) State championship | West Creek, NJ | 6 days after | 32 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Foothills Smoke-Off Challenge State championship | Lenoir, NC | 6 days after | 31 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition State championship | Vidalia, LA | 6 days after | 29 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Rock Lane Presents Grills Gone Wild State championship | Branson, MO | 6 days after | 28 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | The Butcher's Smoke & Flames Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Cullman, AL | 6 days after | 24 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) | West Creek, NJ | 6 days after | 14 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) State championship | West Creek, NJ | 7 days after | 34 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) | West Creek, NJ | 7 days after | 12 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Stover, MO | 7 days before | 10 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | 8 days before | 99 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | MD State BBQ Bash State championship | Bel Air, MD | 8 days before | 28 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Topeka, KS | 8 days before | 25 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | The United Rentals Big Blue BBQ at Union Station State championship | Kansas City, MO | 8 days before | 20 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Flavor & BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship | Park City, KS | 8 days before | — |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN | 8 days before | — |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Certified Barbeque Judging Class - Monticello, KY Cancelled | Monticello, KY | 12 days after | — |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) State championship | Oak Grove, MO | 13 days after | 43 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Spooky Q 1792 Cancelled | Monticello, KY | 13 days after | 23 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Spooky Q 1792 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cancelled | Monticello, KY | 13 days after | 23 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Roast N Boast State championship | Columbus, MS | 13 days after | 21 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) State championship | Oak Grove, MO | 14 days after | 43 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | Smokin in the Valley 3 | Herne Hill, Western Australia, Australia | 14 days after | — |
| Oct 2, 2026 | La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown State championship | La Belle, MO | 15 days before | 33 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Keystone Classic Cookoff State championship | Harrisburg, PA | 15 days before | 25 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Gladfest Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Gladstone, MO | 15 days before | 19 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Argos, IN | 15 days before | 19 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Pleasant Hill, MO | 15 days before | 15 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 15 days before | — |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Kansas City, KS | 17 days before | 360 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | Kansas City, KS | 17 days before | 158 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que | Kansas City, KS | 17 days before | — |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides | Kansas City, KS | 17 days before | — |
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.