[citation needed] In its current format, the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship begins in September with a first round series of games comprising eight teams, while the four remaining teams receive byes to the quarter-final stage.

A team's finishing position in the Kilkenny Intermediate League determines at what stage they enter the championship.

Four rounds of games are played, culminating with the final match at UPMC Nowlan Park in October.

Conahy Shamrocks, Mullinavat and Clara are the most successful teams in the tournament's history, having won it four times each.

Glenmore are the reigning champions, having beaten St Lachtain's by 3–19 to 2–09 in the 2021 final.