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, August 22, 2020 · nationwide — add a town above to narrow it
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.
- 2 Jul 11
- 10 Jul 18
- 6 Jul 25
- 5 Aug 1
- 6 Aug 8
- 5 Aug 15
- 5 Aug 22
- 6 Aug 29
- 5 Sep 5
- 10 Sep 12
- 9 Sep 19
- 6 Sep 26
- 4 Oct 3
The weekend of Jul 11 is the quietest in range: 2 contests. The biggest thing on it is Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2020 Your weekend |
Summer Daze BBQ Classic - Cancelled | Niagara Falls, Canada | Same day | — |
| Aug 21, 2020 Your weekend |
Hudson Valley Ribfest (POSTPONED) State championship | New Paltz, NY | 1 day before | 56 |
| Aug 21, 2020 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 1 day before | 43 |
| Aug 21, 2020 Your weekend |
Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest State championship | Hill City, SD | 1 day before | 43 |
| Aug 21, 2020 Your weekend |
BBQ Festival 2020 | Saue Parish, Estonia | 1 day before | 13 |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Minnesota in Mayaugust State championship | Cambridge, MN | 6 days after | 45 |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off State championship | Nevada, MO | 6 days after | 37 |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck State championship | Roebuck, SC | 6 days after | 34 |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Grillin on the Trail State championship | Council Grove, KS | 6 days after | — |
| Aug 15, 2020 | Slow Joe's Barn Burner | Vedum, Sweden | 7 days before | 14 |
| Aug 29, 2020 | Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 3 | Herron, Australia | 7 days after | 14 |
| Aug 29, 2020 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 7 days after | — |
| Aug 14, 2020 | BBQ & Fly in on the River State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | 8 days before | 55 |
| Aug 14, 2020 | Big Blue Barbecue State championship | Shelbyville, IN | 8 days before | 50 |
| Aug 14, 2020 | Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival State championship | Kanab, UT | 8 days before | 42 |
| Aug 14, 2020 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken State championship | Aiken, SC | 8 days before | 34 |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Practice for Cash State championship | Augusta, GA | 13 days after | 46 |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Smokin in the Bogs State championship | Warrens, WI | 13 days after | 28 |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Mark Twain Brewery American's Hometown BBQ Bash Cancelled State championship | Hannibal, MO | 13 days after | — |
| Sep 5, 2020 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival State championship | Augusta, GA | 14 days after | 54 |
| Sep 5, 2020 | Mozingo Lake BBQ State championship | Maryville, MO | 14 days after | 34 |
| Sep 5, 2020 | S.T.A.R Brews & Q State championship | Lake City, CO | 14 days after | 19 |
| Aug 8, 2020 | BBQ WYTHE US DAY 2 State championship | Wythe, VA | 14 days before | 17 |
| Aug 7, 2020 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ State championship | Enid, OK | 15 days before | 54 |
| Aug 7, 2020 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | 15 days before | 42 |
| Aug 7, 2020 | Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash State championship | Winston, MO | 15 days before | 30 |
| Aug 7, 2020 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Glencoe, AL | 15 days before | 21 |
| Aug 7, 2020 | BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 State championship | Wythe, VA | 15 days before | 19 |
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.