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, September 5, 2020 · everywhere, because no place is set
That weekend
In the window
The weekends around yours
How many sanctioned contests each Saturday already has, nationwide — click a weekend to check it instead.
- 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
- 2 Oct 10
- 9 Oct 17
The weekend of Oct 10 is the quietest in range: 2 contests. The biggest thing on it is The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-05 Your weekend | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival State championship | Augusta, GA | 0 | 54 |
| 2020-09-05 Your weekend | Mozingo Lake BBQ State championship | Maryville, MO | 0 | 34 |
| 2020-09-05 Your weekend | S.T.A.R Brews & Q State championship | Lake City, CO | 0 | 19 |
| 2020-09-04 Your weekend | Practice for Cash State championship | Augusta, GA | -1 | 46 |
| 2020-09-04 Your weekend | Smokin in the Bogs State championship | Warrens, WI | -1 | 28 |
| 2020-09-04 | Mark Twain Brewery American's Hometown BBQ Bash Cancelled State championship | Hannibal, MO | -1 | — |
| 2020-09-11 | Smoke on the Trails State championship | Gardner, KS | 6 | 48 |
| 2020-09-11 | BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland Cancelled State championship | Joliet, IL | 6 | 42 |
| 2020-09-11 | Swine At the Shrine State championship | Savannah, GA | 6 | 38 |
| 2020-09-11 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge (POSTPONED) State championship | Grand Jct, CO | 6 | 36 |
| 2020-09-11 | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 State championship | Warsaw, IN | 6 | 36 |
| 2020-09-11 | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest | Warsaw, IN | 6 | 33 |
| 2020-09-11 | Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll State championship | Vermillion, SD | 6 | 29 |
| 2020-09-11 | Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge State championship | St. Roberts, MO | 6 | 26 |
| 2020-09-11 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge State championship | Connelly Springs, NC | 6 | 24 |
| 2020-09-11 | Gritty Open Cancelled | Philadelphia, PA | 6 | — |
| 2020-09-12 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ | Dongen, 5106NC | 7 | 31 |
| 2020-09-12 | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 State championship | Warsaw, IN | 7 | 26 |
| 2020-08-29 | Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 3 | Herron, 6211 | -7 | 14 |
| 2020-08-29 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | -7 | — |
| 2020-08-28 | Minnesota in Mayaugust State championship | Cambridge, MN | -8 | 45 |
| 2020-08-28 | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off State championship | Nevada, MO | -8 | 37 |
| 2020-08-28 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck State championship | Roebuck, SC | -8 | 34 |
| 2020-08-28 | Grillin on the Trail State championship | Council Grove, KS | -8 | — |
| 2020-09-17 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | 12 | — |
| 2020-09-18 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 State championship | Shawnee, OK | 13 | 56 |
| 2020-09-18 | Smokin in the Hills State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 13 | 41 |
| 2020-09-18 | KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | 13 | 35 |
| 2020-09-18 | Grillin & Chillin BBQ Cancelled State championship | Owensboro, KY | 13 | 34 |
| 2020-09-18 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 13 | 28 |
| 2020-09-18 | Zero 2 Hero BBQ Challenge | Bunbury, 6230 | 13 | 11 |
| 2020-09-18 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Wales, MA | 13 | — |
| 2020-09-18 | Tilley H-D Biker Blues BBQ Rally Cancelled State championship | Salisbury, NC | 13 | — |
| 2020-09-18 | 6th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Cancelled State championship | 13 | — | |
| 2020-09-18 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2020-09-19 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 State championship | Shawnee, OK | 14 | 56 |
| 2020-09-19 | 6th BBQ Bulls Championship | Salzburg, 5020 | 14 | 19 |
| 2020-08-22 | Summer Daze BBQ Classic - Cancelled | Niagara Falls, L2G7H1 | -14 | — |
| 2020-09-19 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Wales, MA | 14 | — |
| 2020-08-21 | Hudson Valley Ribfest (POSTPONED) State championship | New Paltz, NY | -15 | 56 |
| 2020-08-21 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | -15 | 43 |
| 2020-08-21 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest State championship | Hill City, SD | -15 | 43 |
| 2020-08-21 | BBQ Festival 2020 | Saue Parish, | -15 | 13 |
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.