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.
The busiest weekend in range Saturday, September 12, 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.
- 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
- 5 Oct 24
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-12 Your weekend | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ | Dongen, 5106NC | 0 | 31 |
| 2020-09-12 Your weekend | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 State championship | Warsaw, IN | 0 | 26 |
| 2020-09-11 Your weekend | Smoke on the Trails State championship | Gardner, KS | -1 | 48 |
| 2020-09-11 | BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland Cancelled State championship | Joliet, IL | -1 | 42 |
| 2020-09-11 Your weekend | Swine At the Shrine State championship | Savannah, GA | -1 | 38 |
| 2020-09-11 Your weekend | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge (POSTPONED) State championship | Grand Jct, CO | -1 | 36 |
| 2020-09-11 Your weekend | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 State championship | Warsaw, IN | -1 | 36 |
| 2020-09-11 Your weekend | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest | Warsaw, IN | -1 | 33 |
| 2020-09-11 Your weekend | Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll State championship | Vermillion, SD | -1 | 29 |
| 2020-09-11 Your weekend | Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge State championship | St. Roberts, MO | -1 | 26 |
| 2020-09-11 Your weekend | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge State championship | Connelly Springs, NC | -1 | 24 |
| 2020-09-11 | Gritty Open Cancelled | Philadelphia, PA | -1 | — |
| 2020-09-17 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | 5 | — |
| 2020-09-18 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 State championship | Shawnee, OK | 6 | 56 |
| 2020-09-18 | Smokin in the Hills State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 6 | 41 |
| 2020-09-18 | KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | 6 | 35 |
| 2020-09-18 | Grillin & Chillin BBQ Cancelled State championship | Owensboro, KY | 6 | 34 |
| 2020-09-18 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 6 | 28 |
| 2020-09-18 | Zero 2 Hero BBQ Challenge | Bunbury, 6230 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020-09-18 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Wales, MA | 6 | — |
| 2020-09-18 | Tilley H-D Biker Blues BBQ Rally Cancelled State championship | Salisbury, NC | 6 | — |
| 2020-09-18 | 6th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Cancelled State championship | 6 | — | |
| 2020-09-18 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 6 | — |
| 2020-09-19 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 State championship | Shawnee, OK | 7 | 56 |
| 2020-09-05 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival State championship | Augusta, GA | -7 | 54 |
| 2020-09-05 | Mozingo Lake BBQ State championship | Maryville, MO | -7 | 34 |
| 2020-09-05 | S.T.A.R Brews & Q State championship | Lake City, CO | -7 | 19 |
| 2020-09-19 | 6th BBQ Bulls Championship | Salzburg, 5020 | 7 | 19 |
| 2020-09-19 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Wales, MA | 7 | — |
| 2020-09-04 | Practice for Cash State championship | Augusta, GA | -8 | 46 |
| 2020-09-04 | Smokin in the Bogs State championship | Warrens, WI | -8 | 28 |
| 2020-09-04 | Mark Twain Brewery American's Hometown BBQ Bash Cancelled State championship | Hannibal, MO | -8 | — |
| 2020-09-25 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest State championship | Savannah, TN | 13 | 47 |
| 2020-09-25 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com State championship | Grand Haven, MI | 13 | 28 |
| 2020-09-25 | Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest State championship | Semmes, AL | 13 | 23 |
| 2020-09-25 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Murphy State championship | Murphy, NC | 13 | 22 |
| 2020-09-26 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest State championship | Cameron, MO | 14 | 36 |
| 2020-09-26 | BBQ on the Bow | Didsbury, AB | 14 | 21 |
| 2020-08-29 | Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 3 | Herron, 6211 | -14 | 14 |
| 2020-08-29 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | -14 | — |
| 2020-08-28 | Minnesota in Mayaugust State championship | Cambridge, MN | -15 | 45 |
| 2020-08-28 | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off State championship | Nevada, MO | -15 | 37 |
| 2020-08-28 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck State championship | Roebuck, SC | -15 | 34 |
| 2020-08-28 | Grillin on the Trail State championship | Council Grove, KS | -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.