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 · 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.
- 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 | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2020 Your weekend |
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ | Dongen, Netherlands | Same day | 31 |
| Sep 12, 2020 Your weekend |
Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 State championship | Warsaw, IN | Same day | 26 |
| Sep 11, 2020 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Trails State championship | Gardner, KS | 1 day before | 48 |
| Sep 11, 2020 | BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland Cancelled State championship | Joliet, IL | 1 day before | 42 |
| Sep 11, 2020 Your weekend |
Swine At the Shrine State championship | Savannah, GA | 1 day before | 38 |
| Sep 11, 2020 Your weekend |
Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge (POSTPONED) State championship | Grand Jct, CO | 1 day before | 36 |
| Sep 11, 2020 Your weekend |
Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 State championship | Warsaw, IN | 1 day before | 36 |
| Sep 11, 2020 Your weekend |
Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest | Warsaw, IN | 1 day before | 33 |
| Sep 11, 2020 Your weekend |
Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll State championship | Vermillion, SD | 1 day before | 29 |
| Sep 11, 2020 Your weekend |
Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge State championship | St. Roberts, MO | 1 day before | 26 |
| Sep 11, 2020 Your weekend |
Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge State championship | Connelly Springs, NC | 1 day before | 24 |
| Sep 11, 2020 | Gritty Open Cancelled | Philadelphia, PA | 1 day before | — |
| Sep 17, 2020 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | 5 days after | — |
| Sep 18, 2020 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 State championship | Shawnee, OK | 6 days after | 56 |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Smokin in the Hills State championship | Hillsboro, OH | 6 days after | 41 |
| Sep 18, 2020 | KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | 6 days after | 35 |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Grillin & Chillin BBQ Cancelled State championship | Owensboro, KY | 6 days after | 34 |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | 6 days after | 28 |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Zero 2 Hero BBQ Challenge | Bunbury, Australia | 6 days after | 11 |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Wales, MA | 6 days after | — |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Tilley H-D Biker Blues BBQ Rally Cancelled State championship | Salisbury, NC | 6 days after | — |
| Sep 18, 2020 | 6th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Cancelled State championship | 6 days after | — | |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 6 days after | — |
| Sep 19, 2020 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 State championship | Shawnee, OK | 7 days after | 56 |
| Sep 5, 2020 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival State championship | Augusta, GA | 7 days before | 54 |
| Sep 5, 2020 | Mozingo Lake BBQ State championship | Maryville, MO | 7 days before | 34 |
| Sep 5, 2020 | S.T.A.R Brews & Q State championship | Lake City, CO | 7 days before | 19 |
| Sep 19, 2020 | 6th BBQ Bulls Championship | Salzburg, Austria | 7 days after | 19 |
| Sep 19, 2020 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Wales, MA | 7 days after | — |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Practice for Cash State championship | Augusta, GA | 8 days before | 46 |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Smokin in the Bogs State championship | Warrens, WI | 8 days before | 28 |
| Sep 4, 2020 | Mark Twain Brewery American's Hometown BBQ Bash Cancelled State championship | Hannibal, MO | 8 days before | — |
| Sep 25, 2020 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest State championship | Savannah, TN | 13 days after | 47 |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com State championship | Grand Haven, MI | 13 days after | 28 |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest State championship | Semmes, AL | 13 days after | 23 |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Murphy State championship | Murphy, NC | 13 days after | 22 |
| Sep 26, 2020 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest State championship | Cameron, MO | 14 days after | 36 |
| Sep 26, 2020 | BBQ on the Bow | Didsbury, AB | 14 days after | 21 |
| Aug 29, 2020 | Pitboss Backyarder BBQ Series Round 3 | Herron, Australia | 14 days before | 14 |
| Aug 29, 2020 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | 14 days before | — |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Minnesota in Mayaugust State championship | Cambridge, MN | 15 days before | 45 |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off State championship | Nevada, MO | 15 days before | 37 |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck State championship | Roebuck, SC | 15 days before | 34 |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Grillin on the Trail State championship | Council Grove, KS | 15 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.