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, October 3, 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 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
- 4 Oct 31
- 1 Nov 7
- 8 Nov 14
The weekend of Nov 7 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Currituck Bulls & BBQ.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-03 Your weekend | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 State championship | Casper, WY | 0 | 41 |
| 2020-10-02 Your weekend | Ottumwa Smoketoberfest State championship | Ottumwa, IA | -1 | 66 |
| 2020-10-02 Your weekend | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 State championship | Casper, WY | -1 | 41 |
| 2020-10-02 Your weekend | Bonifay All American Smoker Competition State championship | Bonifay, FL | -1 | 18 |
| 2020-10-09 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival State championship | Lyons, GA | 6 | 37 |
| 2020-10-09 | Roast-N-Boast State championship | Columbus, MS | 6 | 36 |
| 2020-10-09 | Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off Cancelled State championship | Waxhaw, NC | 6 | 27 |
| 2020-10-09 | Dave Salm BBQ Classic Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Bancroft, WI | 6 | — |
| 2020-09-26 | West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest State championship | Cameron, MO | -7 | 36 |
| 2020-09-26 | BBQ on the Bow | Didsbury, AB | -7 | 21 |
| 2020-10-10 | Dave Salm BBQ Classic Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Bancroft, WI | 7 | — |
| 2020-09-25 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest State championship | Savannah, TN | -8 | 47 |
| 2020-09-25 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com State championship | Grand Haven, MI | -8 | 28 |
| 2020-09-25 | Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest State championship | Semmes, AL | -8 | 23 |
| 2020-09-25 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Murphy State championship | Murphy, NC | -8 | 22 |
| 2020-10-16 | Best of the Midwest BBQ State championship | Union Grove, WI | 13 | 50 |
| 2020-10-16 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 State championship | West Salem, WI | 13 | 40 |
| 2020-10-16 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Jackson, NJ | 13 | 37 |
| 2020-10-16 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Cancelled State championship | Munfordville, KY | 13 | 33 |
| 2020-10-16 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club | Summerville, SC | 13 | 24 |
| 2020-10-16 | Smokin Blues & BBQ Festival Cancelled State championship | Duncanville, TX | 13 | 18 |
| 2020-10-16 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES One-Meat Companion | Jackson, NJ | 13 | 8 |
| 2020-10-16 | Canadian BBQ Championship - KCBS Fall Edition Cancelled | Delhi, ON | 13 | — |
| 2020-09-19 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 State championship | Shawnee, OK | -14 | 56 |
| 2020-10-17 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Jackson, NJ | 14 | 40 |
| 2020-10-17 | Columbia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest State championship | Columbia, MO | 14 | 38 |
| 2020-10-17 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 | West Salem, WI | 14 | 33 |
| 2020-09-19 | 6th BBQ Bulls Championship | Salzburg, 5020 | -14 | 19 |
| 2020-10-17 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES One-Meat Companion | Jackson, NJ | 14 | 13 |
| 2020-09-19 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Wales, MA | -14 | — |
| 2020-09-18 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 State championship | Shawnee, OK | -15 | 56 |
| 2020-09-18 | Smokin in the Hills State championship | Hillsboro, OH | -15 | 41 |
| 2020-09-18 | KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | -15 | 35 |
| 2020-09-18 | Grillin & Chillin BBQ Cancelled State championship | Owensboro, KY | -15 | 34 |
| 2020-09-18 | Smoke on the Falls State championship | Gadsden, AL | -15 | 28 |
| 2020-09-18 | Zero 2 Hero BBQ Challenge | Bunbury, 6230 | -15 | 11 |
| 2020-09-18 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Wales, MA | -15 | — |
| 2020-09-18 | Tilley H-D Biker Blues BBQ Rally Cancelled State championship | Salisbury, NC | -15 | — |
| 2020-09-18 | 6th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Cancelled State championship | -15 | — | |
| 2020-09-18 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South | Undilla, GA | -15 | — |
| 2020-09-17 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | -16 | — |
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.