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, May 1, 2021 · 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.
- 7 Mar 20
- 4 Mar 27
- 0 Apr 3
- 6 Apr 10
- 8 Apr 17
- 11 Apr 24
- 10 May 1
- 5 May 8
- 11 May 15
- 5 May 22
- 8 May 29
- 12 Jun 5
- 14 Jun 12
The weekend of Apr 3 is the quietest in range: 0 contests.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2021 Your weekend |
Route 66 Smoke Out State championship | Dwight, IL | Same day | 44 |
| May 1, 2021 Your weekend |
Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff State championship | Columbia, MO | Same day | 39 |
| May 1, 2021 Your weekend |
Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival State championship | Brookhaven, MS | Same day | 38 |
| May 1, 2021 Your weekend |
39th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off State championship | Kennett, MO | Same day | 32 |
| May 1, 2021 Your weekend |
Smoke on the Water State championship | Liberty, IN | Same day | 27 |
| May 1, 2021 Your weekend |
Almost Heaven Rib Fest - One Meat Rib Contest A | Buckhannon, WV | Same day | 16 |
| May 1, 2021 Your weekend |
Almost Heaven Rib Fest - One Meat Rib Contest B | Buckhannon, WV | Same day | 15 |
| May 1, 2021 Your weekend |
City Of Springs BBQ Championship State championship | Sulphur, OK | Same day | 14 |
| Apr 30, 2021 | NYC BBQ Cookoff Cancelled State championship | Staten Island, NY | 1 day before | 35 |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 8th Annual BBQ Throwdown Cancelled State championship | Show low, AZ | 1 day before | — |
| May 2, 2021 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Rub Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 1 day after | — |
| May 4, 2021 Your weekend |
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Kansas City, MO | 3 days after | — |
| May 7, 2021 | Minnesota in May State championship | Cambridge, MN | 6 days after | 60 |
| May 7, 2021 | Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival State championship | Bixby, OK | 6 days after | 53 |
| May 7, 2021 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Lamar, CO | 6 days after | 35 |
| May 7, 2021 | Minnesota in May - One Meat Contest - Ribs | Cambridge, MN | 6 days after | 29 |
| May 7, 2021 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Franklin State championship | Franklin, NC | 6 days after | 17 |
| Apr 24, 2021 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 7 days before | 40 |
| Apr 24, 2021 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - One Meat Rib Contest | Jackson, NJ | 7 days before | 14 |
| Apr 24, 2021 | KCBS GREEKFIRE Festival 2021 (POSTPONED) | Reichshof, Germany | 7 days before | — |
| Apr 23, 2021 | WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest State championship | Washington, MO | 8 days before | 45 |
| Apr 23, 2021 | 16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Enid, OK | 8 days before | 41 |
| Apr 23, 2021 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Blairstown, NJ | 8 days before | 40 |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Ozarks BBQ Fest State championship | Springfield, MO | 8 days before | 37 |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Marietta River City BBQ State championship | Marietta, OH | 8 days before | 29 |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Florence, AL | 8 days before | 29 |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Fuego y Humo 2021 | San Jose, Costa Rica | 8 days before | 22 |
| Apr 23, 2021 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - One Meat Rib Contest | Jackson, NJ | 8 days before | 18 |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Mark Twain Casino BBQ Cook-Off Cancelled State championship | LaGrange, MO | 8 days before | — |
| Apr 23, 2021 | The Great Wisconsin Tune Up Cancelled State championship | Manawa, WI | 8 days before | — |
| May 14, 2021 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke State championship | Morgantown, PA | 13 days after | 46 |
| May 14, 2021 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF State championship | Waynesboro, GA | 13 days after | 42 |
| May 14, 2021 | Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 State championship | Warsaw, IN | 13 days after | 41 |
| May 14, 2021 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) State championship | Plainview, TX | 13 days after | 33 |
| May 14, 2021 | Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest | Warsaw, IN | 13 days after | 32 |
| May 14, 2021 | Obion County Barbeque Cook Off State championship | Union City, TN | 13 days after | 31 |
| May 14, 2021 | Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition Cancelled State championship | Valparaiso, IN | 13 days after | 20 |
| May 14, 2021 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 State championship | Mannington, WV | 13 days after | 18 |
| May 15, 2021 | Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 State championship | Warsaw, IN | 14 days after | 39 |
| Apr 17, 2021 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 State championship | Hagerstown, MD | 14 days before | 34 |
| Apr 17, 2021 | The Golden State Battle III - Day 2 State championship | Hollister, CA | 14 days before | 26 |
| May 15, 2021 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) State championship | Plainview, TX | 14 days after | 22 |
| Apr 17, 2021 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | Chelsea, AL | 14 days before | 21 |
| May 15, 2021 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 | Mannington, WV | 14 days after | 15 |
| May 15, 2021 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival 2nd Edition (POSTPONED) | Olteni, Covasna County, Romania | 14 days after | — |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 State championship | Hagerstown, MD | 15 days before | 47 |
| Apr 16, 2021 | The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 State championship | Hollister, CA | 15 days before | 41 |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge State championship | Roebuck, SC | 15 days before | 27 |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Smoke in the Valley (POSTPONED) State championship | Linn Valley, KS | 15 days before | — |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Unadilla, GA | 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.