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 29, 2021 · 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.
- 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
- 15 Jun 19
- 8 Jun 26
- 1 Jul 3
- 8 Jul 10
The weekend of Jul 3 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Minonk I-39 Smoke Off (POSTPONED).
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-29 | Brew'n'Q Invitational Cancelled | Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 2QJ | 0 | 26 |
| 2021-05-28 Your weekend | 9th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition State championship | Valley, NE | -1 | 46 |
| 2021-05-28 | Brew'n'Q Open Cancelled | Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 2QJ | -1 | 34 |
| 2021-05-28 Your weekend | Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships State championship | Big Bear Lake, CA | -1 | 27 |
| 2021-05-28 Your weekend | The Best Dam Barbeque State championship | Boulder City, NV | -1 | 26 |
| 2021-05-30 Your weekend | Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest A | Omaha, NE | 1 | 21 |
| 2021-05-30 Your weekend | Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest B | Omaha, NE | 1 | 20 |
| 2021-05-30 Your weekend | Helping U BBQ Triple Bone - One Meat Rib Contest C | Omaha, NE | 1 | 18 |
| 2021-05-28 Your weekend | 9th Annual Smokin on the Lake (POSTPONED) State championship | Monroe City, MO | -1 | — |
| 2021-05-28 Your weekend | The Great Georgia BBQ Festival (POSTPONED) State championship | Cumming, GA | -1 | — |
| 2021-05-28 | Hadi ShrinersFest Cancelled State championship | Evansville, IN | -1 | — |
| 2021-06-04 | Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) State championship | Kansas City, MO | 6 | 55 |
| 2021-06-04 | Original SD BBQ Championship State championship | Huron, SD | 6 | 49 |
| 2021-06-04 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off State championship | Cedar Park, TX | 6 | 48 |
| 2021-06-04 | Mclouth BBQ Blowout 29th Annual State championship | Mclouth, KS | 6 | 42 |
| 2021-06-04 | Up In Smoke on the Square (POSTPONED) State championship | Lincoln, IL | 6 | 36 |
| 2021-06-04 | Covington TN's World's Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest State championship | Covington, TN | 6 | 34 |
| 2021-06-04 | Greeley Blues Jam State championship | Greeley, CO | 6 | 33 |
| 2021-06-04 | The Original SD BBQ Championships - One Meat Standalone Ribs Contest | Huron, SD | 6 | 30 |
| 2021-06-04 | 2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards State championship | Murphy, CA | 6 | 29 |
| 2021-06-04 | Big Blue BBQ Championship State championship | Marysville, KS | 6 | 28 |
| 2021-06-04 | GrillBillies BBQ Shootout State championship | Wendell, NC | 6 | 18 |
| 2021-06-04 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD) | Butler, AL | 6 | 14 |
| 2021-06-04 | Smoke on The Lake (BACKYARD ONLY) Cancelled | Bloomington, IN | 6 | — |
| 2021-05-22 | GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 State championship | Evans, GA | -7 | 21 |
| 2021-05-21 | BBQ, Boots & Brew State championship | Perris, CA | -8 | 25 |
| 2021-05-21 | Twin States Barbecue Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Meridian, MS | -8 | 22 |
| 2021-05-21 | GA - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 State championship | Evans, GA | -8 | 21 |
| 2021-05-21 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Undilla, GA | -8 | — |
| 2021-06-11 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 State championship | West Salem, WI | 13 | 52 |
| 2021-06-11 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | 13 | 38 |
| 2021-06-11 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 13 | 31 |
| 2021-06-11 | BBQ Jamboree State championship | Fredericksburg, VA | 13 | 30 |
| 2021-06-11 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | 13 | 28 |
| 2021-06-11 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck State championship | Roebuck, SC | 13 | 28 |
| 2021-06-11 | Montana BBQ Cook-off State championship | Absarokee, MT | 13 | 27 |
| 2021-06-11 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ State championship | Wagoner, OK | 13 | 25 |
| 2021-06-11 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 13 | 20 |
| 2021-06-11 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest - One Meat Contest - Ribs | Derby, KS | 13 | 17 |
| 2021-06-11 | City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off State championship | Welch, WV | 13 | 15 |
| 2021-06-11 | Separation Day Colonial BBQ Cancelled State championship | New Castle, DE | 13 | — |
| 2021-06-11 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Undilla, GA | 13 | — |
| 2021-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 State championship | West Salem, WI | 14 | 45 |
| 2021-05-15 | Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 State championship | Warsaw, IN | -14 | 39 |
| 2021-06-12 | Granite State BBQ Championship State championship | Hancock, NH | 14 | 32 |
| 2021-05-15 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) State championship | Plainview, TX | -14 | 22 |
| 2021-05-15 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 | Mannington, WV | -14 | 15 |
| 2021-05-15 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival 2nd Edition (POSTPONED) | Olteni, Covasna County, 520008 | -14 | — |
| 2021-05-14 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke State championship | Morgantown, PA | -15 | 46 |
| 2021-05-14 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF State championship | Waynesboro, GA | -15 | 42 |
| 2021-05-14 | Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 State championship | Warsaw, IN | -15 | 41 |
| 2021-05-14 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) State championship | Plainview, TX | -15 | 33 |
| 2021-05-14 | Rockin' BBQ - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest | Warsaw, IN | -15 | 32 |
| 2021-05-14 | Obion County Barbeque Cook Off State championship | Union City, TN | -15 | 31 |
| 2021-05-14 | Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition Cancelled State championship | Valparaiso, IN | -15 | 20 |
| 2021-05-14 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 State championship | Mannington, WV | -15 | 18 |
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.