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, June 26, 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.
- 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
- 16 Jul 17
- 10 Jul 24
- 6 Jul 31
- 9 Aug 7
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 | vs. your date | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2021 Your weekend |
Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) State championship | Belvidere, IL | Same day | 43 |
| Jun 25, 2021 Your weekend |
The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | 1 day before | 145 |
| Jun 25, 2021 Your weekend |
Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) State championship | Belvidere, IL | 1 day before | 49 |
| Jun 25, 2021 Your weekend |
Blount County BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | 1 day before | 32 |
| Jun 25, 2021 Your weekend |
Miles City Cowtown Cook Off State championship | Miles City, MT | 1 day before | 25 |
| Jun 25, 2021 Your weekend |
Back the Blue State championship | Brookhaven, MS | 1 day before | 16 |
| Jun 25, 2021 Your weekend |
28th Annual Giant National Capital BBQ Battle (In-Person Postponed to 2022) State championship | Washington, DC | 1 day before | — |
| Jun 25, 2021 Your weekend |
Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - One Meat ribs | Belvidere, IL | 1 day before | — |
| Jun 19, 2021 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 State championship | Franklin, IN | 7 days before | 37 |
| Jun 19, 2021 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 State championship | Holdrege, NE | 7 days before | 36 |
| Jun 19, 2021 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | 7 days before | 22 |
| Jun 19, 2021 | Central Maine BBQ Cook Off State championship | Skowhegan, ME | 7 days before | 15 |
| Jul 3, 2021 | Minonk I-39 Smoke Off (POSTPONED) State championship | Minonk, IL | 7 days after | — |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship (POSTPONED) State championship | Santa Clara, CA | 8 days before | 56 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 State championship | Franklin, IN | 8 days before | 51 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Nesbit, MS | 8 days before | 48 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | York County BBQ Festival State championship | Delta, PA | 8 days before | 41 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 State championship | Holdrege, NE | 8 days before | 40 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | 8 days before | 37 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | 8 days before | 32 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Roanoke, WV | 8 days before | 28 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival Cancelled | Barbourville, KY | 8 days before | 25 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Ayr Charity BBQ Cancelled | Ayr, ON | 8 days before | 21 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | 27th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge (POSTPONED) State championship | Frisco, CO | 8 days before | — |
| Jun 18, 2021 | GLR No Bull BBQ (POSTPONED) State championship | Gwinn, MI | 8 days before | — |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Black Silo Swine in the Vine (POSTPONED) State championship | Trenton, MO | 8 days before | — |
| Jul 9, 2021 | SC Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 13 days after | 81 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | New Jersey State BBQ Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 13 days after | 59 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest State championship | Mayetta, KS | 13 days after | 43 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery State championship | Marshall, IL | 13 days after | 38 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Sand Creek Summer Daze Saucy & Glazed BBQ Competition State championship | Newton, KS | 13 days after | 21 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Gold Ribbin BBQ Fest-Day1 Cancelled State championship | Green Bay, WI | 13 days after | — |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Craig Reunites 2021 (BACKYARD) (POSTPONED) | Craig, MO | 13 days after | — |
| Jun 12, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 State championship | West Salem, WI | 14 days before | 45 |
| Jun 12, 2021 | Granite State BBQ Championship State championship | Hancock, NH | 14 days before | 32 |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | Lethbridge, Canada | 14 days after | 16 |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Smoke of the West- Competitor's Series (POSTPONED) | Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia | 14 days after | — |
| Jul 10, 2021 | Gold Ribbin BBQ Fest-Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Green Bay, WI | 14 days after | — |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 State championship | West Salem, WI | 15 days before | 52 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest State championship | Wynne, AR | 15 days before | 38 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Huntsville, AL | 15 days before | 31 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | BBQ Jamboree State championship | Fredericksburg, VA | 15 days before | 30 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest State championship | Derby, KS | 15 days before | 28 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck State championship | Roebuck, SC | 15 days before | 28 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Montana BBQ Cook-off State championship | Absarokee, MT | 15 days before | 27 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ State championship | Wagoner, OK | 15 days before | 25 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Springfield, TN | 15 days before | 20 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest - One Meat Contest - Ribs | Derby, KS | 15 days before | 17 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off State championship | Welch, WV | 15 days before | 15 |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Separation Day Colonial BBQ Cancelled State championship | New Castle, DE | 15 days before | — |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Myron Mixon - Jack's Old South - Cooking Class | Undilla, 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.