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.
Quieter than the weekends around it Saturday, July 3, 2021 · everywhere, because no place is set
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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 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
- 9 Aug 14
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-03 Your weekend | Minonk I-39 Smoke Off (POSTPONED) State championship | Minonk, IL | 0 | — |
| 2021-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery State championship | Greenwood, SC | 6 | 81 |
| 2021-07-09 | New Jersey State BBQ Championship State championship | North Wildwood, NJ | 6 | 59 |
| 2021-07-09 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest State championship | Mayetta, KS | 6 | 43 |
| 2021-07-09 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery State championship | Marshall, IL | 6 | 38 |
| 2021-07-09 | Sand Creek Summer Daze Saucy & Glazed BBQ Competition State championship | Newton, KS | 6 | 21 |
| 2021-07-09 | Gold Ribbin BBQ Fest-Day1 Cancelled State championship | Green Bay, WI | 6 | — |
| 2021-07-09 | Craig Reunites 2021 (BACKYARD) (POSTPONED) | Craig, MO | 6 | — |
| 2021-06-26 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) State championship | Belvidere, IL | -7 | 43 |
| 2021-07-10 | Smoke, Wind & Fire | Lethbridge, T1J4R3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2021-07-10 | Smoke of the West- Competitor's Series (POSTPONED) | Goondiwindi, Queensland, 4104 | 7 | — |
| 2021-07-10 | Gold Ribbin BBQ Fest-Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Green Bay, WI | 7 | — |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship State championship | Lenexa, KS | -8 | 145 |
| 2021-06-25 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) State championship | Belvidere, IL | -8 | 49 |
| 2021-06-25 | Blount County BBQ Bash State championship | Maryville, TN | -8 | 32 |
| 2021-06-25 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off State championship | Miles City, MT | -8 | 25 |
| 2021-06-25 | Back the Blue State championship | Brookhaven, MS | -8 | 16 |
| 2021-06-25 | 28th Annual Giant National Capital BBQ Battle (In-Person Postponed to 2022) State championship | Washington, DC | -8 | — |
| 2021-06-25 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - One Meat ribs | Belvidere, IL | -8 | — |
| 2021-07-16 | Cookin On Kampeska Cancelled State championship | Watertown, SD | 13 | 37 |
| 2021-07-16 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Day 1 State championship | Cameron, MO | 13 | 33 |
| 2021-07-16 | KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off State championship | Worthington, MN | 13 | 33 |
| 2021-07-16 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl State championship | Sault Ste Marie, MI | 13 | 27 |
| 2021-07-16 | Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff State championship | Cedar Rapids, IA | 13 | 26 |
| 2021-07-16 | Chillin & Grillin In the Glades State championship | Wise, VA | 13 | 25 |
| 2021-07-16 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Day 1 State championship | Eureka, IL | 13 | 25 |
| 2021-07-16 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl - One Meat Rib Contest | Sault Ste Marie, MI | 13 | 21 |
| 2021-07-16 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland State championship | Asheboro, NC | 13 | 19 |
| 2021-07-16 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Rib Contest | Eureka, IL | 13 | 18 |
| 2021-07-16 | Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1 State championship | Morgantown, WV | 13 | 18 |
| 2021-07-16 | County Seat Cookoff | Jay, OK | 13 | 15 |
| 2021-07-16 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off One Meat Rib Contest | Cameron, MO | 13 | 14 |
| 2021-07-16 | KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off - One Meat Rib Contest | Worthington, MN | 13 | 10 |
| 2021-06-19 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 State championship | Franklin, IN | -14 | 37 |
| 2021-06-19 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 State championship | Holdrege, NE | -14 | 36 |
| 2021-07-17 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Day 2 State championship | Cameron, MO | 14 | 25 |
| 2021-06-19 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sioux City, IA | -14 | 22 |
| 2021-07-17 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Day 2 State championship | Eureka, IL | 14 | 19 |
| 2021-06-19 | Central Maine BBQ Cook Off State championship | Skowhegan, ME | -14 | 15 |
| 2021-07-17 | Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2 State championship | Morgantown, WV | 14 | 15 |
| 2021-07-17 | Pig Mania Deerfield State Championship BBQ Cancelled State championship | Deerfield Township, OH | 14 | — |
| 2021-06-18 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship (POSTPONED) State championship | Santa Clara, CA | -15 | 56 |
| 2021-06-18 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 State championship | Franklin, IN | -15 | 51 |
| 2021-06-18 | DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Nesbit, MS | -15 | 48 |
| 2021-06-18 | York County BBQ Festival State championship | Delta, PA | -15 | 41 |
| 2021-06-18 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 State championship | Holdrege, NE | -15 | 40 |
| 2021-06-18 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life State championship | Kansas City, KS | -15 | 37 |
| 2021-06-18 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State championship | State Center, IA | -15 | 32 |
| 2021-06-18 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash State championship | Roanoke, WV | -15 | 28 |
| 2021-06-18 | Barbourville BBQ Cook-Off & Festival Cancelled | Barbourville, KY | -15 | 25 |
| 2021-06-18 | Ayr Charity BBQ Cancelled | Ayr, ON | -15 | 21 |
| 2021-06-18 | 27th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge (POSTPONED) State championship | Frisco, CO | -15 | — |
| 2021-06-18 | GLR No Bull BBQ (POSTPONED) State championship | Gwinn, MI | -15 | — |
| 2021-06-18 | Black Silo Swine in the Vine (POSTPONED) State championship | Trenton, MO | -15 | — |
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.