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, August 14, 2021 · everywhere, because no place is set
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.
- 1 Jul 3
- 8 Jul 10
- 16 Jul 17
- 10 Jul 24
- 6 Jul 31
- 9 Aug 7
- 9 Aug 14
- 21 Aug 21
- 11 Aug 28
- 12 Sep 4
- 15 Sep 11
- 8 Sep 18
- 16 Sep 25
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-14 Your weekend | Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | 0 | 26 |
| 2021-08-14 Your weekend | GOBS Que (DAY 2) State championship | Arlington, NE | 0 | 25 |
| 2021-08-14 Your weekend | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | SHERWOOD PARK, AB | 0 | 25 |
| 2021-08-13 Your weekend | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ State championship | Huntsville, AL | -1 | 49 |
| 2021-08-13 Your weekend | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day State championship | Milliken, CO | -1 | 42 |
| 2021-08-13 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken Cancelled State championship | Aiken, SC | -1 | 34 |
| 2021-08-13 Your weekend | Big Blue Barbecue State championship | Shelbyville, IN | -1 | 30 |
| 2021-08-13 Your weekend | GOBS Que (DAY 1) State championship | Arlington, NE | -1 | 26 |
| 2021-08-13 Your weekend | Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash State championship | Winston, MO | -1 | 25 |
| 2021-08-13 Your weekend | Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 1 | MEERBEKE, 9402 | -1 | 19 |
| 2021-08-20 | Smoke on the Bricks State championship | Baldwin City, KS | 6 | 46 |
| 2021-08-20 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship State championship | Lubbock, TX | 6 | 43 |
| 2021-08-20 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival State championship | Madison, IN | 6 | 43 |
| 2021-08-20 | BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1 State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | 6 | 40 |
| 2021-08-20 | 13th Annual Big Island BBQ State championship | Albert Lea, MN | 6 | 35 |
| 2021-08-20 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival State championship | Worland, WY | 6 | 30 |
| 2021-08-20 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest State championship | Cape Girardeau, MO | 6 | 27 |
| 2021-08-20 | Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition State championship | Hiram, ME | 6 | 26 |
| 2021-08-20 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival State championship | Kennesaw, GA | 6 | 26 |
| 2021-08-20 | Western Legends BBQ Contest State championship | Kanab, UT | 6 | 26 |
| 2021-08-20 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland State championship | Myrtle Beach, SC | 6 | 26 |
| 2021-08-20 | Smokin on The Harbor State championship | Warsaw, MO | 6 | 19 |
| 2021-08-20 | Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Frostburg, MD | 6 | 18 |
| 2021-08-20 | BBQ Festival 2021 | Saue Parish, 76505 | 6 | 13 |
| 2021-08-20 | Ole Brook Porkfest - One Meat Rib | Brookhaven, MS | 6 | 6 |
| 2021-08-20 | Smoke & Fire Festival-Master Challenge (POSTPONED TO 2022) | Essex, CM9 5JQ | 6 | — |
| 2021-08-20 | The Great Virginia Pigout-Day 1 Cancelled State championship | Richmond, VA | 6 | — |
| 2021-08-20 | Ole Brook Porkfest - One Meat Pork | Brookhaven, MS | 6 | — |
| 2021-08-21 | BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 2 State championship | Excelsior Springs, MO | 7 | 30 |
| 2021-08-21 | 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff State championship | DuPont, WA | 7 | 27 |
| 2021-08-07 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Roseville, MN | -7 | 21 |
| 2021-08-21 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Canton, MN | 7 | 18 |
| 2021-08-07 | Battle River BBQ Showdown (POSTPONED) | Camrose, AB | -7 | — |
| 2021-08-07 | Beech Mountain BBQ Cook Off (Backyard) (POSTPONED) | Beech Mountain, NC | -7 | — |
| 2021-08-21 | The Great Virginia Pigout-Day 2 Cancelled State championship | Richmond, VA | 7 | — |
| 2021-08-06 | SLV Beat the Heat BBQ State championship | Alamosa, CO | -8 | 42 |
| 2021-08-06 | All American BBQ Throwdown State championship | Westland, MI | -8 | 32 |
| 2021-08-06 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | Glencoe, AL | -8 | 31 |
| 2021-08-06 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ State championship | Laurie, MO | -8 | 26 |
| 2021-08-06 | Swine At the Shrine State championship | Savannah, GA | -8 | 25 |
| 2021-08-22 | Big Island BBQ Backyard | Albert Lea, MN | 8 | 15 |
| 2021-08-05 | RBC County Fair Backyard Cookoff (POSTPONED) | Meeker, CO | -9 | — |
| 2021-08-26 | 9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 1) State championship | Washington Island, WI | 12 | 25 |
| 2021-08-27 | New Holland Summer Fest State championship | New Holland, PA | 13 | 44 |
| 2021-08-27 | Montana Pitmaster Classic State championship | Bozeman, MT | 13 | 31 |
| 2021-08-27 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest State championship | Hill City, SD | 13 | 31 |
| 2021-08-27 | World Championship Hot wing Contest and Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Memphis, TN | 13 | 30 |
| 2021-08-01 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 2 State championship | Dodge City, KS | -13 | 26 |
| 2021-08-27 | 9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 2) State championship | Washington Island, WI | 13 | 25 |
| 2021-08-27 | Great Americana BBQ Festival State championship | Franklin, TN | 13 | 25 |
| 2021-08-27 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1 | Boonsboro, MD | 13 | 24 |
| 2021-08-27 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Myrtle Beach Travel Park State championship | Myrtle Beach, SC | 13 | 22 |
| 2021-08-27 | Roast-N-Boast State championship | Columbus, MS | 13 | 19 |
| 2021-08-27 | Grillin' on the Trail Cancelled State championship | Council Grove, KS | 13 | — |
| 2021-08-28 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 2 | Boonsboro, MD | 14 | 20 |
| 2021-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove State championship | Spring Grove, PA | -15 | 54 |
| 2021-07-30 | GBC Summer Showdown State championship | Cumming, GA | -15 | 39 |
| 2021-07-30 | 5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest State championship | Emmetsburg, IA | -15 | 35 |
| 2021-07-30 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 1 State championship | Dodge City, KS | -15 | 27 |
| 2021-07-30 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Murphy Cancelled State championship | Marble, NC | -15 | 22 |
| 2021-07-30 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition - One Meat Rib Contest | Dodge City, KS | -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.