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, October 16, 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.
- 12 Sep 4
- 15 Sep 11
- 8 Sep 18
- 16 Sep 25
- 12 Oct 2
- 10 Oct 9
- 12 Oct 16
- 13 Oct 23
- 10 Oct 30
- 3 Nov 6
- 9 Nov 13
- 3 Nov 20
- 1 Nov 27
The weekend of Nov 27 is the quietest in range: 1 contest. The biggest thing on it is Agribition Supreme BBQ.
Contests within ±2 weeks
| Date | Contest | Where | Days off | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-16 Your weekend | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) | West Salem, WI | 0 | 36 |
| 2021-10-16 Your weekend | Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague State championship | Galax, VA | 0 | 15 |
| 2021-10-15 Your weekend | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) | West Salem, WI | -1 | 40 |
| 2021-10-15 Your weekend | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Roswell, GA | -1 | 34 |
| 2021-10-15 Your weekend | Smokin In the Creek BBQ Contest State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | -1 | 27 |
| 2021-10-15 Your weekend | Hartford Rib Off (POSTPONED) State championship | Hartford, CT | -1 | 27 |
| 2021-10-15 Your weekend | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Munfordville, KY | -1 | 27 |
| 2021-10-15 Your weekend | Maryland State BBQ Bash State championship | Belair, MD | -1 | 25 |
| 2021-10-15 Your weekend | Smoke on the Water State championship | Topeka, KS | -1 | 25 |
| 2021-10-15 Your weekend | Harper County Bullseye BBQ State championship | Harper, KS | -1 | 16 |
| 2021-10-15 Your weekend | Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague State championship | Galax, VA | -1 | 15 |
| 2021-10-15 Your weekend | Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-off State championship | Susanville, CA | -1 | 11 |
| 2021-10-22 | Best of the Midwest BBQ State championship | Union Grove, WI | 6 | 44 |
| 2021-10-22 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Jackson, NJ | 6 | 31 |
| 2021-10-22 | Border War Barbeque State championship | Osawatomie, KS | 6 | 30 |
| 2021-10-22 | Railyard BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Madison, AL | 6 | 30 |
| 2021-10-22 | Esperanza Bonanza State championship | Marion, AR | 6 | 27 |
| 2021-10-22 | Smokin' For Garrett State championship | Boonville, IN | 6 | 27 |
| 2021-10-22 | SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 State championship | Summerville, SC | 6 | 15 |
| 2021-10-22 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - One Meat Rib Contest | Jackson, NJ | 6 | 12 |
| 2021-10-22 | GrillBillies BBQ Backyard Contest (POSTPONED) | Wendell, NC | 6 | — |
| 2021-10-23 | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Jackson, NJ | 7 | 31 |
| 2021-10-23 | KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees | Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC | 7 | 30 |
| 2021-10-23 | SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 State championship | Summerville, SC | 7 | 15 |
| 2021-10-23 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - One Meat Rib Contest | Jackson, NJ | 7 | 12 |
| 2021-10-08 | 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | -8 | 70 |
| 2021-10-08 | Cookin' on the Kaw BBQ Contest (POSTPONED) State championship | De Soto, KS | -8 | 51 |
| 2021-10-08 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | Scottsboro, AL | -8 | 31 |
| 2021-10-08 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship State championship | Harrisburg, PA | -8 | 27 |
| 2021-10-08 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down State championship | Rocky Mount, NC | -8 | 26 |
| 2021-10-08 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-off State championship | Waxhaw, NC | -8 | 26 |
| 2021-10-08 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival State championship | Lyons, GA | -8 | 26 |
| 2021-10-08 | 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Riverside, CA | -8 | 19 |
| 2021-10-08 | Anchor City Cook Off State championship | Centralia, MO | -8 | 19 |
| 2021-10-08 | All American Smokers - Steak Contest Cancelled | Bonifay, FL | -8 | — |
| 2021-10-08 | Cookin' on the Kaw BBQ Contest - One Meat Rib Contest (POSTPONED) | De Soto, KS | -8 | — |
| 2021-10-29 | Boo-B-Que - Day 1 State championship | Unity Village, MO | 13 | 41 |
| 2021-10-29 | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | 13 | 36 |
| 2021-10-29 | Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 1 State championship | Shelby, NC | 13 | 33 |
| 2021-10-29 | Almost Heaven's Spooktacular Backyard BBQ | Buckhannon, WV | 13 | 12 |
| 2021-10-29 | Country Road & BBQ Contest-Day 1 | Catigliano, Vicenza, 35038 | 13 | 8 |
| 2021-10-30 | Boo-B-Que - Day 2 State championship | Unity Village, MO | 14 | 33 |
| 2021-10-30 | Boo-B-Que - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest | Unity Village, MO | 14 | 28 |
| 2021-10-30 | Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2 State championship | Shelby, NC | 14 | 27 |
| 2021-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 | Casper, WY | -14 | 26 |
| 2021-10-02 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES State championship | Braintree, VT | -14 | 16 |
| 2021-10-02 | Gruenenwalds BBQ Battle | Bremen, 28199 | -14 | 16 |
| 2021-10-30 | Smokin in the Valley (International) | Perth, | 14 | 14 |
| 2021-10-30 | Country Road & BBQ Contest-Day 2 | Catigliano, Vicenza, 35038 | 14 | 11 |
| 2021-10-02 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - One Meat Rib Contest | Braintree, VT | -14 | 8 |
| 2021-10-01 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Cancelled State championship | Springfield, KY | -15 | 43 |
| 2021-10-01 | Go Hog Wild BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Sheridan, AR | -15 | 30 |
| 2021-10-01 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 State championship | Casper, WY | -15 | 27 |
| 2021-10-01 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) | Tahlequah, OK | -15 | 20 |
| 2021-10-01 | Squealin on the Square State championship | Laurens, SC | -15 | 17 |
| 2021-10-01 | BBQ On The Hill (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (Postponed) | Blue Island, IL | -15 | — |
| 2021-10-01 | Road To OZ BBQ Challenge (POSTPONED) State championship | Wamego, KS | -15 | — |
| 2021-10-01 | Inaugural Hawg Harvest - Lindsay Fall Fest - One Meat Rib Contest (POSTPONED) | Lindsay, OK | -15 | — |
| 2021-09-29 | Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | MIDLAND, TX | -17 | 54 |
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.