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 23, 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.
- 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
- 2 Dec 4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-23 Your weekend | Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Jackson, NJ | 0 | 31 |
| 2021-10-23 Your weekend | KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees | Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC | 0 | 30 |
| 2021-10-23 Your weekend | SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 State championship | Summerville, SC | 0 | 15 |
| 2021-10-23 Your weekend | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - One Meat Rib Contest | Jackson, NJ | 0 | 12 |
| 2021-10-22 Your weekend | Best of the Midwest BBQ State championship | Union Grove, WI | -1 | 44 |
| 2021-10-22 Your weekend | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Jackson, NJ | -1 | 31 |
| 2021-10-22 Your weekend | Border War Barbeque State championship | Osawatomie, KS | -1 | 30 |
| 2021-10-22 Your weekend | Railyard BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Madison, AL | -1 | 30 |
| 2021-10-22 Your weekend | Esperanza Bonanza State championship | Marion, AR | -1 | 27 |
| 2021-10-22 Your weekend | Smokin' For Garrett State championship | Boonville, IN | -1 | 27 |
| 2021-10-22 Your weekend | SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 State championship | Summerville, SC | -1 | 15 |
| 2021-10-22 Your weekend | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - One Meat Rib Contest | Jackson, NJ | -1 | 12 |
| 2021-10-22 Your weekend | GrillBillies BBQ Backyard Contest (POSTPONED) | Wendell, NC | -1 | — |
| 2021-10-29 | Boo-B-Que - Day 1 State championship | Unity Village, MO | 6 | 41 |
| 2021-10-29 | Southaven Springfest State championship | Southaven, MS | 6 | 36 |
| 2021-10-29 | Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 1 State championship | Shelby, NC | 6 | 33 |
| 2021-10-29 | Almost Heaven's Spooktacular Backyard BBQ | Buckhannon, WV | 6 | 12 |
| 2021-10-29 | Country Road & BBQ Contest-Day 1 | Catigliano, Vicenza, 35038 | 6 | 8 |
| 2021-10-16 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) | West Salem, WI | -7 | 36 |
| 2021-10-30 | Boo-B-Que - Day 2 State championship | Unity Village, MO | 7 | 33 |
| 2021-10-30 | Boo-B-Que - Day 1 - One Meat Rib Contest | Unity Village, MO | 7 | 28 |
| 2021-10-30 | Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2 State championship | Shelby, NC | 7 | 27 |
| 2021-10-16 | Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague State championship | Galax, VA | -7 | 15 |
| 2021-10-30 | Smokin in the Valley (International) | Perth, | 7 | 14 |
| 2021-10-30 | Country Road & BBQ Contest-Day 2 | Catigliano, Vicenza, 35038 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021-10-15 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) | West Salem, WI | -8 | 40 |
| 2021-10-15 | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) | Roswell, GA | -8 | 34 |
| 2021-10-15 | Smokin In the Creek BBQ Contest State championship | Sugar Creek, MO | -8 | 27 |
| 2021-10-15 | Hartford Rib Off (POSTPONED) State championship | Hartford, CT | -8 | 27 |
| 2021-10-15 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off State championship | Munfordville, KY | -8 | 27 |
| 2021-10-15 | Maryland State BBQ Bash State championship | Belair, MD | -8 | 25 |
| 2021-10-15 | Smoke on the Water State championship | Topeka, KS | -8 | 25 |
| 2021-10-15 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ State championship | Harper, KS | -8 | 16 |
| 2021-10-15 | Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague State championship | Galax, VA | -8 | 15 |
| 2021-10-15 | Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-off State championship | Susanville, CA | -8 | 11 |
| 2021-11-05 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Cancelled State championship | Concord, NC | 13 | 45 |
| 2021-11-05 | Smokin' on the Pecos Cancelled State championship | Artesia, NM | 13 | 44 |
| 2021-11-05 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival State championship | Indio, CA | 13 | 33 |
| 2021-11-05 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ State championship | Powells Point, NC | 13 | 26 |
| 2021-11-05 | Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Yorkville, IL | 13 | 18 |
| 2021-11-06 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) Cancelled State championship | Concord, NC | 14 | 45 |
| 2021-10-08 | 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Lynchburg, TN | -15 | 70 |
| 2021-10-08 | Cookin' on the Kaw BBQ Contest (POSTPONED) State championship | De Soto, KS | -15 | 51 |
| 2021-10-08 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | Scottsboro, AL | -15 | 31 |
| 2021-10-08 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship State championship | Harrisburg, PA | -15 | 27 |
| 2021-10-08 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down State championship | Rocky Mount, NC | -15 | 26 |
| 2021-10-08 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-off State championship | Waxhaw, NC | -15 | 26 |
| 2021-10-08 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival State championship | Lyons, GA | -15 | 26 |
| 2021-10-08 | 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Riverside, CA | -15 | 19 |
| 2021-10-08 | Anchor City Cook Off State championship | Centralia, MO | -15 | 19 |
| 2021-10-08 | All American Smokers - Steak Contest Cancelled | Bonifay, FL | -15 | — |
| 2021-10-08 | Cookin' on the Kaw BBQ Contest - One Meat Rib Contest (POSTPONED) | De Soto, KS | -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.