Page 28 - April 2022 Barbecue News Magazine

T. Michael Garrison
The Flying BBQ Judge mgarrison8@sbcglobal.net
This month I am featuring a
fun BBQ team. This team is
a family affair and has lots
of fun when they partici-
pate in competitions. Led
by Mark Zondervan his
team consists of his wife
Tina, and son Travis. As far
back as Mark can remember
his family has always gath-
ered on Sundays for a spe-
cial dinner. Not always BBQ
but always a special meal
that is looked forward to
and attended by his family.
Mark’s family still gathers
on Sundays for that special
dinner and gathering, which
sometimes will include award winning BBQ.
Travis developed a keen interest in BBQ, particularly com- petition BBQ, and that led to the formation of their team: Boog-A-Lou Smoke Crew. Travis had a young daughter that everyone adored. Her name was Brooke but everyone called her Boog-A-Lou. They decided if they ever formed a BBQ team it would be named after Brooke. Mark isn’t out to win
points or to be on top of any points chase. He does want to know if they can compete with the leaders and score alongside them in the major contests. When they ap- proach the awards stage at a contest, which they seem to do that pretty often, Travis is always out front leading the group.
Tina is the fun team mem- ber and is almost always clowning around in the photos. You will see that in most of their award photos, she is having a great time, but so are the other team members. Recently at Apalachicola the organizers would only let one member
of the team come to the awards stage. When Boog-A-Lou Smoke Crew got a call Mark went to the stage. Just as the award was given and the cameras were flashing the entire team was in formation for the photos, led by Tina.
As Mark reminisced with me over their start in competition BBQ he recalled, “We entered a contest in Suwanee and did
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