Need help with Beans

[JC in GB]

Good day all. I hope this post finds you all doing well.

My sister is getting married this coming weekend and has asked me to make some BBQ baked beans for the event.

I don't make beans very often and I lost my go-to recipe. I tried a different recipe and it was not good.

Would someone be willing to share a killer BBQ baked bean recipe so I can rock this wedding cook?

Thanks,

JC

 

[Quiganomics]

This is what I use and have had nothing but good feedback from. In fact, when I make this, it's all my youngest will eat...she won't even touch the brisket or pork, she'll just sit with a big ass bowl of beans and a smile on her face.


Ingredients

10 slices bacon, chopped
1 yellow onion, medium, finely chopped
1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
15 oz can kidney beans, drained
15 oz can navy beans, drained
15 oz can pinto beans, drained
15 oz can baked beans, Undrained
2/3 cup ketchup
2/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
8 oz tomato sauce
1/4 cup molasses
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 Tablespoon yellow mustard
1 teaspoon hot sauce, or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or more, to taste



Instructions

Heat smoker to 275 degrees.

Add bacon to a large pot. Turn heat to medium and cook, stirring often until crisp. Remove to a paper-towel lined plate. Remove only some of the excess grease.

Sautee veggies: Add onion to pan and sautee for 4 minutes. Add bell pepper and garlic and cook for 2 more minutes.

Add remaining ingredients and bacon and to stir to combine. Taste and add additional salt and pepper, if needed.

Pour mixture into a 9×13 pan and smoke, uncovered for 1 hour, then covered with foil for 1-1.5 hours, depending on desired thickness. Uncover, spinkle on a little more brown sugar on top and smoke an additional 10 minutes to finish.

 

[zwiller]

The de facto SMF bean recipe is Dutch's. Countless threads and happy campers.

https://www.smoking-meat.com/dutchs-wicked-baked-beans

 

[normanaj]

Pretty much Dutch's but with a little tweaking. Cut the amount of bacon in half and substitute with a links worth of chourico chunks. Minus the jalapenos as the spiciness is substituted because we use Melindas habenero and ghost pepper ketchup and sometimes I'll add a little "magic dust" if I want real heat.

 

[mneeley490]

Dutch's, but I substitute the ketchup for bbq sauce, and sometimes swap out the bacon for cubed brisket.

 

[JC in GB]

Thanks for the assistance. I tried looking for this before I posted my request but nothing came up.

I will blame it on my inaccurate search parameters.

Thanks again...

JC

 

[zwiller]

Keep up with the Dutch mods! Not really a baked bean guy but the mods you guys are posting are getting me thinking about it.

I tried looking for this before I posted my request but nothing came up.

SAME. I searched a TON of times. Had to do a web search to find it. I think you have to switch to "articles" maybe?

 

[JLinza]

A little outside the box, but these have been a hit when ive made them for folks.

 

[GatorAGR]

I was having lunch at a great little restaurant and talking with the owner about how he made his baked beans and other things BBQ. When I asked him about his beans, he said "this is my grandma's secret" and proceeded to show me a little jar of Cajun Power Baked Bean syrup. Has all the ingredients combined in a little jar that you add to one can of beans. Magic. It's all I use now.

Baked Bean Syrup

Here is a side dish that's easy as 1,2,3. This syrup has it all onions -- bell peppers, brown sugar and, of course, it is loaded with the original Cajun Power Garlic Sauce. Here's how simple it is: Pour 2 cans of Pork and Beans in an 8x8 baking dish. Pour our Baked Bean Syrup in and mix well...

www.cajunpowersauce.com

 

[1MoreFord]

I was having lunch at a great little restaurant and talking with the owner about how he made his baked beans and other things BBQ. When I asked him about his beans, he said "this is my grandma's secret" and proceeded to show me a little jar of Cajun Power Baked Bean syrup. Has all the ingredients combined in a little jar that you add to one can of beans. Magic. It's all I use now.

Baked Bean Syrup

Here is a side dish that's easy as 1,2,3. This syrup has it all onions -- bell peppers, brown sugar and, of course, it is loaded with the original Cajun Power Garlic Sauce. Here's how simple it is: Pour 2 cans of Pork and Beans in an 8x8 baking dish. Pour our Baked Bean Syrup in and mix well...

www.cajunpowersauce.com

Never yet met a Cajun Power product I didn't like.


There is also Keri's Hog Apple Baked Beans and Wampus' Baked Beans. Both get good reviews and are easy to find with a gurgle(or similar) search.
Heath Riles recipe is pretty much his version of Keri's which started out called Apple Pie baked beans.

 

[indaswamp]

Cajun Power has some awesome stuff!

 

[thirdeye]

A little outside the box, but these have been a hit when ive made them for folks.

Your posted recipe looks like a variation of Keri C's Hog Apple Beans, my recipe is dated 2007, so they have been around for a while. I use a pair of scissors to cut up the apple pie filling right in the can. Whenever I made them for work, I printed several copies of the recipe because so many people requested it. I've had the same beans with peach pie filling and cherry pie filling, but prefer the apple pie version the best.

Keri's Hog-Apple Baked Beans
3 or 4 slices bacon, diced
2 (16 oz) cans pork and beans, mostly drained (modified to 2 28-oz cans Bush's Baked Beans)
1/2 c. Blues Hog BBQ Sauce (or other sweet-spicy favorite)
1 lb. smoked leftover smoked pork or beef, more or less, or 1 lb crumbled cooked pork sausage
1 can apple pie filling, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1/2 c. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp. Mustard (prepared)
1 tsp chipotle or cayenne powder (optional, to taste*)
1 tsp Blues Hog barbecue rub (or your favorite de jour)

Brown bacon, and saute onion and green pepper in bacon grease. Mix in remaining ingredients. Bake at 325º for 1 hour, or simmer on stovetop in large pot for 30 minutes if you don't have time to do them in the oven. Serves 12.

 

[normanaj]

Apples is something Jane has put into baked beans before.She'll usually do that when apple picking season rolls around.

 

[JLinza]

Your posted recipe looks like a variation of Keri C's Hog Apple Beans, my recipe is dated 2007, so they have been around for a while. I use a pair of scissors to cut up the apple pie filling right in the can. Whenever I made them for work, I printed several copies of the recipe because so many people requested it. I've had the same beans with peach pie filling and cherry pie filling, but prefer the apple pie version the best.

Keri's Hog-Apple Baked Beans
3 or 4 slices bacon, diced
2 (16 oz) cans pork and beans, mostly drained (modified to 2 28-oz cans Bush's Baked Beans)
1/2 c. Blues Hog BBQ Sauce (or other sweet-spicy favorite)
1 lb. smoked leftover smoked pork or beef, more or less, or 1 lb crumbled cooked pork sausage
1 can apple pie filling, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1/2 c. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp. Mustard (prepared)
1 tsp chipotle or cayenne powder (optional, to taste*)
1 tsp Blues Hog barbecue rub (or your favorite de jour)

Brown bacon, and saute onion and green pepper in bacon grease. Mix in remaining ingredients. Bake at 325º for 1 hour, or simmer on stovetop in large pot for 30 minutes if you don't have time to do them in the oven. Serves 12.

Thanks for sharing.
That's not to far off of how I make them. I first saw it on a video from Malcolm Reed, and been making them pretty often since.

 

[okie sawbones]

I have made Wicked Baked Beans countless times. I cut the brown sugar in half, and add 1 tablespoon of liquid smoke. Family and friends approved.

 

[JLinza]

Apples is something Jane has put into baked beans before.She'll usually do that when apple picking season rolls around.

We like to do them more in the fall, when the weather cools down.
Just something about that colder weather and those beans that goes well together.

 

[indaswamp]

Don't forget the BEANO!! LOL!!!!