BBQ Beans ~ Smoked

This is my favorite BBQ Beans recipe I’ve found to date. Keri's Hog-Apple Baked Beans are a close 2nd though. I like using Bush Baked Beans with the bacon option, and I smoke using sugar maple for 90 minutes at 250º. I always make a double batch and fold into one half pan afterward. I could make a meal out of this but I’d be sleeping on the couch…

I’m posting the entire post to show lineage.

BBQ Beans

Posted by Ray Basso on April 03, 1998 at 07:37:29:

In Reply to: BBQ Beans posted by Omaha Smoke on April 02, 1998 at 20:46:17:

I checked the Archives and the best one is missing so here is the re-post.
It was posted by Jerry Berwnager June 29, 1996.

Here's a recipe that works well with me and is enjoyed by all of my friends.
2 - 16 oz cans of beans (in Kansas City I use Bush Baked Beans)
Drain sauce out of can and discard.
3/4 cup BBQ sauce
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup chopped smoked pork or brisket (or use bacon)
2 tablespoons honey
3/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon dry mustard

Serves 6
Fold together all ingredients in a large bowl. Transfer to an aluminum baking pan. Place
in smoker uncovered at medium heat (225 F- 275 F.) for about 90 minutes or until heated though.

Hint: Next time you smoke a pork shoulder or brisket put some away in a freezer bag for use in your beans. I use apple wood but hickory and oak work well, you'll have to experiment with your particular cooker.
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Comments from Ray

I have changed the recipe a bit. I use skinned red peppers instead of
green. I also add a tablespoon of Head Country's Rub and a tablespoon
of Horseradish.

Ray

I want to second Bill's endorsement of this recipe - I usually use 10 oz of my pulled pork and put the beams in the smoker under some ribs or something (pork fat is GOOD!)

After the first time I made these, my wife said that her bean's didn't compare and now I am the bean cook

I haven't tried Keri's Hog Apple Beans, but I bet they're good too!