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1900s-present - American barbecue cooks adapting baked beans for smokehouse sides
A barbecue side dish of beans baked with bacon, onion, molasses, tomato, brown sugar, mustard, and barbecue sauce until thick and smoky.
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Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
15 minutes
Cook time
1 hour 15 minutes
Total time
1 hour 30 minutes
Servings
8
Region
American barbecue restaurants and cookouts
Era introduced
1900s-present
Introduced by
American barbecue cooks adapting baked beans for smokehouse sides
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Barbecue beans are baked beans after they spend time near the smokehouse. They borrow from older bean-pot traditions but lean harder on bacon, tomato, barbecue sauce, chile heat, and the sweet-smoky flavor expected beside ribs and pulled pork. Restaurants often guard their bean recipes because they can carry the flavor of trimmings, burnt ends, or leftover smoked meat.
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