Spicy, sweet, tangy and smokey. So good!

Came up with this recipe years ago for a 4th of July cookout. We lived in Germany and everyone in our building stairwell was going to be there - no TDYs or vacations. We had a blast: grilled hot dogs and hamburgers and everyone brought a covered dish and desert. We had a HUGE water gun fight that started with the kids and ended with the adults sporting hoses with power nozzles. We were labelled the 'fun stairwell' and wound up coordinating some epic yard parties. Just found the slip of paper I wrote this recipe on and decided to make this as a side for our hot dog night. I added some smoked paprika to give it a smokey kick. Hubby 'Mmm' with each spoonful, so it's a keeper! The recipe can be halved, doubled or tripled - just be sure to have a large enough bean pot or casserole to hold the amount you're making. Recipe is: © 2002-2022, Sheryl Ann Umstead-Kelly, All rights reserved.

I needed something to do with my leftover Easter Ham... A few days after Easter I make potato salad, ( because I had leftover Colored Easter eggs see smoked potato salad recipe.) and hot dogs , this year I found away to use my ham in some baked beans. Yes I also smoked my hotdogs, look for that recipe coming up soon. So I had a cook out just a few days after Easter that has slowly became Family tradition just to uses most of the Easter leftovers ,this year I changed it and used the smoker instead.

Goes great with the Creamy Potato Salad!!

Best ever!

Grammas recipe

We love a good grill-out, but not too fond of overly sweet - BBQ sauce laden mushy beans with no flavor. This recipe fit the bill. Use the beans you love - the mix of varieties is nice to look at too.