23 barbecue baked bean recipes

Barbecue baked beans with pinto beans, chili powder, brown sugar, mustard, and apple cider vinegar. Baked uncovered until thick and caramelized. Smoky, tangy, and completely meatless.

The secret to tender baked beans is to leave the salt out until they are finished cooking. For some reason, salt toughens them. To pamper your tummy, rinse off the beans when they are finished soaking in several changes of cold water. This recipe is easy to prepare ahead and cooks in only two hours.

Weeknight beef and bean barbecue bake with Velveeta cheese and buttermilk biscuits around the edge. Retro family-friendly one-dish dinner ready in 30 minutes.

North Carolina-style barbecued baked beans with dried pinto beans, chili powder, mustard, and tangy vinegar sauce. A smoky, spicy Southern casserole baked with onion slices on top.

Snouts and beans: a playful Halloween twist on franks and beans, where knockwurst is carved into curling 'snouts' and simmered with jazzed-up barbecue baked beans. A fun, kid-approved party dish.

Fran's BBQ meatloaf stuffed with mashed potatoes and cheese, bound with mashed baked beans and a tangy BBQ-ketchup-mustard mix. A hearty three-in-one dinner loaf.

Slow cooker hot dog and baked bean chili with molasses, BBQ sauce, and ketchup. Dump everything in the crockpot, cook low for 8 hours, and serve a sweet, smoky, crowd-pleasing pot.

BBQ meatloaf stuffed with mashed potatoes and melted cheese, made with ground beef, baked beans, barbecue sauce, mustard, and ketchup. A loaded comfort food mashup.

Slow cooker BBQ beans with golden raisins, Granny Smith apples, brown sugar, and bacon strips on top. Canned baked beans transformed into a sweet, smoky crockpot side dish.

Slow cooker baked beans with bacon, brown sugar, barbecue sauce, ketchup, and mustard. A dump-and-go crockpot side dish that simmers all day for a sticky, smoky-sweet cookout classic.

Root beer baked beans with bacon, barbecue sauce, dry mustard, and hot sauce simmered together on the stovetop. A sweet, smoky, slightly spicy side dish ready in 40 minutes.

Pork sausage barbecue beans, a one-skillet cookout side of hot Italian sausage, baked beans, bell pepper, green onions, and a brown sugar spiced BBQ sauce.

Slow cooker pineapple baked beans with ground beef, mushrooms, barbecue sauce, and soy sauce. A sweet and savory one-pot side that cooks low for hours.

Hearty baked beans loaded with ground chuck, bell peppers, onions, hickory BBQ sauce, and freshly ground whole spices, finished in the oven until thick and bubbly. The ultimate cookout side dish.

Tex-Mex baked beans with a trio of navy, kidney, and pinto beans, bell peppers, stewed tomatoes, and a warm kick of cumin and cayenne. Vegetarian, high-fiber, and built for a backyard barbecue.

Kansas City baked beans: navy beans baked low with bacon, bell peppers, barbecue sauce, molasses, and apple cider. Sweet, tangy, and smoky KC-style beans built for BBQ plates.