Delicious! So good I made it first with a red sauce (Ragu chunky mushroom) and then with a white sauce (Ragu alfredo). I took the advice of another All Recipes user and sauteed the onion and garlic in a *small* amount of the bacon grease, then added the bacon and the sauce once the onions were soft. A couple of tips -- (1) Cut the amount of pasta down; only use 8-10 ounces of pasta instead of the 16 ounces called for in an 8-serving recipe. 1 jar of sauce can only cover 8-10 ounces of pasta reasonably. (2) Make certain the pasta is almost entirely cooked before adding the broccoli. I added my broccoli after 5 minutes as the recipe stated, only to have my pasta take an extra long time to cook and consequently my broccoli turned to mush. (3) Feel free to add other vegetables as desired. I added green peas and mushrooms.

Reviewed On: Dec. 11, 2006

I wish I could say that I had the success that some of the other users experienced, but for me this recipe was a bust. The final product was dry and bland. There must be a particular barbeque sauce that's ideal to use. Maybe more beef would have helped. I don't know, but it was a disaster. Sorry :(

Reviewed On: Oct. 2, 2005