Reviewed: May 18, 2012

Addicting! We reduced the sugar and added a bit more smoke flavor and upped the vinegar just a bit for more zing. Get's rave reviews every time.

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msgoot

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Mar. 8, 2012

A budget-friendly family favorite. However, I do make it a wee bit more economical by starting with dry beans, and cooking them in water with a ham bone from our last ham dinner. Once the beans are cooked, I remove the bone and let it cool. In the mean time, I place the beans in my crock pot with all of the standard ingredients, sometimes going lighter on the ground beef and bacon. Once the ham bone cools, I remove any usable meat from the bone and put it in with the beans. Let it cook for several hours on low. The dry beans don't have the additives that canned beans have, so its a bit healthier, and I usually get enough tasty meat from a ham bone that the family doesn't notice that I used less bacon and hamburger. A win for everyone.

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Aeraen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2011

Really great basic recipe you tweak to your liking. I usually omit the butter beans (hate them) and double up on the kidney beans. It's a bit sweet made as written so I also cut back on the sugar. Really good if you add some garlic powder and a bit of paprika too. My 22 month old loves it with steamed rice. Thanks, Kathy!

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Caroline C

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Denver, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2011

This was good. I had to use red wine vinegar as that is all I had. Thanks!

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ilovetocook

Home Town: Dallas, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2011

I give this 5 stars because it's a quick dish for parties and everyone likes it. It's full of fiber fiber fiber.

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Kyleeanne

Reviewed: Jul. 2, 2011

Excellent, but far too sweet for our tastes. No big deal though, I just cut the sugar in half and it was so good. You can throw any beans you want in and it's always good. Family wants this at all the BBQ's. Thanks Kathy

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MARYSUNSHINE1

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jun. 14, 2011

This was very good! I made several changes so I know it's hardly fair to rate it but here goes... I used one can of chili beans, one can of kidney beans, one can of black beans and one can of great northern beans. I sauteed the onion with the ground beef. I let the meat cook a little before I added the onion so I wouldn't need to add any oil for the onion. I only used 3/4 cup of sugar and eliminated the bacon. I'm sure the bacon would have put it over-the-top amazing, but I didn't want to bother to defrost a whole package from my freezer to use a little here. I will be making this again. Very tasty!!

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jenniferjt

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: May 25, 2011

Years ago I worked with a really good friend and for every potluck she brought these beans. I loved them so much it was usually all I ate at the potluck. As written this recipe is the bomb so meat eaters try it, you will love it. Since then i have become a vegetarian. So is my son and kinda picky so here is what i did to tweak it for us. No ground beef, used 1 cup tvp. No pork in beans, just veggie baked beans. No ketchup (my son hates it), so drained a can of diced tomatoes, pured and used 1/2 cup of that. No bacon and for the smoky flavor I used 4 chilpolte peppers in adobo sauce, pured. My son also hates mustard of any kind so for that mustard tang i used1 small can of diced green chilis. I also used apple cider vinegar because I love it better than white. Everything else was the same as the original recipe. Yes, that was major tweaking on this otherwise awesome recipe but WOW! It came out very very yummy. For you veggie peoples give this tweaked version a try :-)

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pacificnwlady

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Nov. 18, 2010

use only 1/2 cup of brown sugar, decrease vinegar to 2 tbs, skip celery

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olia30

Home Town: Boiling Springs, South Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2010

I make this for all our family gatherings by request and my family loves it. I mix the beans up sometimes when I can't find the exact beans it calls for. I have noticed that brand name pork and beans lend a better flavor than the generic ones.

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