Going to try them out. I am ready for a change in the way I fix beans and this really sounds great. Thanks.

Going to try it today u just can't beat a good pot of pintos and some corn bread.
You did a great job on the post as well....

Thanks all!

bean recipe looks real good
at competitions i use a pressure cooker to speed up process
also try puttin onions , garlic and tomatoes on smoker a lil while adds nice flavor too

thanks

Devin Thomas
Mutts and Butts BBQ

Pretty close to my recipe. Salt pork, couple japs, and more black pepper for me.

I like to put my onions, garlic, tomatoes, jalapenos and cilantro in a blender. Ive charred my veggies on the grill before, but never smoked em. Looks like ill have to give that a try.

I cook mine pretty much like you do. I add a little cumin. Some fine eating.

Looks awesome! If I may, try substituting chicken stock (not broth) for the water and beef bouillion.

We add a tablespoon of chili powder per 2 pounds of beans, plus a little salt, pepper and about a 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne powder.

Up so I can find this for our Christmas party in early Dec.

Ok, I've done this recipe TWO times now:

first time- to the book, soaked TWO days - beans were Out of this World Good!! 6 stars for sure! Whole family loved, and kids said 'dad, forget the steaks, we just want more beans!'
RY, you da man!
Funny, though; my soaked beans were SPROUTING! (i even planted in garden the 'extra' that wouldn't fit into crock-pot)
My brother made some up like this in Sept at dove-camp, but didn't divulge the details, though I did notice the beans soaking for days. They were good!

2nd time; I 'rushed' it ; beans only soaked a little over 1 day; did everything else the same- same ingredients. no sprouting.
no bueno! beans were 'average'. 1 star, at best.

RY is right on - the full 2 days is magic; like the beans set-up a ferment (like beer brewing) or something .. .
and it's not just the 'tenderness' ; the 2nd pot was tender, just didn't have that deep satisfying flavor like the first . . . .

Gonna try these tonight!!!

ttt

mmmm thanks for bringing this one back to the top. I did not have beans on my mind until now. I just started the soak.

liquid smoke is a great trick to a good pot of beans

Didn't have the full two days to soak, only about 38 to 40 hours. Going to make refried beans out of em tonight, will report back on how they turned out tomorrow. I doubled the recipe, got 16 folks coming over. As long as they go home before the gas hits.

I make a pretty mean pot of beans too. For the smoke flavor I like to add a pound of diced smoked brisket on top of the bacon, & sausage.

That's a meal !!

Sho nuff! Sometimes I'll add pork or venison instead of the brisket, but I prefer the brisket. I quit using hamburger meat. Lots of protein in dem' beans!

Well, made a big pot and refried half of it and left the rest alone. Everybody said they were fantastic !! Thanks again for the recipe.

Glad you enjoyed them!

maybe i missed it in one of the posts,
but i feel one of the most important
steps to good beans is picking and cleaning
them. i mean pouring out the package and picking
through and discarding misshapen and bad
beans and pieces of beans and trash and rocks.
then rinsing thoroughly a couple of times. the reason
i say this is that there are a lot of folks that
i never realized that don't clean and pick.
a guy i knew some years back just cut open a bag of beans
and poured 'em in the pot, and i said "hey ! !
you didn't clean those ! !" he gave me a wtf look
and we poured them back out and got maybe a dozen
rocks and dirt clods out of then, and rinsed
'em and as i poured the dirty brown rinse water
off, i asked " now. . . did you really want all
that crap in your bowl of beans ?"

I was shocked, I bought 5 pounds of some brand I'd never heard of at Tom Thumb and had 1 piece of rock and only about 8 or 10 shriveled beans. Cleanest I've ever seen.

in five pounds worth ? ! ? !
that's a miracle! ! !
you should have went immediately
and bought lottos.
i'd be skeerd to eat 'em.
or maybe just on christmas and easter. . . . .

Sorry, looked again and it was 2 2 pound packs, so it was 4 pounds. Still pretty amazing but missed out on a lotto win I guess.