Smoking beans alongside pulled pork

[Hoppy63]

I'm going to smoke pulled pork this weekend and would like to smoked a pot of beans hamburger and bacon with peppers and onions. Can I do everything in the Dutch oven Raw alongside the pulled pork for 12 hours or should I fry up bacon and burger first. Would the bean mixture be better underneath the pulled pork or a long side of it

[Notavegan]

You'll get a healthy grease slick from the pork if you cook it under there the whole time. You can do half and half on same level if your real estate allows for it. Then the 2nd half of cook do the beans under the pork. I would do the bacon first and cook it well, by the time the beans are cooked the bacon will be nearly spent. But still bacon. Ground beef you can pre cook a little vs. going from raw. That precook is also going to break the ground beef down into smaller pcs for the spoon/shovel. Doubt you can really go wrong with any of these combinations.

Sounds great Hoppy!!!!

[billg71]

Brown the peppers, onions, bacon and ground beef first, it brings out the yummy flavors. Drain the bacon and ground beef on paper towels to get most of the grease out. Your pot of beans will only take an hour(unless you're cooking dry beans) to cook so don't be in a big rush.

Personally, I like to do Roosevelt Beans under a pork butt. Here's the recipe from the Roosevelt Lodge in Yellowstone National Park with my modifications:

8 oz. ground beef or sausage(I use a pound of ground beef)
8 oz. bacon diced 1/4"(I use uncured bacon)
1 onion diced 1/4"
1- 16 oz. can pork and beans
1- 15 oz. can kidney beans
1- 15 oz. can lima beans
1- 15 oz. can butter beans
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp. cider vinegar
1 tbsp. brown mustard
1/2 cup ketchup
1 tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

Brown meat and drain fat. Saute onion with meat and add rest of ingredients.(I saute the onion solo in the bacon fat) Drain lima and butter beans for thicker product.(I drain these and rinse and drain the kidney beans, adding water to taste)

Bake at 325 for 45 minutes or simmer for 1 hour.(or place under the pork butt on the smoker)

Serves 8-12

I do them in a Dutch Oven, put them under the butt for the last hour. YMMV.

HTH,
Bill

[Mr. Bones]

billg71, are ya' usin' summat near a 5~qt DO, fer th' above receipt?
Which one(s) of yer cookers do ya' make these in?
Simply wonderin' real estate-wise...
Thanks fer sharin this receipt!!!!

[billg71]

Mr. Bones, I'm doing these in a plain old 4-qt. Lodge DO that I bought at Kroger. It really doesn't seem to matter what cooker, the beans I've cooked under butts taste a little better but I've done them solo on the Genesis as well as the kitchen cooktop and oven and nobody complains.

[billg71]

It's one of those rare recipes you have to work hard to screw up.

[Powersmoke_80]

I would not smoke beans for more than an hour uncovered, they will take on too much smoke. trust me , been there done that.

[Mr. Bones]

Great input! Very good point!!!
I can, quite easily, feature that, in yer' stickburner...mine, too...
Progressively less, 'n less in yer Weber, Brinkmann, or gas smokers, respectively...
Million variables, includin' smoker wood, temps, etc.

[Powersmoke_80]

Cooked bacon first and threw it in.

[DogFaced PonySoldier]

Lookin' fabulous!