Sweet n Spicy Baked Beans Recipe

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• In a large bowl whisk the ketchup, barbecue sauce, mustard, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and liquid smoke until combined. Set aside
• Open the cans of beans and pour off ½ of the standing liquid
• Heat a large 12-in cast iron or oven safe skillet on medium heat, add the bacon pieces and cook until partially done. Remove and set aside on a paper towel. Add the onions to the bacon fat and cook until soft about 2 minutes add the garlic and cook until fragrant.
• Add the pork and beans to the garlic and onions, Pour in the sauce and mix until combined.
• Add the partially cooked bacon on top.
• Bake for 1 hour or until thick and bubbly. Then switch the oven to broil and cook another 2-3 minutes to crisp up the bacon. Sprinkle fresh parsley. Serve warm

**If you want your beans to be more saucy, don't drain any liquid from the pork and bean cans.