JIM'S BAKED BEANS

6		Slices bacon
1	lb	ground beef or chopped brisket
½	lb	pork sausage or pulled pork
¼	cup	tomato catsup
¼	cup	Jalapeño peppers-diced
1	cup	chopped onion
½	cup	chopped bell pepper
1	Tbs	Chili powder
3	Dashes	Tabasco sauce
3	Tbs	cajun spice blend or BBq rub
2	Tbs	Lime juice
¼	cup	Worcestershire Sauce
¼	cup	light brown sugar
1/3	cup	honey
2		Cans baked beans--28 oz. cans
		Optional Addition:
1		small can pineapple chunks or sliced peaches - opt. - I cut the sliced peaches into chunks and cut the pineapple chunks smaller

1	In a large skillet fry bacon til crisp. Remove bacon and set aside. Reserve grease.
2	Saute onions and peppers in bacon grease until tender. pour into a bowl and set aside. In same skillet brown ground beef and pork sausage. When done remove and drain off grease.
3	In a large covered baking dish add all ingredients except bacon and mix well.
4	Bake at 350* for 30 min. with cover on-stir several times during baking
5	Remove cover and crumple bacon over top of mixture-Do not stir in.
6	Place dish back in oven -- uncovered -- bake for 10 min. more

Tips

I don't usually bake these beans. I slow cook them in a pot on the stove top or put them in a pan and cook them in the smoker under the pork or beef and let the juices drip into the beans.