I like making baked beans too. Plenty of bacon, diced tomatoes, onion, garlic. Molasses, dijon mustard, chicken stock, thyme, and cook em slow. Maybe a drop or two of liquid smoke and some crushed chili flakes. I like mixing the bean varieties, with black beans, black eyed beans, pintos and bostons. Serve em with some cheese, pickles, and fresh bread, wash it all down with a good ale.