Popular Canned Baked Beans, Ranked Worst To First

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  • Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
  • You know the old song: "Beans, beans, they're good for your heart…" Well, they're also a great side dish - and what better version of said side than the baked variety? Baked beans are a tasty, affordable addition to any meal, even breakfast - depending on which side of the pond you're on, at least. And, while there are tons of recipes out there for those who want to tackle this "magical fruit" themselves, are that most consumers are familiar with the kind that comes in a can. Like all canned foods, though, not all brands of baked beans share the same quality. But fear not! These are some of the most popular canned baked beans, ranked worst to first.
    #Foods #Grocery #Dinner
    Mama's Homestyle Baked Beans | 0:00
    Branston | 0:49
    B&M | 1:33
    Clover Valley | 2:09
    Campbell's | 2:47
    Furmano's | 3:26
    Walnut Acres | 3:55
    Great Value | 4:26
    Amy's | 4:56
    Signature Select | 5:28
    Batchelors | 6:13
    Van Camp's | 6:53
    365 Organic | 7:25
    Mr. Organic | 7:56
    Heinz Baked Beanz | 8:34
    Bush's Grillin' Beans | 9:25
    Bush's Original | 10:09
    Bush's Vegetarian | 10:51
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  • @MashedFood
    @MashedFood  2 роки тому +37

    What is your favorite brand of canned baked beans?

    • @hellhound1389
      @hellhound1389 2 роки тому +21

      I only buy the Van Camps pork and beans. I use them for the base of my BBQ beans on my smoker

    • @big_lebowskee2695
      @big_lebowskee2695 2 роки тому +14

      My childhood takes me to Van Camps and weiners

    • @dorothygale5896
      @dorothygale5896 2 роки тому +12

      What ever is on the shelf and cheapest. Probably, Great Value.

    • @visteobman4085
      @visteobman4085 2 роки тому +6

      Aldi's... not bad and cheap cheap cheap!

    • @edkeaton7242
      @edkeaton7242 2 роки тому +22

      Bush's Barbecue baked beans with bacon.

  • @lynninSC47
    @lynninSC47 2 роки тому +24

    My father , who was born in 1920; always recited this when we had beansl “ beans beans the magical fruit, the more we eat the more we toot”. I was embarrassed when he said it, but I would love to hear it again,. He died in 1994

    • @moyockmoo2
      @moyockmoo2 2 роки тому +5

      The more we toot, the better we feel,
      Let's have beans for every meal!

    • @terryrodriguez6209
      @terryrodriguez6209 2 роки тому +2

      We grew up with that little ditty.

    • @ersikillian
      @ersikillian 3 місяці тому +2

      ...so eat your beans at every meal!

    • @edwinrodeo
      @edwinrodeo 2 місяці тому +3

      Same here . Brings good & sad memories.

    • @lukequigley121
      @lukequigley121 2 місяці тому +2

      @@edwinrodeoAGREE, Beans and dogs and BandM brown bread in the can every Sat nite..Then the weekly bath..

  • @edkeaton7242
    @edkeaton7242 2 роки тому +42

    "Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear." - Aesop.

  • @Barbarra63297
    @Barbarra63297 Рік тому +22

    Years ago VanKamp's were the premiere baked beans and the number one choice but even then, women always dressed them up according to what the family liked. Bush beans are ok but sometimes tend to be dry even with the sauce. You can rescue any brand of baked beans by adding anything you want to add.

    • @uprailman
      @uprailman 2 місяці тому +1

      van camp were too watery.

  • @christophermichaelfuller5448
    @christophermichaelfuller5448 2 роки тому +82

    " Roll that beautiful bean footage, " Duke

    • @archstanton4365
      @archstanton4365 2 роки тому +7

      Bush's 👍

    • @xarisstylianou6226
      @xarisstylianou6226 2 роки тому +3

      I like my bean's cooked in olive oil with HP sauce

    • @christophermichaelfuller5448
      @christophermichaelfuller5448 2 роки тому +1

      @@xarisstylianou6226 That sounds good, man!

    • @SpukiTheLoveKitten75
      @SpukiTheLoveKitten75 2 роки тому +3

      I love those commercials and the antics of Duke the dog are hilarious and adorable.
      One that really made me go LOL was the one where Duke is at a college and about to devulge the secret recipe to the class and Jay is outside at the window yelling "DUUUUUKE!"
      Duke: "Uh oh! Class dismissed!
      Even funnier, Duke dressed as a ghost and pretending to be Jay's grandfather. Jay isn't fooled because "Grandpa didn't have a tail".
      Interesting trivia. Duke was played by several dogs and the real, original Duke died long before the first ads were made. These dogs are playing the role of Jay's old pet.
      This, when news broke that Duke died, it was rather one of the dogs that played him.
      Weird huh?

    • @Bigbassdrum60
      @Bigbassdrum60 Рік тому

      Bush's beans are by far mediocre

  • @pl7868
    @pl7868 Рік тому +18

    Growing up in Missouri on a farm with eleven siblings there was always a pot of beans on the woodstove filled with Mama's love and cornbread to dip in them now that i'm old bushs is all i would waste money on

    • @georgesturge3711
      @georgesturge3711 2 місяці тому +1

      Bull crap paid advertising. You want real baked beans, do it yourself and save a fortune

  • @donaldcolcord2865
    @donaldcolcord2865 2 роки тому +58

    I'm from Maine ,we had B and M baked beans and hot dogs every Saturday night along with B and m brown bread.

    • @carolbabb7875
      @carolbabb7875 2 роки тому +6

      North of Boston here. My father always said your not an American if you don't eat beans and hotdogs on Saturday night.

    • @tombeegeeeye5765
      @tombeegeeeye5765 2 роки тому +7

      I love their brown bread with Cream Cheese. It is truly a love or hate product.

    • @sonex413
      @sonex413 2 роки тому +1

      Yup!!🥰

    • @brucedahms4508
      @brucedahms4508 2 роки тому +5

      I've lived in northern New England just about all of my life. For me, Saturday is not Saturday without hot dogs and beans, and for me the beans must be either B & M or homemade.

    • @finscreenname
      @finscreenname 2 роки тому +3

      Same here. Toasted brown bread with butter....

  • @usapatriot444
    @usapatriot444 2 роки тому +16

    In the old days I loved B & M baked beans the best.

  • @michaelschaefer1943
    @michaelschaefer1943 2 роки тому +11

    Videos like this are all about personal taste. I have had many different cans of beans over my life and the absolute best on is B&M Boston's Best Beans.

    • @jacklong7048
      @jacklong7048 Рік тому +1

      Agree, with many products on this channel. They claim its not good. Its a personal taste and what qualifies them as expert?

  • @LisaHoneychan
    @LisaHoneychan 2 роки тому +82

    There used to be in the 1970’s and 80’s, a US brand called Big John’s bbq baked beans. There were 2 cans connected together, the smaller can had a tomato-based Smokey BBQ sauce that you added to the main can of beans. They were the best, hands-down I’ve ever had. Online recipes can’t come close to replicating that flavor. Ahhh, to taste them again.

    • @jordesign
      @jordesign 2 роки тому +5

      These were the best. Definitely still around into the 90's... The can of Fixins really made them...

    • @PJL7095
      @PJL7095 2 роки тому +4

      Had a blue plastic thingie that went around the two cans to keep them together?

    • @marthawood3367
      @marthawood3367 2 роки тому +5

      I asked in my reply if anyone remembered Big John's! I loved those. And you're right, the internet copy cat recipes dont come close!😟

    • @dondiddly8942
      @dondiddly8942 2 роки тому +5

      I remember those. Yes. they were excellent. I haven't seen them since around the late 1970's.

    • @joeblow2069
      @joeblow2069 2 роки тому +3

      Big john's was delicious.

  • @raybame5816
    @raybame5816 Рік тому +4

    I generally agree with your list and review; but what I really liked was the variety of bean applications in meals you showed.

  • @Reaper1947
    @Reaper1947 2 роки тому +10

    Bushes baked beans with onions (green label) are my absolute favorite, in nearly 75 years never tasted anything even close. TheReaper!

  • @stevewixom9311
    @stevewixom9311 2 роки тому +33

    IMO Bushs makes the best baked beans but i don't understand why you included Campells pork and beans on this list as they never claimed to be baked beans but just pork and beans. There is a big difference between the two.

    • @bartjacobs3394
      @bartjacobs3394 2 роки тому +5

      @@fionam3554 My daddy ses they been using the same sow belly in pork and beans for over 50 years .

    • @davidbostock6933
      @davidbostock6933 2 роки тому +2

      Naah, they're the all the same canned beans. The "pork and beans" is about as free of pork as anything can get.

    • @davidbostock6933
      @davidbostock6933 2 роки тому

      @@bartjacobs3394
      I think they recently cut their standard from a minimum of 10 molecules of pork to 5 molecules of pork per can to stretch out that pork belly for another 150 years. BTW - I recently heard a rumour someone found a large fragment of a peanut half in a box of Cracker Jacks.

    • @deeshires8721
      @deeshires8721 2 місяці тому

      Pork and beans are what you use to make your own baked beans

  • @7CConstitution
    @7CConstitution 2 роки тому +11

    B&M used to be the best, with a rich dark slow long time cooking, sticky, with a great flavor. But now, nobody does it like that, but a homemade crock pot, and your own rich loving ingredients.

  • @majortom1950
    @majortom1950 2 роки тому +5

    Blytheville Canning Co. - Blytheville Arkansas - - Bush Bros. Mr. H.C. Bush and his son , Allen. lived here and headed the canning co. I worked in the office beginning in 1969 at the age of 19.
    Just in time for the birth of Bush's Baked Beans in the laboratory -- made following Grandma Bush's recipe. And - Showboat Pork and Beans were produced here - the only Bush factory to do so. Heekin Can Co. built a mini factory behind the plant - producing the cans and directly delivering them by overhead conveyors into the plant. Enjoyable experience. Blytheville Canning Co. is closed now --- moved to Tennessee to Bush headquarters

  • @robertrucker9161
    @robertrucker9161 8 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for reminding of big John's. I also liked the b&m in the glass jar.

  • @DOSBoxMom
    @DOSBoxMom 2 роки тому +4

    Big John's Beans 'n Fixins were my hubby's favorite until they were discontinued. Bush's Grillin' Beans are his current favorite, and the only prepared canned beans he will eat. (Wish I had time to make baked beans from scratch more often!)

  • @hughjass1044
    @hughjass1044 2 роки тому +3

    I look at baked beans much the same way I look at most canned products.... as a starting point. Whether it's beans, pastas, soups or whatever, I almost always add my own personal touches to liven them up and I like to experiment.
    I prefer my beans thicker rather than watery and my 1st choice when I can find them is Superstore / No Name / Yellow Label plain variety in molasses. I'm in Canada so I'm not surprised you didn't rate them but if you're up here and you like baked beans, give 'em a try... but you will have to do as I do and add your own touches to them. They're a bit bland on their own but they make a great starting point.

  • @LillikoiSeed
    @LillikoiSeed 2 роки тому +2

    I don’t usually care for baked beans, but my sweetheart loves them. I forwarded this to him so that he could enjoy it, and I expect that it’ll be part of our next grocery trip!

  • @emintey
    @emintey 2 роки тому +34

    I’m surprised B&M was rated so poorly as they are my favorite. Most of the beans listed here are very poor.

    • @cmotzko
      @cmotzko 2 роки тому +14

      They said they were "too soupy" which I feel is incorrect, plus the picture they showed is NOT what B&M beans look like. They aren't tomato-based. I love this brand!

    • @arthursmith643
      @arthursmith643 2 роки тому +1

      Add jarred quartered artichokes for extra health yum👍

    • @tombeegeeeye5765
      @tombeegeeeye5765 2 роки тому +5

      @@cmotzko I agree When I saw the picture. They did not look like beans in a molasses sauce. Honestly they were on toast. Do Americans even eat Beans on toast.

    • @paulblichmann2791
      @paulblichmann2791 2 роки тому +1

      Even better with the canned bread...which extrudes from the can in a way that resembles the brand name!

    • @emintey
      @emintey 2 роки тому

      @@paulblichmann2791 I'm afraid to try that bread.

  • @jeromethiel4323
    @jeromethiel4323 2 роки тому +5

    Baked beans are one of the staples of my emergency food stash. Tasty hot or cold, plenty of calories and protein. Not to mention fiber, which is something people tend not to think about.
    And Bushes is my go to brand. They have a ton of different flavors, which helps reduce "food fatigue."

    • @jeromethiel4323
      @jeromethiel4323 2 роки тому +1

      Hah! Guilty of eating Bushes right out of the can! When i had Covid, it was one of the foods i could actually eat. And because i had no energy, i ate those beans COLD! Still tasty.

  • @cleetusvd072
    @cleetusvd072 2 роки тому +9

    Grandma Brown's Home Baked Beans are my personal favorite

    • @danieledwards7178
      @danieledwards7178 Рік тому +3

      You must be from upstate NY .. haahhaa Unfortunately , they have not produced any in Two Years ( Hopefully soon tho) .. but , YES .. they are the Perfect Beans to "Start" with .. on their own with no "Doctoring up" ... not so great .

    • @4145sam
      @4145sam 2 місяці тому

      I was so sad. I tracked the info down and difficulties during the pandemic had taken a toll. If you ever find a similar brand, let me know.

  • @darrenlee2775
    @darrenlee2775 2 місяці тому +1

    I'm from Maine, B&M Baked beans can only be topped by homemade 'bean hole beans' cooked in a pot, buried in hot wood coals.
    Rural communities in Maine often have "bean hole suppers" as community fund raisers, absolutely delicious.

  • @marksmess136
    @marksmess136 Рік тому +5

    This message is brought to you by Bush's Baked Beans. Available at your local grocery store.

  • @Robert-hr6sh
    @Robert-hr6sh Рік тому +13

    Always love B & M, baked beans can't go wrong!

  • @hellhound1389
    @hellhound1389 2 роки тому +13

    I prefer the Van Camps pork and beans and I use them for the base of my BBQ beans on my smoker

    • @tanyawaters8479
      @tanyawaters8479 2 роки тому +2

      Love them to as well as bushes. I add diced green peppers and onion to kick up the flavor.

    • @hellhound1389
      @hellhound1389 2 роки тому +3

      @@tanyawaters8479 I used to buy bush's but in the past decade we noticed a decline in quality and flavor. They started tasting like store brands and the beans were so underdone that the sauce would burn before the beans were ready. We have a 3 strikes rule if a place or product disappoints us 3 times in a row we no longer will get that product or go to that place

    • @billquinnett
      @billquinnett 2 роки тому +1

      I do the same thing

  • @geekhillbilly2636
    @geekhillbilly2636 Рік тому +1

    I love the Bush Onion baked beans. Plus kudos for adding Duke to the Bush's reviews.

  • @mikewrasman5103
    @mikewrasman5103 2 роки тому +7

    I LOVE Bush's baked beans!

  • @DragerPilot
    @DragerPilot Рік тому +5

    I was raised in the panhandle of western Nebraska. From that area come 65 percent of the pinto and northern white beans in the entire world. The “whites” are the bean of choice for all baked beans. Although Van Camps was the favorite canned beans when I was growing up, the majority of baked beans were the product of family recipes and a plentiful supply of beans - many times right from the field. Most of these baked beans were simply delicious, but recipes were rarely shared. Remembering when always makes the taste better, and strangely enough it will never be duplicated.

    • @telesniper2
      @telesniper2 2 місяці тому

      The sandhills of Nebraska? stuff grows there?

    • @Ljw48
      @Ljw48 19 днів тому

      North Dakota grows almost 3 times the pinto beans Nebraska grows

  • @51hankyspanky7
    @51hankyspanky7 2 роки тому +8

    Sponsored by Bush Brothers & Company. But seriously, they are my favorite baked beans by far.

  • @JuneBaby01
    @JuneBaby01 3 місяці тому +1

    my recipe...large Can of baked beans, small can of black beans, 1 lb of cooked ground beef, a large heaping helping of chopped onions and green pepper cooked with the gb, add a bit of brown sugar and a 1/4 stick of butter, mix and pour into covered aluminum baking pan then bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes...perfect!!!

  • @russellwood8750
    @russellwood8750 Рік тому +10

    It’s funny to me how you guys like your baked beans sweet. When I was growing up our baked beans were always savoury or spicy.

    • @adamgh0
      @adamgh0 Рік тому +1

      Read the savory or spicy label closely next time and you'll see the same amount of corn syrup as the sweet ones.

  • @JayP-kd5rc
    @JayP-kd5rc 2 роки тому +3

    I sometimes will buy different brands and doctor them up by adding things to them, but my favorite brand is Bush's, usually country or maple.

  • @billrook6165
    @billrook6165 2 роки тому +16

    My overall #1 favorite is; BUSH'S ONION BAKED BEANS!!! I always dip out some of the juice first. Then... I add brown sugar and some honey to them, prior to cooking them down for a little, to thicken them up.

    • @davidbostock6933
      @davidbostock6933 2 роки тому

      FWIW - The only difference between brown sugar and white is molasses. As flavoring very small amount of molasses is good, the stuff is rich in minerals/vitamins. Adding starch is a common way to thicken stuff. Cooking them to thicken is probably a better way to do it. I avoid using sugar when I can, I sweeten with 100% stevia powder extract which will have bad flavor if too much is used. Stevia spoon is about 1/32 teaspoon for teaspoon equivalent, but still needs to be reduced for 1/2 gallon drink quantities. Table sugar and similar including honey has two problems. Excess calories in a diet with too many calories. Sucrose (table & similar sugars) is a molecule of glucose bound to a molecule of fructose. Fructose is safe in fruits & vegetables since it is bound to other things its release is slow. The Fructose in a teaspoon of table sugar (a 1/2 teaspoon of fructose) has been observed to cause gaps between cells that form blood vessel linings and it's thought such gaps form sites for bad cholesterol to stick. SEARCH: fructose endothelium
      (endothelium is lining of blood vessels).

  • @grahaml3449
    @grahaml3449 2 місяці тому +2

    As an expat Brit, there's just no question here.
    Heinz.
    That's it.

  • @1_lens_view
    @1_lens_view 2 роки тому +17

    Never heard of most of these brands. Heinz and Bush’s brands are the only two that stand out to me. I’ll eat leftover Bush’s cold right out of the fridge. I guess I need to try the vegetarian version, as they seem to be the winner on this list anyway. That grilled cheese sandwich with beans on it was a curious cutaway. I might need to try one of those as well.

    • @JB-yb4wn
      @JB-yb4wn Рік тому +2

      You have leftover Bush beans? How can this be? There ought to be a law against this wanton and reckless use of canned Bush beans.

    • @adotintheshark4848
      @adotintheshark4848 Рік тому +1

      They all should be classified as vegetarian since they have almost no meat anyway.

    • @terencejay8845
      @terencejay8845 Рік тому +1

      In the UK, I grew up with the TV advert for Heinz beans; 'A million housewives every day, pick up a tin of beans and say, Beanz Meanz Heinz!' to a catchy tune. Doubt they would get away with the 'housewives' bit these days. I'm a Branston man these days though. Can't beat a midweek beans on toast.

  • @joannakalber3739
    @joannakalber3739 2 роки тому +4

    I like to add a tablespoon of instant coffee to my large can of any Bush's, rebake them awhile in the oven. Gives them an extra smoky flavor.

  • @alchilds3710
    @alchilds3710 2 роки тому +4

    tried em all B&M are the best by far

  • @Barb5001
    @Barb5001 Рік тому +1

    Keep in mind that there is nothing stopping anyone from adding their own touches to any canned product and this includes beans .
    Take Campbells pork and beans for an example... Just add a bit of sweet relish and few dashes of hot sauce and it becomes quite favorable. BTW, for canned soups, I always add some dried parsley and a bit of butter substitute etc to them., and maybe a couple twists from my black pepper mill.
    Bottom line you, are always free to make most canned foods your own by adding your own flavor touches .

  • @susanbullock512
    @susanbullock512 3 місяці тому +1

    Bush’s Baked Bean are Great, especially with the onion version! Brought on Bean every Saturday, Yankee upbringing🤗

  • @gyro313
    @gyro313 Рік тому +3

    As in finding a four leaf clover I once had four big pieces of bacon in one small pop top can of Bush's baked beans. What a jackpot win.

  • @besame5504
    @besame5504 Рік тому +5

    Get Van Kamp's (which are cheaper) and doctor them with onion, mustard, bbq sauce, brown sugar, and crumbled bacon. Bake in the oven for about an hr and a half at 350, enjoy :)

    • @mikeellis2025
      @mikeellis2025 2 місяці тому +1

      I agree completely. Van Kamps pork 'n beans and adding brown sugar, ketchup, mustard, molasses, choped onions and bacon , cooking in the oven can't be beat.

    • @bettechic5052
      @bettechic5052 Місяць тому

      Love VanKamps!!! ❤

  • @MeditationParadiseLand
    @MeditationParadiseLand 2 роки тому +24

    Thumbs up Always!💕 I love bake beans I could eat it everyday! 🥰
    The person who is reading this comment, I wish you great success, health, love and happiness 💖

    • @Smokearoonie
      @Smokearoonie 2 роки тому +2

      I Love that you said that. I wish you the same.

    • @duellingscarguevara
      @duellingscarguevara 2 роки тому +1

      Navy beans in tomato sauce fight scurvy.

    • @MeditationParadiseLand
      @MeditationParadiseLand 2 роки тому

      @@Smokearoonie Thank you!💕

    • @MeditationParadiseLand
      @MeditationParadiseLand 2 роки тому

      @@duellingscarguevara Thank you, good to know.🌹

    • @michaelgamble296
      @michaelgamble296 Рік тому

      @@duellingscarguevara as does Limes! (hence we Brits are called 'Limeys' from our Naval tradition of eating Limes in the Tropics) - not to be confused with 'navel' adn the by-product of too many Baked Beanz! Michael - Nelson's County of North Norfolk, UK.

  • @davidrutledge5464
    @davidrutledge5464 Рік тому +1

    My mom always used Van camps. She added 1/2 lbs of bacon slices and bar be que sauce.Salt and pepper. A little paprica. It was the 60's. So I dont remember which Bar be que sauce it was. It was delish and a family staple. Bushes can't even come close how good these were. :)

  • @ralphbalfoort2909
    @ralphbalfoort2909 Рік тому +3

    Although limited in its distribution area, and currently out of production due to the coronavirus pandemic, the best baked beams ever are/were Grandma Brown's. I'm hoping they can restart production in the near future.

  • @ironseabeelost1140
    @ironseabeelost1140 2 роки тому +9

    Our pantry seems to have only Bush's baked beans in six different varieties. We do have packs of beans that are not canned. We do well with those also.

  • @edwardleroy8435
    @edwardleroy8435 2 місяці тому +1

    Chop onion, worshestr,brown sug,smoke flavor, frank hot sauce, pound bacon! Simmer ❤

  • @thitesmarantz4970
    @thitesmarantz4970 2 роки тому +7

    Bush’s vegetarian baked beans is my favorite 😍 I love it 😍

  • @deborahmann9437
    @deborahmann9437 2 роки тому +6

    I was born and raised in New England. We grew up on B&M beans. They're made in Portland Maine, my second fav is the Bush's Grillin beans

    • @TiaCatR
      @TiaCatR 2 роки тому

      Same here! Except now I live in the south and you can't find B&M baked beans here, so I buy Bush's. Don't know why they ranked B&M so low. They're both really tasty!

    • @tombeegeeeye5765
      @tombeegeeeye5765 2 роки тому

      B.M Friends and Bush especially the Grillin Beans. All are good and better than the rest. I don't understand comparing beans in Tomato Sauce to those simmered in Molasses and or Brown Sugar. Ditto for Vegetarian beans all are different animals.

    • @deborahmann9437
      @deborahmann9437 2 роки тому

      JFYI the B&M plant closed around the end of 2021. Better buy up what you can find of their products. They also made Boston Brown Bread

  • @dipaknadkarni62
    @dipaknadkarni62 Рік тому +3

    Just remember baked beans may be our way out of the gasoline crisis. 😂😂😂

    • @dipaknadkarni62
      @dipaknadkarni62 Рік тому

      All of you, proud Americans, eat baked beans for your country. We can figure out later how to make a gas into a liquid. 😂😂😂

    • @edwinrodeo
      @edwinrodeo 2 місяці тому

      AOC will tax your flatulence 😅

  • @kevinmoore8780
    @kevinmoore8780 2 роки тому +2

    A good video overall. It would have been more useful if you mentioned more about the ingredients. Some beans are black beans while others are white beans. Many people prefer one over the other. Also what is used to sweeten the beans makes a difference. Some brands have the most unnecessary chemicals that it would be good to know about. Also is it right to include generic or store brand products since they are often, if not always, identical to an established brand? Also a generic/chain brand might change if the company signs a new contract with a different company. BTW You asked for a better place to grow tomatoes and I would suggest throughout much of South America where they originated. They weren't brought to Italy until those early explorers found them.

  • @slkriderchick
    @slkriderchick Рік тому +1

    The only one I seemed to like were the Bush's Baked Beans and the Van Camps. Although, the Van Camps has always been my go-to beans. Bush's, depending on what one you chose, BBQ baked beans were always too sweet for me so I always picked the non-BBQ versions.

  • @SousChef77
    @SousChef77 2 роки тому +11

    Made these last Independence Day - HUGE hit. Chop 1 green pepper and 1 onion, 2 cans pork n beans (I use one large can of original Bush beans), 4 - 5 slices bacon - cooked and chopped, 3/4 c ketchup, 1 1/4 c water, 1 teaspoon dry mustard, 3/4 c brown sugar. Mix together and bake COVERED for 2 hours at 350 degrees. Easily doubled for a crowd.

    • @LHartman1
      @LHartman1 2 роки тому +1

      This is how my husband makes them but he finely chops some green pepper and wow what a nice flavor! He only uses a small amount.

    • @danarandol164
      @danarandol164 2 місяці тому

      Very like the one I grew up with, ‘50’s, Midwest influenced west coast!

    • @deeshires8721
      @deeshires8721 2 місяці тому

      My recipe also. I used ALDIs pork and beans. They are good also

  • @protojager
    @protojager 2 роки тому +15

    Original Bush's is the best, I can add my own heat, I can add more sweet, I love cooking a whole onion before adding the beans on top, a drizzle of taco bell mild sauce, and an extra pinch of garlic powder.

    • @davidcox3076
      @davidcox3076 2 роки тому +2

      Absolutely! I either grab them or make my own for barbecues. Pop open a few cans of Showboat pork & beans and add all the goodies. Simmer in the crock pot. It's what I grew up on and now what my kids eat.

    • @duellingscarguevara
      @duellingscarguevara 2 роки тому

      Cook the whole onion how?, oven?.

    • @swolfe9668
      @swolfe9668 2 роки тому

      bush's homestyle is the best

  • @grahamlait1969
    @grahamlait1969 Рік тому +2

    I'm sorry, but speaking as a Brit, I think all canned baked beans in the USA are too sweet. Indeed, I think that most American processed food is too sweet, but then I was in a supermarket in Florida, where a lot of Europeans go for a bit of winter sun, a couple of years ago and they'd had what I thought of as a good idea in having sections of foods from different European countries like Italy (pasta, pesto, etc) France (cheese, bakery), Germany (cooked meats) and the UK, no doubt so that people could get the sort of grub they had in their own countries. The thing is that the UK section had the most appalling over-processed junk in it: HP sauce, Bisto gravy granules, Branston pickle, Angel Delight (A particularly disgusting milk pudding) etc. It all looked straight out of a museum of British life in the 1960s. The only thing it didn't have was Marmite, which is what it really needed. I recoiled in horror at the sight of this junk food, asking myself 'Is this the stuff the Yanks think we eat?'... and immediately realised that this was a shop, not a museum and it was all there to be sold. This was the junk we Brits really do eat... and it made me despair for my fellow countrymen.

  • @webyankee6558
    @webyankee6558 Рік тому +2

    I find that most baked beans in stores are very pale compared to the baked bean my mother made. Back then no one sold baked beans in a can where we lived so mom had to make them. I know she soak them over night and added onion, pork and molasses and cooked in the oven in a ceramic bean pot but I do not know what else was added except water as the beans cooked and the water evaporated. They always came out really dark brown and slightly sweet but not over whelming. YUM YUM "Beans, Beans the musical fruit the more you eat the more you toot. The more you toot the better you feel. Then your ready for another meal." LOL Yup, mom spoiled us and we did not even know it. The canned beans just do not cut it to mom's baked beans plus they are all over priced.

  • @sonyafox3271
    @sonyafox3271 2 роки тому +14

    Busch’s Country Style or Maple and they’re black beans grillin beans are my favorites. They quit manufacturing Big John’s several yrs ago,way before the pandemic. Big John’s if anyone remembers them from the 70s had a white band wrapped around it and the beans were separate from the sauce and, that was the reason for the white band, the sauce came in a different can, all you have to do is add the onion and raw bacon on top before you bake them in the oven, that sauce was really good. As a kid growing up my grandma and my mom would just also buy, just regular cans of pork and beans and, then, doctor them up. They made there own barbecue sauce, and pour them over the beans and, plenty of chopped onion and raw bacon over top and bake. They didn’t cook this barbecue sauce on top of the stop before they put them in because, the sauce would get heated through with the beans. My grandma and mom would put this homemade barbecue sauce in their meatloaf and, on top of it as well. I knew how to make this sauce at a very young age just by watching and helping them out in the kitchen. Today, I can still make this sauce blind folded. Back then, in the 70s they were called mostly pork n’beans and, there would be white square that sat in the beans, sometimes there was 2 of them in the can, it was like pork fat that looked like pats of butter. The goal was to get that square piece of pork fat out before the beans got in the oven. But, if you didn’t you sat at the supper table digging into the dish of baked beans to dig out that fat, then, to again keep spooning till you got the other, that was the only thing good about pork n’ beans.

  • @greenmtnman7714
    @greenmtnman7714 2 роки тому +6

    I always have a couple cans of B&M Bacon & Onions beans in the cupboard.

  • @juztnlast953
    @juztnlast953 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for including English style baked beans! They are noticeably different from the lack of brown sugar that gives it a mild sweetness that is almost savory. They are perfect with breakfast foods. The British eat their beans way more often than we Americans do, especially as part of a traditional full breakfast.

    • @Cheyne_TetraMFG
      @Cheyne_TetraMFG Рік тому +2

      I was skeptical of beans with breakfast, being American and more familiar with our style of beans, but after having a legit full English in London, I am converted. I now end up buying all the Heinz British-style baked beans from my local supermarket.

    • @juztnlast953
      @juztnlast953 Рік тому +1

      @@Cheyne_TetraMFG Exactly my own conversion experience! The British also enjoy the beans on buttered toast with some shredded cheddar as a simpler daily breakfast........ or evening snack.

  • @benjaminrush4443
    @benjaminrush4443 8 місяців тому

    Like B&M Homestyle. Add onions & Hot Dog or cooked sausage, smoked Shank Ham. Simmer to reduce juice. Stir in some fresh tomatoes at the end.
    Bush is a good bean. Country style.

  • @johnchambers8528
    @johnchambers8528 Рік тому +6

    Thanks for your reviews of the various brands and types of caned baked beans. I was a little surprised that you did not rate B&M brand higher. I grew up on Hines or Cambelles brand that my mother would add her own extra to flavor them better than right out of the can. As an adult I tried various different brands but found B&M especially the traditional Boston style to be the best. I liked them so much I even occasionally eat some right out of the can. While Your top pick Bushes are also good to me B&M is just as good and usually priced lower than Bushes.

    • @jazzcatt
      @jazzcatt Рік тому

      I grew up on B&M Boston baked beans. I can't STAND Bushes or any other brand.

  • @stevehoffy597
    @stevehoffy597 2 роки тому +14

    60 years ago I lived for Campbells beans with ground beef. Over the years food scientists and accountants (bean counters ha ha!) messed them to the point it’s had to find, or stomach, their beans. Having said that Bush’s beans rule!

    • @sonyafox3271
      @sonyafox3271 2 роки тому

      Well, technically those were pork n’ beans. But, the only thing special about them was the squares of white bacon fat that looked like pats of butter, you were lucky if there was 2or 3 at the most in the can. I was always digging them out to eat. We always doctored them up.

  • @christopherponta8559
    @christopherponta8559 Рік тому

    I found a brand about 5 years ago its from ConagraBrand it called it is a Southwestern style.
    Ranch Style beans.Made with pinto beans.
    It is my go to brand it has a bold flavor seasoned perfectly for many differant dish's.

  • @stanleyromanowski9816
    @stanleyromanowski9816 2 роки тому +5

    I've eaten Campbell's Pork and Beans cold, straight out of the can many times, when I didn't feel like cooking! 😁

    • @sonex413
      @sonex413 2 роки тому

      Yikes!!

    • @Matt-vb2jo
      @Matt-vb2jo 2 роки тому +1

      They are best right out of the can 👊

    • @romangedz730
      @romangedz730 2 роки тому

      Try that with any of the Bushes beans and you'll be hooked 😂😁

    • @keithwise1640
      @keithwise1640 2 роки тому

      I gotta admit one of my favorite lunches at work was a room temp Campbells can of beans with bread and butter. Simple food for simple people I guess- plus it was quick

    • @sugarplum5824
      @sugarplum5824 2 роки тому

      Campbell's Pork and Beans, straight out of the can, was my grandfather's favorite lunch, sometimes with a can of Vienna sausages (also called weinies). I can still picture him enjoying every mouthful.

  • @thecoloursquad8572
    @thecoloursquad8572 2 роки тому +3

    I wonder where Farm Boy (a Canadian grocery brand) would sit on this list.

  • @jtgall1
    @jtgall1 2 місяці тому +2

    B&M bowel movement beans have always been my favorite. I remember hot dogs & beans night as a kid in the 60s & 70s fondly. Reading the comments, it sounds like a countrywide staple from San Francisco, where I grew up, to the east coast.

    • @eb1684
      @eb1684 2 місяці тому +1

      Good one!!

  • @stephenmartin9393
    @stephenmartin9393 2 роки тому +2

    My favorite brand is Bushs and I keep one or two cans on hand just when the mood strikes me to eat them out of a bowl or the can

  • @kwv889j
    @kwv889j 2 роки тому +8

    The B&M beans that came in the glass jar used to be my favorite, but I can't find them anymore. I also like the Cambells because they are versatile for cooking. Their flavor does not overwhelm the rest of the dish. These are also hard to find now. Bushes are good, but they are best as a stand-along dish.

    • @michaelmichniak127
      @michaelmichniak127 2 роки тому +1

      I agree B&M baked beans in the glass jar are still my favorite, although here in Chicago they are also the most expensive. The taste is not too sweet like it is described in this review and they are the least runny too.

    • @williamkrejca4641
      @williamkrejca4641 Рік тому

      B&M Chili Beans are my favorite for making chili, but very hard to find.

  • @PJL7095
    @PJL7095 2 роки тому +4

    When I was a kid in the 70’s, we had our family hot dog or burger night with baked beans. I only liked Campbell’s & refused eating any other brand like Van Camp’s. Had to add to them brown sugar, mustard, and catsup… put in the over to ‘bake’. Never did the stove top.

    • @rodbutler4054
      @rodbutler4054 Рік тому

      Cam bells beans are cheaper and easier on the stomach imho.

  • @garypesci746
    @garypesci746 2 місяці тому

    When I was growing up in the 1960s/70s my mother always bought B&M baked beans and doctored them up. I think she added ketchup, brown sugar, onion, garlic powder, not sure exactly but they were so good. Then at some point we discovered Bush's beans and they were perfect right out of the can, tasted just as good as the B&M beans mom doctored up. I just bought a can of Kingsford baked beans, never had them before and haven't tried them yet so I don't know how they will taste. I was hoping they would be included in this review.

  • @charlie6629
    @charlie6629 Рік тому

    I have a recipe of beans and I add small chopped bacon that's grilled to a crisp state. They soften up after heating for a bit. Smoking good stuff. I usually use Van Camps although I need to try Bush.

  • @johnjdevlin2610
    @johnjdevlin2610 Рік тому +3

    I've always been a fan of Bush's Baked Beans and their wide variety of flavors. I've tested nearly all available brands of baked beans and Bush's are the best by far. My only concern is that the 8-oz cans, which used to be available in numerous tasty flavors, are becoming more difficult to find. I find that if I cook a 16-ounce can I eat the entire 16 ounces and my sugars go nuts. I'm hoping Bush brings back the 8-ounce cans. So flavorful.

  • @patdoyle3686
    @patdoyle3686 2 роки тому +7

    Baked beans in Ireland ☘ are very popular most people eat Bachelors brand and Heinz these two brands have been
    Irelands favourite baked bean forever its the sauce in both and the way the beans never stick in the can and of course
    The great taste beans are a good daily meal in a can beans on toast, liver and beans sausages and beans,
    Egg beans and chips bacon Black and white pudding and beans , yeah a tin of beans is a winner

    • @arthursmith643
      @arthursmith643 2 роки тому +1

      Add artichokes for a more healthy plate

    • @MegaJackpinesavage
      @MegaJackpinesavage 2 роки тому +1

      Don't forget yer brown bread w/booter & marm, & wee potta Barry's -- ach. & yer rashers, stringy & back, can't forget'em...Aye! & yer fried tomato! & yer mushroom!!! JMJ!!! achara, MJS

    • @MegaJackpinesavage
      @MegaJackpinesavage 2 роки тому +1

      & yer potatoes!! we can't forget the spuds now, sure?! Or a wee pancake, nah! -- can't killya...!😆

  • @stewartberger7734
    @stewartberger7734 2 роки тому

    This is great

  • @renegadetwinkie3832
    @renegadetwinkie3832 2 роки тому +3

    Heinz baked beans are NOT the same in the US as they are in the UK. Most noticeable is the difference in the level of sugar, with the UK being much less sweet than the US version.

    • @ericwilliams9440
      @ericwilliams9440 2 роки тому

      British blue canned Heinz.
      Found them common and bland

  • @suellenw561
    @suellenw561 2 роки тому +10

    Did you even try Hanover Brand baked beans? They would certainly rank somewhere on your list.

    • @dantespeak138
      @dantespeak138 2 роки тому

      They used to sell them at the Dollar Tree, I thought they were the best i've ever tasted but lately I haven't seen them on the shelfs.

    • @suellenw561
      @suellenw561 2 роки тому

      @@dantespeak138 We moved from MD to MI in 1974. Dollar Tree was our supplier of Hanover Brand foods. We haven't seen any there for over 2 yrs. One can only hope they bring them back. We like the soups, too.

    • @dantespeak138
      @dantespeak138 2 роки тому

      @@suellenw561 I live on the Jersey Shore. Haven't seen Hanovers Beans for around 8 months.They are from Hanover PA. and I only have 2 20oz cans left.

    • @suellenw561
      @suellenw561 2 роки тому

      @@dantespeak138 I grew up about 15 mi from their office address. We get back to MD to visit family periodically. We usually get some Utz potato chips while there. I may be looking for Hanover products next time, too.

    • @dantespeak138
      @dantespeak138 2 роки тому

      Remember the Yuengling beer too!

  • @leogeee1
    @leogeee1 2 місяці тому +1

    In Philadelphia supermarkets you can buy Heinz Vegetarian (green label from Pittsburgh, PA) AND Heinz Beans (turquoise label from England). They taste the same but the American vegetarian beans are less expensive than the British variety.

  • @robertmac7833
    @robertmac7833 2 роки тому

    A lot of these reviews here on UA-cam aren’t worth a hill of beans. But this one was great! Thanks!

  • @heathersumner4497
    @heathersumner4497 Рік тому +15

    The Hickory Brown Sugar Busch Beans are the closest you can get to my family's with just openig a can. They definitely will do in a pinch!

  • @juanitarichards1074
    @juanitarichards1074 2 роки тому +4

    The best baked beans in the world are New Zealand's Wattie's brand, in a savoury slightly sweet tomato sauce. most Kiwis won't eat any other brand. I have tried a few from Britain but nothing compares to Wattie's Baked Beans.

    • @thomasprice8237
      @thomasprice8237 2 роки тому +1

      Yes and the ones with the sausages in it yummy 👍

  • @garymathena355
    @garymathena355 2 роки тому +1

    luv that beeeutiful bean footage.

  • @oldgoat1890
    @oldgoat1890 2 роки тому +5

    I recently started trying different brands (Cheaper) of food. I had not had Campbell's beans in over 20 years. It was THE canned beans when I was growing up. I bought 2 cans on sale. They must have lost the recipe because they now suck. It is like they are over cooked and mushy. I am a Bush's beans fan, although some types are mushy too. Never even heard of over half of the other beans.

  • @lovernotfighter
    @lovernotfighter 2 роки тому +4

    I Love my Bush's baked beans right out of the can. Delicious.

    • @merriemisfit8406
      @merriemisfit8406 2 місяці тому

      The "Grillin Beans" for me, especially the brown sugar and bourbon variety. And some of the selections from the Serious Bean Co. (which didn't appear in this video ranking) are right up at the top of the list for me too -- Dr. Pepper and Carolina Gold, in particular.

  • @steveperry1344
    @steveperry1344 Рік тому

    i like B&M, friends, bushes, and we tried the walmart brand tonite and we liked them. some of the campbells and hienz are ok but i like to doctor them up with clove, mustard and molasses. i have a recipe from a martha stewart magazine i scored from the dentist office and they come out probably the best of anything. we love beans boston style, texas style and mexican style and i like all types of beans navy pea, great northern, kidney, pinto, red beans anasazi beans, black beans and any other i can find.

  • @joanphilbin8210
    @joanphilbin8210 3 місяці тому

    I love Bush's Vegetarian baked beans. They remind me of the baked beans I used to make, when all my kids were at home. Now, they are grown and have their own families, so I cut way back on cooking, since I don't have to cook for a big family anymore. I miss that, though.

  • @gregorymurphy9980
    @gregorymurphy9980 2 роки тому +9

    If you live in upstate New York you're likely to love Grandma Brown's Baked Beans. No other brand in better.

    • @donaldteuber8588
      @donaldteuber8588 2 роки тому +3

      Absolutely.

    • @timwilson3150
      @timwilson3150 2 роки тому +2

      Glazier hot dogs and Grandma Browns baked beans. Mmm.

    • @Nothing-zw3yd
      @Nothing-zw3yd 2 роки тому +2

      A staple around here. Some molasses and brown sugar, bacon on top optional but always welcome. Bake until bubbly. Perfection.

  • @carlclifford64
    @carlclifford64 2 роки тому +4

    I regularly eat beans, cold, out of the can, when I can’t be a’ed heating them.

  • @garypowell1540
    @garypowell1540 23 дні тому

    Heize is the most popular in the UK because this kind of canned-baked beans is the type we are most accustomed to eating as part of an English breakfast as a substitute for fried, grilled or canned tomatoes.

  • @charleshammer2928
    @charleshammer2928 2 місяці тому

    My Cousin from Toronto Canada was married to a Trinidadian woman who absolutely loved Bushes Beans. When they visited me in NJ in the 1990's they would literally load up their trunk with cases of Bushes Beans. Surprisingly they were never bothered by Canada Customs.

  • @FrannyAMac
    @FrannyAMac 2 роки тому +6

    I’m willing to argue to the ends of the earth that UK Branston is the elite can of beans

    • @robertlower6212
      @robertlower6212 2 роки тому

      My favourite brand! When I worked overseas I did enjoy an American brand with jalapeño but can't remember the brand name! It was 40 years ago! They were available in Tamimi and Fouad (Safeway).

    • @dlgregory35
      @dlgregory35 2 роки тому +2

      Of course it is same as English style bacon is better than any other.

  • @joycemiraglia280
    @joycemiraglia280 2 роки тому +6

    Hi there...Campbell's has always been my choice of beans to make my homemade baked beans...I bought Van Camps thinking they'd be just as good as Campbell's NO WAY...nasty!! It will always be Campbell's for my recipes...But ...if I want baked beans already made I used to buy B&M beans in the jar but haven't been able to find them...

  • @johannagarcelon148
    @johannagarcelon148 2 роки тому +1

    I was raised on B&M and didn’t like baked beans at all. But I do like Campbells Pork and Beans for their Tomato based flavor.

  • @rockyford9049
    @rockyford9049 Рік тому +2

    My absolute favorite are B&M! I have prepared them and have received many accolades.
    I doctor them up with a little brown sugar and cook them until the liquid is almost dried up. Delicious!

  • @johnmckenzie4639
    @johnmckenzie4639 2 роки тому +22

    I'm not a vegetarian, but my go to when it comes to beans is the number one choice, Bush's Vegetarian. I really hate the chunks of fatty/gristley pork or bacon that comes in most canned beans. (it's a texture thing) I usually add a generous splash of Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Wings sauce while I'm heating them up. It really adds a nice zing. YUM!!

    • @scruffy281
      @scruffy281 2 роки тому

      Same here.....👍🏻

    • @JimDean002
      @JimDean002 2 роки тому +1

      I like pork in mine but you make an excellent point. They spend all this time and money developing this incredible sauce and so many of these companies treat the pork as an afterthought and just throw in whatever chunks they can find.
      I use the recipe that my mom used for years. She would fry up some bacon in a skillet with some chopped onion which cooked in the Bacon fat as it rendered. She would stop before the bacon was crisp. She drained the fat from the onions mix those in to a couple of large cans of beans. I use about three cans of the vegetarian bushes beans. Put that in a casserole dish lay the bacon strips along the top throw it in the oven under the broiler to finish the bacon and heat. The onion carries just enough Bacon fat in two flavor the entire dish and crispy strips of bacon on top are amazing

    • @johnmckenzie4639
      @johnmckenzie4639 2 роки тому +1

      @@JimDean002 Wow. That sounds fantastic! The onions and the crispy bacon on top ... mmmmm 😊

    • @arthursmith643
      @arthursmith643 2 роки тому

      Try adding jarred quartered artichokes. Heat and serve 👏

    • @BluBlu777
      @BluBlu777 2 роки тому

      Yes same here

  • @UrbanGardeningWithD.A.Hanks14
    @UrbanGardeningWithD.A.Hanks14 2 роки тому +8

    Nothing beats Boston baked beans! For those who don't understand the jocularity in that, they are red-candy coated peanuts.
    Wow, so Bush's takes the top 3 or 4! That says a LOT!

  • @melvinjacobs2328
    @melvinjacobs2328 2 місяці тому

    We use various varieties if Bush's and love them all.

  • @heathenwolf4997
    @heathenwolf4997 2 роки тому

    Was raised on Nally & Van Camp's brand, however as an adult I love Bushes.

  • @thomasaquinas2600
    @thomasaquinas2600 2 роки тому

    100% spot on.

  • @annemariefleming
    @annemariefleming Рік тому +6

    I LOVE Branston with grated parmesan cheese stirred into it.

  • @michaeltb1358
    @michaeltb1358 2 роки тому +3

    Seems to be so much sugar in US beans (OK most US food). In UK we now have beans with very low sugar and salt.