I post this about once a year now, great ranch bean recipe, my father in law cooked these for volonteer fireman dinners, county fair, etc for years.
Enjoy:
RANCH BEANS
Use 2 lbs of Pink beans. Soak overnight if you want, I usually will soak for 10 min, and flush, use new water, and start it to a simmer.

Add 2 Lbs of Yellow onions. Chopped

Add 2 Green Bell Peppers (careful not to get too much bell pepper as it can make the beans taste too sweet)

Use 6 cloves of Garlic (or more)

Add 2 Lbs of bacon, fry it, dry it off, or slice uncooked in the pot. Frying it removes alot of greese, and also alot of flavor, your choice.

Add 1 ham hock, maybe 2, I like smoked ham hocks better, but either will work.

Add 6-12 Celery stocks cut in 3/8 to 1/2 pieces.

Add Cumin (start with 2 tablespoons and add to suit your taste)

Add chili powder (same as above, I just keep adding until it suits me, dont get stingy, and dont overdo it....grin)

Salt (season to taste, it's your beans)

Pepper (be careful, dont add too much)

Two large cans of whole tomatoes, maybe three, add juice and all to your beans.

For a cajon taste, add cajon seasoning to taste.

Let cook at a simmer for 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours. Dont cook them so long the beans break down.

Enjoy! This is my father in law's recipe. He has cooked them for years at fireman feeds, the county fair, family get togethers, duck s unlimited dinners, etc, they are goooood.

You can freeze them after cooked, and cooled down in large freezer bags and them you can have great beans for dinner at your leasure. We also take them hunting with us. The bears think they are out of this world.....that's another story, and true.

You can cut this recipe in half and it will make a nice large two gallon or so pot of beans.

Try these boys, and I think you will like them. Myself, I have done the bacon either way, and just slicing them up and throwing them in tastes best, but it should, it has all of that bacon grease in it.

Make sure you have enough water, you want at least the upper third of the pot to be liquid. I take a ladle and take one scoop from the bottom for the beans, hocks, etc, and one scoop from the top for the liquid. Makes the best bowl of beans you can eat. My father in law has been invited to everything under the sun just so he can make these beans. I have often seen him making 20 to 30 gallons of these beans for big feeds. He's a bean maker, and this recipe is a winner.