• Take the time first to dice the onion and measure out all your your other ingredients.
  1 Yellow Onion
  

Start the Traeger Pellet Grill

• Remove the fire pot from the bottom of the Traeger and clean out any ashes left over from the last cook. Replace it and make sure it is secured in place with the clips on either side.
• Load the hopper of the Traeger with your chosen wood pellets.
  
• Turn on the Traeger and move the dial to the "Smoke" setting.
• Leave the lid open for 5-7 minutes until you start seeing white billowing smoke stop coming out of the grill. This means the initial pellets are now ignited.
• Place a disposable bucket liner in the grease bucket as well if you want to limit cleanup later.
• Set the temperature on the control panel to 240° and close the lid.

Cook the Bacon and Onions

• Cook the bacon until crispy over medium heat in the same cast iron skillet in which you will be smoking the baked beans.
  ½ lb Bacon
  
• Once the bacon is cooked, remove it from the skillet to a plate with paper towels to drain and lower the heat to medium-low.
• Add the diced onion to the bacon fat still in the pan. Stir frequently and cook until the onions are soft and translucent.
  1 Yellow Onion
  
• Once the onions are cooked, push them to one side of the skillet and drain off the excess grease still in the skillet from the other side.

Make the Sauce and Add the Beans

• Add the ketchup (or chili sauce), brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and mustard to the onions in the skillet. Stir well until combined.
  ¼ Cup Ketchup or Chili Sauce, ½ Cup Brown Sugar, 2 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce, 2 tablespoon Yellow Mustard
  
• Crumble up the bacon you set aside and sprinkle and stir into the sauce.
  ½ lb Bacon
  
• Next add the two 28 oz cans of pork and beans (Do NOT drain) and stir well to incorporate everything together.
  2 28 oz cans Pork and Beans
  
• Turn off the heat and carefully take the hot skillet out to the preheated Traeger pellet grill.

Smoke the Baked Beans on the Traeger

• Carefully carry your cast iron skillet out to the Traeger pellet grill set to 240°F and put it in the smoker uncovered and close the lid.
  
• Stir every 30 minutes or so and rotate the cast iron skillet as needed depending on how evenly your Traeger throws off heat.
• Let the smoked baked beans cook for about 3 hours and don’t stir for the last 30 minutes so that the top gets nice and brown. You can sprinkle on some more brown sugar during the last 15 minutes if you wish for additional color and sweetness.
  
• Carefully remove the smoked baked beans from the Traeger to a heat proof surface or trivet and serve directly from the cast iron skillet.