Let’s prepare these incredibly easy slow-cooker baked beans:

1. Prepare Beans:

• Open all the cans of great northern beans, black beans, and butter beans.
• Pour the beans into a large colander and rinse them thoroughly under cold running water until the water runs clear. Allow them to drain well.

2. Combine All Ingredients in Slow Cooker:

• Transfer the rinsed and drained beans to the insert of your 6-quart slow cooker.
• Add the 2 ¼ cups of barbecue sauce, 2 ¼ cups of salsa, ¾ cup of packed brown sugar, and ½ to 1 teaspoon of hot pepper sauce (start with less if you’re unsure about the heat).
• Using a large spoon or spatula, gently stir all the ingredients together until the beans are evenly coated with the sauce mixture and everything is well combined.

3. Cook:

• Cover the slow cooker securely with its lid.
• Cook on the LOW heat setting for approximately 2 hours, or until the mixture is heated through and the flavors have had a chance to meld. Since all the beans are pre-cooked, this stage is primarily about heating and flavor infusion.

4. Serve:

• Once heated through, give the baked beans a final gentle stir.
• Serve hot as a delicious side dish.

It truly doesn’t get much easier than this for homemade baked beans!