When Julia Child was making baked beans from ... your dried beans, cover them in cold water until they are submerged with 2 inches to spare, then leave them overnight uncovered.

Transfer your pot to your pre-heated oven, and bake uncovered ... want to prep these beans the night before your BBQ, assemble everything together up to step 4, then cover and refrigerate.

Pull the pot off the stove, cover it with a tight-fitting lid, and put it on the middle oven rack. Bake the beans for about 2 hours. The beans shouldn’t be boiling when they’re in the oven ...