I too found cooking beans under a pork butt was too much grease for most folks I served. So I only cook beans under brisket or ribs. I drain a big can of Bush's Original, add some BBQ sauce, brown sugar, & a few handfulls of chopped burnt ends. I cook these for 6 hrs under the meat, but not in the center of my 008. Did these last weekend with 4 racks of beef ribs over some new pecan wood I just got from Hook.
bob