Salt Lick is a nice place to visit, not one of my favorite places to have bar-b- que. To bad you and Sue were some what disappointed.
However, there are some really good bar-b-que places in our area, just have to know where. Now about the beans, don't recall that down here we put much in the beans except salt pork. I recon when we want meat we have meat, if we want beans, we have beans. If we all did it the same way, there would be no opportunity for a new eating experience. What you describe for up there and how its done, does sound good. Maybe one day I'll get to check it out.