Mark's Nearly Famous Sloppy Joes

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup barbecue sauce 
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper black
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar 
• 2 stalks celery chopped
• 10.8 ounce condensed chicken gumbo soup canned
• 0.5 teaspoon parsley dried
• 0.3  bell pepper green chopped
• 2.5 pounds ground beef 
• 0.5 cup catsup 
• 4 tablespoons juice of lemon 
• 1 teaspoon liquid smoke flavoring 
• 1 large onion chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 6 ounce tomato paste canned
• 6 tablespoons vinegar white
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce 
• 1.5 tablespoons mustard yellow

Equipment

• frying pan
• slow cooker

Directions

1. In a large heavy skillet, cook ground beef until evenly brown; drain well.
2. In a slow cooker, combine onion, bell pepper, celery, condensed gumbo soup, tomato paste and brown sugar. Stir in lemon juice, mustard, ketchup, barbeque sauce and vinegar. season with Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, parsley, black pepper and salt. Stir in browned beef.
3. Cover, and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours, stirring occasionally. Skim off excess fat.