Make the marinade: In a small saucepan, combine all the marinade ingredients and bring to a simmer over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Then turn off the heat.

Meanwhile, place all the sliced beets in a large baking pan. Pour the hot marinade over the beets and cover the pan with foil or whatever you have lying around. Let the beets sit for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.

When you are ready to start the d@mn! thing, crank your conventional oven to 400°F. Grease a large baking sheet really well.

Drain the marinade from the beets, reserving like ½ cup or so. Toss the drained slices with the olive oil. Place the slices on the greased baking sheet, spreading in a single layer if possible.

Bake for 10 minutes and then flip the slices and brush them with some of the reserved marinade. Bake until most of the beets have started to curl at the edges, another 8 to 10 minutes. You want the beets to look somewhat blackened on both sides and slightly crispy. Remove from the oven when they look well cooked and baste lightly once more with the reserved marinade as they cool.

Throw these tasty f**kers on a pizza, on some bread for mind-blowing crostini, or just eat them right off the d@mn! baking sheet.