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Flave,
For some reason your pics and even your avatar show up as x's lately. Am I on double top secret probation?

Thanks everyone for the replies! I'm going to try a lot of these suggestions. Good thing I just spent $635.00 on a 1/4 of beef!

For the onion soup mix haters ...try this one use dry Beefy
Onion Soup Mix and a can of cream of mushroom soup Undiluted ...
I throw the roast, veggies, a little pepper & Worcestershire and the above ingredients in the crock pot. It makes the house smell great. The best thing is the gravy is perfect every time .

Welcome to the Fire AKBunny!

You're on the right track with the cream of mushroom soup. You can also get the same result by doing a bechamel sauce, add mushrooms, herbs, and red wine. Either method will produce a really nice gravy.

The bechamel is the real "from scratch" method.

"Simple perfect pot roast",on food.com ..…is the same one they use/made in
cooks illustrated ! 5 out 5 stars /35reviews…..

Thanks for the welcome Rooster7!

Hot enameled cast Dutch Oven, sear your seasoned chuck. Remove, saute garlic and onions, deglaze with red wine, add back roast and mushrooms. Broth or water, whatever you have and covered into the oven 300 or a little lower and roast till tender. Add some carrots at the end. I too prefer mashed potatoes and gravy better.

And remove the lid and roast for last half hour or so.

Sean, that's definitely also a good way to do it.

I made a pot roast using the recipe in the above link. While good, it was not GREAT. One of the spices in the rub over powered everything and gave it little bit of a sour taste. I will not be using that recipe again.

Oh well...I'll keep trying you fellas recipes/methods until I find that one I'm looking for.

Flavor? You want flavor? Make the following. You'll never make it any other way, believe me.

Yankee Pot Roast

4-5 lb beef pot roast
1 jar (5-6 oz) grated horseradish (not cream style)
8 small potatoes, chunked
8 medium carrots, chunked
8 small onions
1 tbs olive oil
1 cup water
Salt, pepper to taste

Heat oil in a heavy pot or Dutch oven. Brown roast well on all sides. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread the entire jar of horseradish evenly on top of the roast – about a quarter-inch thick is right. Add water, being careful to not rinse off any horseradish. Bring water to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer and cover (or put pot into a 325-degree oven) for 2 ½ hours.
Add vegetables around roast edges, cover and cook for one more hour or until vegetables are tender.

Remove roast and vegetables to warmed platter and allow to rest for 15 minutes before slicing. Serves 8 – 10.

wow thats a lot of horse radish

Ahh, but it cooks down into a sweetness, much like onions do. The meat is not pungent.

I cook low and slow, adding veggies last hour or so just like many others. But, I use a cup or so of coffee it helps make the richest flavor ever especially the gravy. Try it thank me later.

Interesting. Sounds disgusting but I think I will try it. Thanks.

the 'best way' always is dependent on what end result you like, and want. That means that there is no universal best way.
It's not rocket science. Folks have been making pot roast for thousands of years.

Sooooo, have you tried any of the above methods yet?

I just put a 3lb shoulder roast in the slow cooker. Bed of onions on bottom, liberal dose of McCormick Montreal Steak on roast, onions on top. Simple but will be good come morning. I'll add carrots and potatoes at the end.

Just finished a pot roast done as per the recipe I posted above. Warmed up the last few slices and had it with eggs this morning. Damn, that was good.

I'm excavating this thread due to tonight's experiment: I made my pot roast like always, but I added a Sazón Goya seasoning packet.

I had gotten the idea from Bart's Chili recipe. I had made it with and without the Sazón Goya, and there was no comparison - it really brought the flavors together. And it did the same for the pot roast tonight. Best one evah.

Sure, the stuff is nothing but MSG with some food coloring, but it worked wonders.

Give it a shot, & post your results.

FC