When you’re cooking the pot roast, check the meat every 20 minutes to make sure the wine hasn’t reduced too far and the onions haven’t begun to stick. For the last half-hour, check every 10 ...

We asked chef John Politte, an expert cook and food entrepreneur. "Ideally, you should set aside about 6-8 hours on low or 4-6 hours on high for a pot roast in a slow cooker," he says.

Add meat back in, cover. (Slow cooker) Crock pot pot roast cooking time is set to low for 7-9 hours. Disney discards veggies before serving the meat and gravy. I confess that we leave them in.

Cook 1 hour. Turn the meat, recover and continue cooking about 1 ½ hours longer, or until the meat is very tender, offering little resistance when pierced with a fork.

Good things take time, especially when it comes to a great pot roast. Reader Jim Malmberg emailed us about the red wine-braised tri-tip pot roast he had at Mistral, the French bistro in Sherman ...

1 of 7 Slicing into the finished pot roast to take a taste. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times 2 of 7 Cognac is a key seasoning for the pot roast recipe. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Time 3 of 7 ...