pot roast is perhaps my favorite meal, and if you use a good chuck roast or 7 blade roast, its hard to mess up....the gravy is to die for.....
After I put a roast in the crock pot I poir a can of French onion soup over it. Then I make a mixture of dry ingredients: envelope of dry brown gravy mix, envelope of dry ranch dressing, envelope of dry Italian dressing. Pat it all over the roast, and cook for on high for about 6 hours. Yummy gravy.
If you want taters, carrots, etc., Put them in after about the first four hours.
You can start with a frozen roast and cook longer.
Absolutely! I never get tired of a good pot roast.