It's not beef but I simply drop a nice sized Pork Boston Butt in the crock pot on high with a bottle of barbecue sauce (I like Sticky Fingers' Carolina sweet sauce). Cook about 7 hours, then take it out of that watery mess, shred with two forks and top with fresh BBQ sauce. I stick mine in the warming drawer for a little while, then pull out when we're ready and enjoy with potato salad or Cole slaw. I have also found a way for quick potato salad. I simply cooked a bag of the Ore Ida steam & mash potatoes, added my onion, green pepper and celery (pre cut trinity mix in the produce at Publix), mustard, mayo, salt pepper and sweet pickle relish. I"m sure the beef would work well too, maybe a shoulder roast?