Slow Cooker Smokehouse Salad Inspired by Dickies Restaurant Modified by Mel

I made a smokehouse salad similar to the one they offer at Dickies Barbeque Pit (if you have't eaten there, I highly recommend it.) It has brisket in it, so all the fat and crispy bits get into the salad so no wonder it's good, but I didn't have any brisket on hand so I improvised and used beef roast. I let a 1-2 pound beef roast thaw overnight so it was almost room temperature when I pan seared it in olive oil. when I had the crispy bits that I know everyone on the planet loves (they're actually my favorite part of any beef roast) I put the roast into a hot slow cooker, deglazed my pan with some water to get all the yummy stuff off the pan, and seasoned the roast with salt pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. I added a 1/4 cup of water to the pot and covered it and let it cook the rest of the day. when it was done I shredded the meat (or you can chop it up, that's how they do it at the restaurant) and put it on a salad of romaine hearts, cucumbers and french fried onions and topped it all off with home made ranch dressing. The meat was perfect and I tried to make it for my parents but I ran out of time and had to use the pressure cooker to have it ready in time, but it just wasn't the same. SLOW COOKING makes all the difference.