"I tried making corn beef in the crock-pot for the first time and it came out delicious, so tender and your right it didn't shrink much. I did however make the vegetables on the stove with the juice from the crock-pot YUMMY!!!!!!!!!! I am making it the crock-pot for St. Patricks Day,and from now on thats the only way to cook corn-beef fork tender grammasgirls"