Slow Cooker Tangy Italian Beef Sandwiches Um yea this was not very good at all . The brown sugar was overpowering and the Italian dressing was under whelming.I feel that if was down perhaps with a dry mix instead of the bottled stuff this could have been a little better. I also added a sliced onion to this as well. Watch the crock pot those last 2 hrs because the meat can come out dry if cooked to long.