Also, if you want to avoid watery meat, cook 1 large roast (3-5 lb chuck for example). You'll end up pulling it out of the crock and shredding it separately with the meat remaining moist and tender, but no soupy mess. You can make sammiches out of the shredded meat (or tacos or filling for something else) and either keep the juices to cook with or even make an au jus dip with it. If your partner doesn't like stews, there's still lots you can do in a crockpot to keep the meat whole and not stewy.