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Chef John's black magic pot roast begins with blackened onions

Porter, black garlic and a long slow cook turn Food Wishes' most-watched new recipe into a dark-sauced dinner over mashed potatoes.

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Slow-Cooker Black Magic Pot Roast Will Put a Spell on You | Food Wishes

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0:29Char diced onions under the broiler until thoroughly blackened.
0:53Sear the beef on all sides, then deglaze the skillet with water.
2:06Combine the onions, black garlic, seasonings, vinegar, soy sauce, dark beer and pan juices in the slow cooker.
3:09Coat the roast in the liquid and cook on low for eight hours.
4:17Strain out the onions, then return the beef and sauce for another 30 to 60 minutes.
5:55Serve the shredded beef over mashed potatoes with glazed carrots, chives and extra sauce.

The onions look beyond saving. Chef John chars them under the broiler for his pot roast, then reassures anyone hovering over the stop button: "Which I know looks like a mistake, but it's not."

"Slow-Cooker Black Magic Pot Roast Will Put a Spell on You | Food Wishes" was the bigger draw of Food Wishes' two new uploads, reaching about 182,000 views. Its dark theme runs right through the cooker: blackened onions, mashed black garlic, black pepper, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce and porter, plus the juices loosened from the beef-searing pan.

There is patience behind the name, too. After a long cook on low, John strains out the onions and gives the beef another spell in the sauce before shredding it with forks. The finished plate gets mashed potatoes, glazed carrots and an extra spoonful of cooking juices. Viewers have been supplying Vincent Price and Edgar Allan Poe rhymes, debating whether to leave the beef in chunks, and requesting more slow-cooker recipes.

The other upload, "The Truth About Leftover Bacon 🥓", combines a practical burger tip with a familiar kitchen joke: cook the bacon before adding it, assuming such a thing as leftover bacon exists. It is currently collecting slightly more daily views than the roast. October's "Crime Scene Chicken | Deep Cuts for Max Flavor | Food Wishes", with its Korean barbecue-inspired seasoning and deliberately theatrical sauce splatters, also remains active.

Food Wishes added just over a million views across the week, while its subscriber count held steady. Daily viewing is close to its usual level, if a little softer. Nearby in subscriber size, Mythical Kitchen had a much busier viewing week; John's menu was more compact, with one substantial slow-cooker dinner and a bacon joke on the side.

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What viewers say

You are the Vincent Price of your Pot Roast Spice!
@ZombieHaunter408See it on YouTube
All you're missing is some coffee and you could literally call this a dark roast pot roast.
@XaniPlaysItSee it on YouTube
I can't resist roasting onion, potato and carrot with my pot roast.
@woodstream6137See it on YouTube

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5:07...... I mean, you are after all the Edgar Allan Poe... of how long this should go
@George........See it on YouTube
Looks fantastic! I'd stop shredding at the chunk stage
@peterdaigle4772See it on YouTube
Now I have to make a pot roast. Slow cooker or otherwise. Because I've missed that taste.
@paulwagner688See it on YouTube
More slow-cooker recipes during future Crocktober months, please. And in general. Especially during fall and winter months. That's my food wish. Love your channel.
@WilliamJ.-jg3ymSee it on YouTube
Toss a black cardamom pod in too!
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The facts

Channel: Food Wishes
Subscribers: 4,710,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 1,068,631
Videos published this week: 2
Video published: October 28, 2026
Video views so far: 182,313
Views on its first day: 121,028

The numbers

Here is Food Wishes' week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

26,385,352

20,608,606

12,489,412

10,516,740

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6,740,993

5,305,432

3,138,282

1,068,631

730,675

subscribers

4,710,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,164,359,229

views per day

146,071

typical day: 154,580

first-day views of each video posted this week

Slow-Cooker Black Magic Pot Roast Will …

121,028

The Truth About Leftover Bacon 🥓

42,491

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

5,120,000

4,890,000

4,810,000

4,710,000

4,650,000

4,560,000

4,560,000

Tasting History with Max …

4,510,000

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4,310,000

As of November 2, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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