It’s completely encouraging. We discuss frozen meats in a minute, which fall under different stipulations, but thawed or fresh raw meat can cook beautifully in the slow cooker. The main thing you want to avoid is accidental burning. If you’re throwing a raw 2lb roast into the slow cooker, it’s going to emit sodium from the blood in the meat, which can dry up and make the meat stick, and eventually burn, to your cooking pot.\r