I put my beef & red wine in this morning... I stagger it & just basically put the base in first and then over the next few hours I add the rest. So it was all in there at 9.30am and I think I'll turn it off around 4.30pm when Jovie has her dinner, we'll eat around 5pm.

I just checked it, and the potatos are JUST cooked and they were the last thing I added at 9.30am.