"You have selected a wonderful cut of beef, rib-eye roast is a whole cut of beef before it has been cut in to rib-eye steaks, follow the directions on this recipe and you will have a perfectly-cooked roast! --- plan well ahead the roast must be brought down to almost room temperature before cooking and this will take a few hours or more --- cooking time stated on this recipe is for a 4-pound roast and is only approximate, for a perfectly cooked roast a meat thermometer is required --- use not more than the stated amount of salt or it will draw out the juices form the meat when cooking..."