Deli Roast Beef

Ingredients
5 pounds top round roast
garlic salt, to taste
coarse black pepper, to taste
Instructions
Preheat oven to 500F degrees.
 
Bring the meat to room temperature and season with the garlic salt and the pepper.
 
Place meat in a shallow roaster pan with a rack to sit the meat on.
 
Cook the roast at 500F degrees.  Time varies according to your desired doneness:
6 minutes per pound for rare

7-10 minutes for medium-rare or medium
 
Turn off the oven and let the roast sit in the oven for 1 1/2 hours before opening the door.
Notes
 
If you're serving the roast after it has cooled, you can reheat it at 350F degrees for 30 minutes.  You will have some drippings in the bottom of the pan, which you can add some water to and cook down for au jus gravy.
 
If you opt to chill the roast beef after cooking, slice and serve it on a sandwich with garlic - it's delicious!