I always go for beef on the bone because the flavour is much better. If i'm cooking a three rib piece of fore rib, i let it come to room temp first. Season with plenty of cracked black pepper and sea salt. Place it in your roasting tin so that it's standing on its bones, and add a bit of beef stock, a glass of red wine, thyme, and more pepper. Now then, if you like your beef rare then roast in a hot oven without a lid on the tin. But if you like meat that melts off the bones, then stick a lid on the roasting tin and place in a hot oven,but then turn it down immediately to 150 degrees and coo