Do not cover or add water. Place the roast in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C). Roast for 21 minutes (seven minutes per pound) then turn off the oven and let the roast sit in the hot oven for 2 1/2 hours. Do not open the door at all during this time! Remove the roast from the oven, the internal temperature should have reached at least 145 degrees F (65 degrees C).
While Ames is the largest city in Story County, the county seat is in the nearby city of Nevada 8 miles (13 km) east of Ames. Ames is the home of Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU), a public research institution with leading Agriculture, Design, Engineering, and Veterinary Medicine colleges.
The Assessor's office is required to provide the County Auditor with a list of current values. These values are used by the auditor to calculate property taxes for the city, county and school governments. Property valued by the Ames City Assessor has a market value of approximately $4.38 billion for 2016 (which does not include ISU, IDOT, City, County, School, or Federal property).