If not deploying sous vide, then this is what I prefer. Rub generously with minced garlic. Sprinkle generously with coarse kosher, coarse ground pepper, and herb of your liking (for me it is rosemary). By generously I mean stop just shy of having a full-coated rub like for bbq.
Smoke at 200 until 20 degrees shy of final temp. For me, I take thick ribeyes to medium final temp as there is a lot of fat that needs to start breaking down to become delicious instead of cutting around it because it is inedible at lower temps.
Finish over high-heat live-flame and become a legend.

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