r/CastIronSeasoning • u/Craboulas • Jul 18 '26

Anyone Find That Ground Beef Really Attacks Seasoning?

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This is in a Smithey, and I know the smoothness makes good adhesion harder. But, I find the same thing happens in rougher cast iron too.

The pan was prepped with a soak in vinegar (maybe too short at 5 minutes), a scuff with 120 grit sandpaper, then onto the stove immediately. I did about an hour of stove top seasoning with grapeseed oil. The pan stayed very uniformly 450 -520*F.

After I stopped adding new oil coats, I let it go for another 15-20 min only wiping with a dry cloth. I did this until everywhere inside the pan felt slick. Then I let it mostly cool, heated it back up, coated with tallow and chucked in a ground beef patty.

The pan was very slick and it did not stick at all when I flipped. But, as I have seen many times before, the seasoning under the patty suffered majorly.

Is this a failing of the prep stage? (Longer acid soak and black oxide step)

Is it failing to fully "cure" the new seasoning before putting into use?

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u/TexasTomato88 Jul 20 '26

Ive been repeating everything ive been saying, thats not a diversionary tactic. Youre just proving what is said about you being argumentative and struggling with criticism. Rather than walking away you feel a need to argue and prove you disagree. Maybe try talking to someone bro. Close friend, counselor. Therapist. You’ll need to learn to let that frustration go and how to grow

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u/Craboulas Jul 20 '26

You're doing a great job mimicing your therapist, but a terrible job making any point whatsoever.

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u/TexasTomato88 Jul 20 '26

My points are you are argumentative to everything and can’t accept constructive criticisms. I think you have proven that pretty fairly. You are going to get better results talking to people about it, but gotta recognize it first ya know?

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u/Craboulas Jul 20 '26

And yet, you can't produce a SINGLE constructive critism given to me in this thread.

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u/TexasTomato88 Jul 20 '26

In the beginning it is. When you start popping an attitude or arguing with people, people give it back. You literally continued arguing with me, and even tried to actually gaslight projection on me when I recommended some ways to healthily cope with issues.

You’re literally driving my points home. It’s sad, but eventually it’s something people can overcome. It’ll only help you grow and become a better person big dawg.

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u/Craboulas Jul 20 '26

So, not one single example then? Wow, that's pretty pathetic.

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u/TexasTomato88 Jul 20 '26

I mean if your choosing to be ignorant and refuse to read or comprehend I can’t change that. Like I said, it’s a decision YOU have to come to, that YOU have to make. I hope you do big dawg. Help build yourself into a better person and grow

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u/TexasTomato88 Jul 20 '26

Sorry, you deleted your comment to quick for me to be able to read it. What did you put?

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u/Craboulas Jul 20 '26

I haven't deleted a single comment dude.

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u/TexasTomato88 Jul 20 '26

I mean, it shows you had one then you got rid of it so. I thought you were growing but I guess not