QUESTION

Maryland, USA

Can someone buy a pre-seasoned pizza steel (basically a slab of steel with a proprietary oil that’s applied and then heated up before selling it to consumers). I have read that cast iron is okay to buy even if pre-seasoned, but that seems to be because the pre-seasoning develops a black coating and is nifsal mei’akhilah. The steel does not turn black, so does it still fall into the nifsal mei’akhilah category?

ANSWER

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