Ok, I don’t feel like going through the entire thread to see if anyone touched on this idea for you, it works well and it’s super simple.
I’ve been doing this without even thinking about doing it. Before spooning out the amount I need, I stab the oil a whole heck of a lot with the spoon. Not even scrapping. Just pushing the spoon in deep, yanking it out, and repeating over and over. It takes a few minutes. But it will completely soften the oil from being hard like ice cream and more of a lard consistency. Very easily spooned out. Sorry I didn’t mention it earlier, but was doing it today when I suddenly remembered you were having issues with it, and doing this to it was just like instinct to me to make it smoother in the lower parts of the container.
Have fun! It’s also somewhat cathartic.