Forum: cooking.stackexchange.com
Tags: <conversion><measurements>
Title: How do I convert between the various measurements?
Question: I found a recipe that's using one or more measurements that I don't recognize. How can I convert it to a unit that I use locally?    Alternative question template: (to improve searchability): How can I convert an Imperial weight or volume measurement (tsp, tbsp, cups, ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, pounds) to an equivalent Metric measurement (g, kg, mL, L)?

Answers:
sents: text: Common U.S. Volume Measurements: 1 tbsp =
text: 3
text: tsp 1 fl oz =
text: 2 tbsp 1 cup =
text: 8 oz
text: 1 pint
text: = 2 cups 1 quart = 4 cups 1 gallon = 4 quarts Common U.S. to Metric Conversions: 1 oz ~ 30 mL 1 cup ~
text: 237 mL 1 quart ~ 1 L 1 oz = 28.4 g 1 lbs =
text: 0.45 kg Common Metric to U.S. Conversions: 1
text: kg =
text: 2.2 lbs Online Converters:
text: Google : Type a conversion such as " 1 tbsp in mL " and
text: it will automatically convert it for you.
text: This is generally the fastest option.
text: Wolfram Alpha :
text: Same idea, gives you a little more information and lets you disambiguate between similar measurements (e.g. US tablespoons vs. UK tablespoons).
text: Convert-Me - Cooking Ingredients : Converts to every well-known measurement at the same time.
text: Can convert (approximate) volume to weight and vice versa, for many ingredients. Food.com Measurement Converter : Same thing, a little easier to use, but slower.
text: iPhone
text: /iPad: Kitchen Calculator ConvertBot Smart Chef Conversions Cookulator Convert ...or just search the App Store .
text: Android: Unit Converter Ultimate Cooking Conversions ...or just search the Play Store.
text: Printable Conversion Charts
text: Cooking Measurement Equivalents (InfoPlease) Measurement and Conversion Charts (StartCooking) Conversion Tables (Delia Online) Converting Recipes to Metric Measures (The Metric Kitchen) Heirloom Weights & Measures (About.com) - archaic/non-standard measurements
text: (Note: Use your browser's "print selection" feature to print just the conversion chart)
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/41/Aaronut
score: 18
sents: text: Found this to be very helpful:
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/11200/Divi
score: 4
sents: text: If you are serious about cooking, buy some of the measuring cups with multiple different scales, similar to this one: Not only you will not have to convert the units, because many of the cups have both US and metric scales, but you avoid weighting flour, sugar etc.
text: Real time saver.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/23738/Petr
score: 2
sents: text: From wikipedia: teaspoon (tsp): 1/6 ounce tablespoon (tbsp): 3 tsp, 1/2 oz fluid ounce (fl oz): 2 Tbsp, 1 oz jigger (jig): 3 tbsp, 1.5 oz cup (c): 16 tbsp, 8 oz pint (pt): 2 c, 16 oz ("A pint's a pound the world around" - both have 16 ounces.)
text: quart (qt):
text: 2 pt, 32 oz gallon (gal):
text: 4 qt, 128 oz
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/31/forefinger
score: 1
sents: text: So, this is my first answer on stackexchange
text: and I'm new here.
text: Hello to the community :DThe answers above are very good, but I want to add one more app where the cooking units can be converted very quickly.
text: For example for cups, quarts or liter: 4 cups (US) to quarts (US) 4 liters to cups (US) For more conversions you can see the latest conversions of the volumes category directly on the website.
text: Disclaimer: I'm a programmer and developer, and work on my project CalculatePlus in my spare time.
text: This free tool allows you to do quick online calculations and conversions.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/52081/henryhollow
score: 1
sents: text: If you're trying to convert to metric, and you're getting your recipes from the web, you can also use a browser plugin I wrote which I believe is more convenient than the other suggested solutions, since it displays the conversion result directly in the recipe when you press a button:
text: Everything in […] was added by this plugin.
text: It also converts from volume to weight for many common ingredients (e.g. "10 tablespoons sugar" is converted to "125g").
text: The plugin is available for Firefox and for Chrome (free software with no ads.
text: I wrote it as a birthday gift :-).
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/62098/Falk Hüffner
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
Rather than converting the units manually, use a browser plugin to convert them automatically or find a measuring equipment that has US and metric scales.
You can either install an app or web plug that will convert the measurement for you in the recipe or buy a measuring cup that shows the different systems.