Cooking measurement
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Cups to grams. Tablespoons to milliliters. Fahrenheit to Celsius. Convert any cooking measurement instantly — including ingredient-specific weights.
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Quick reference
| Measurement | Equals |
|---|---|
| 1 tablespoon | 3 teaspoons |
| 1 fluid ounce | 2 tablespoons |
| ¼ cup | 4 tablespoons / 2 fl oz |
| ⅓ cup | 5 tbsp + 1 tsp |
| ½ cup | 8 tablespoons / 4 fl oz |
| 1 cup | 16 tablespoons / 8 fl oz / 237 ml |
| 1 pint | 2 cups / 16 fl oz |
| 1 quart | 4 cups / 32 fl oz |
| 1 gallon | 16 cups / 128 fl oz / 3.79 liters |
| 1 ounce | 28.35 grams |
| 1 pound | 16 ounces / 454 grams |
| 1 kilogram | 2.205 pounds / 35.27 ounces |
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Cooking conversions you'll actually use
Cups to grams depends on the ingredient
A cup of flour weighs about 125 grams, but a cup of sugar weighs about 200 grams — and a cup of butter weighs 227 grams. That's why "cups to grams" isn't a single conversion. Volume measures how much space something takes up; weight measures how heavy it is. A cup of feathers and a cup of rocks are the same volume but very different weights. Our ingredient converter handles this for you.
Why bakers weigh and cooks measure by volume
Baking is chemistry — precise ratios of flour, sugar, fat, and liquid make the difference between fluffy and flat. A packed cup of flour can weigh 30% more than a spooned-and-leveled one, which is why serious bakers use kitchen scales. Cooking is more forgiving: a little more garlic or a splash extra olive oil rarely ruins a dish.
The tablespoon-to-cup chain
Three teaspoons make a tablespoon. Sixteen tablespoons make a cup. Two cups make a pint, two pints make a quart, and four quarts make a gallon. Once you internalize that chain, most kitchen math becomes quick mental arithmetic. The one that trips people up: a third of a cup is 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon — not a clean number.
Fahrenheit to Celsius in your head
The quick trick: subtract 30 and divide by 2. It's not perfectly accurate (the real formula is subtract 32, multiply by 5/9), but it gets you close enough. 350°F → 320 ÷ 2 = 160°C (actual: 177°C). Close enough to know which oven mark to use. For precision, use the converter above.