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Too much for one page, the cooking conversion charts span three pages, three categories:
1. U.S. Liquid and Weight Conversions, below
2. "U.S. to Metric" Cooking Conversion Charts
3. Food Equivalents and Substitutions
Liquid Measurements & Equivalents
This first cooking conversion chart is for common, everyday recipe measurements:
| Basic Measurements | Equivalents | |
| 3 teaspoons | 1 tablespoon | |
| 4 tablespoons | 1/4 cup | |
| 1 pint | 2 cups, 16 ounces | |
| 1 quart | 4 cups, 32 ounces, 2 pints | |
| 1 gallon | 16 cups, 128 ounces, 4 quarts | |
| A punch serving is 4 ounces. A gallon equals 32 4-ounce servings. | ||
| 1 liter | about 4 1/2 cups, about 34 ounces | |
| 1.75 liters | about 7 1/2 cups, almost 60 ounces | |
| 1 750 milliliter bottle | about 3 1/4 cups, just over 25 ounces | |
| This is the standard size bottle for most liquor, wine, and champagne. 3 750-mil bottles = @ 10 cups | ||
| Fluid Ounces | Equivalents |
| 1/2 ounce | 1 tablespoon |
| 1 ounce | 2 tablespoons, 1/8 cup |
| 1 1/2 ounces | 3 tablespoons |
| 2 ounces | 4 tablespoons, 1/4 cup |
| 1/3 cup | 5 1/3 tablespoons |
| 3 ounces | 6 tablespoons |
| 4 ounces | 8 tablespoons, 1/2 cup |
| 5 ounces | 10 tablespoons |
| 2/3 cup | 10 2/3 tablespoons |
| 6 ounces | 12 tablespoons, 3/4 cup |
| 8 ounces | 16 tablespoons, 1 cup, 1/2 pint |
| 16 ounces | 2 cups, 1 pint |
| 32 ounces | 4 cups, 2 pints, 1 quart |
| 128 ounces | 16 cups, 8 pints, 4 quarts, 1 gallon |
U.S. Weight Conversions
Don't confuse fluid measurements with dry weight measurements. A piece of cheese weighing 8 ounces, for example, is not 1 cup of cheese. Liquids are often close enough in weight and measurement that you can use one as a rough estimate of the other; not so with weight conversions.
| Ounces | Pounds |
| 4 ounces | 1/4 pound |
| 8 ounces | 1/2 pound |
| 12 ounces | 3/4 pound |
| 16 ounces | 1 pound |
| 24 ounces | 1 1/2 pounds |
| 32 ounces | 2 pounds |
| 40 ounces | 2 1/2 pounds |
| 48 ounces | 3 pounds |
| 56 ounces | 3 1/2 pounds |
| 64 ounces | 4 pounds |
| 72 ounces | 4 1/2 pounds |
| 80 ounces | 5 pounds |
| 160 ounces | 10 pounds |
Use the Cooking Conversion charts to Plan a Small Party
Food Planning for Large Groups
