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Cooking Measurements Converter
Convert cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces, milliliters, liters, and ingredient-specific weight conversions for flour, sugar, butter, rice, milk, oil, honey, and yeast.
Universal Cooking Measurements Converter
About cooking measurements conversions
Cooking conversions help home cooks and professional chefs scale recipes, switch between US and metric measurements, and convert ingredient weights by volume. Our cooking converter covers common US customary units such as cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, and fluid ounces, plus weight conversions for flour, sugar, butter, rice, milk, oil, honey, and yeast. It also includes oven temperature conversions between Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Gas Mark. Whether you are doubling a recipe, adapting a foreign cookbook, or measuring without a scale, this converter gives practical kitchen-ready results.
Most popular cooking measurements conversions
Available units
Popular cooking measurements conversions (32 total)
Unit definitions
US Cup (US cup)
A US cup is 8 fluid ounces or about 237 mL. Standard US cooking measurement.
Origin: Standardized in US in 1896.
Current use: Cooking (US), Recipes, Baking
US Tablespoon (tbsp)
A US tablespoon is 1/2 fluid ounce or about 14.8 milliliters. Common in cooking recipes.
Origin: Standardized in the US in 1858.
Current use: Cooking recipes, Medicine dosing, Baking
US Teaspoon (tsp)
A US teaspoon is 1/3 tablespoon or about 4.9 milliliters.
Origin: Commonly used as a unit of measure in cooking and pharmacy.
Current use: Cooking recipes, Baking, Medicine dosing
US Fluid Ounce (US fl oz)
A US fluid ounce is 1/128 of a US gallon, approximately 29.6 milliliters.
Origin: Derived from the Roman uncia (one-twelfth) of a liquid gallon.
Current use: Drink recipes, Medicine dosages, Cooking
Milliliter (mL)
A milliliter is one thousandth of a liter, approximately equal to one cubic centimeter. A teaspoon holds about 5 mL.
Origin: Part of the metric system, where milli- denotes one-thousandth.
Current use: Medicine dosages, Cooking measurements, Laboratory work
Liter (L)
A liter is a metric unit of volume equal to 1000 milliliters or approximately 1.057 US quarts.
Origin: The liter was introduced in France in 1795 as one cubic decimeter.
Current use: Beverage containers, Fuel volumes, Liquid measurements
All-Purpose Flour (g) (g flour)
All-purpose flour by mass. 1 US cup ≈ 125 g (dip-and-sweep).
Origin: Standard baking ingredient.
Current use: Baking, Cooking, Recipes
Granulated Sugar (g) (g sugar)
Granulated white sugar by mass. 1 US cup ≈ 200 g.
Origin: Common sweetener in baking.
Current use: Baking, Sweetening, Beverages
Butter (g) (g butter)
Butter by mass. 1 US cup ≈ 227 g.
Origin: Common baking ingredient measured by weight or sticks.
Current use: Baking, Cooking, Recipes
Uncooked Rice (g) (g rice)
Uncooked rice by mass. 1 US cup ≈ 185 g.
Origin: Standard cooking measurement.
Current use: Cooking, Recipes, Meal planning
Whole Milk (g) (g milk)
Whole milk by mass. 1 US cup ≈ 244 g.
Origin: Common liquid measurement in cooking.
Current use: Baking, Cooking, Beverages
Vegetable Oil (g) (g oil)
Vegetable oil by mass. 1 US cup ≈ 218 g.
Origin: Standard in recipes worldwide.
Current use: Frying, Baking, Salad dressings
Honey (g) (g honey)
Honey by mass. 1 US cup ≈ 336 g.
Origin: Natural sweetener used since ancient times.
Current use: Baking, Sweetening, Traditional medicine
Active Dry Yeast (g) (g yeast)
Active dry yeast by mass. 1 US cup ≈ 150 g.
Origin: Standard leavening agent in baking.
Current use: Bread making, Baking, Fermentation
Common uses for cooking conversions
Cooking conversions are used for recipe scaling, adapting international recipes, ingredient substitutions, baking, and oven temperature adjustments.
Frequently asked questions about cooking measurements
How many milliliters are in 1 US cup?+
1 US cup equals approximately 236.59 milliliters.
How many tablespoons are in 1 cup?+
There are 16 tablespoons in 1 US cup.
What cooking conversions does this converter support?+
It supports US volume units, common ingredient weight conversions, and oven temperature conversions between Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Gas Mark.
