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Use the volume converter below for conversion of teaspoons to tablespoons, tablespoons to cups, ounces to cups, cups to pints, pints to quarts, and cups to gallons.
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Liquid and Dry Measurement Equivalents
It is generally not a good idea to scale a recipe up or down by more than 3 or 4 times.
Liquid Measurements
In the United States, liquid measurement is not only used for liquids such as water and milk, it is also used when measuring other ingredients such as flour, sugar, shortening, butter, and spices.
| teaspoon | tablespoon | fluid ounce |
gill | cup | pint | quart | gallon | |
| 1 teaspoon = | 1 | 1/3 | 1/6 | 1/24 | - - - | - - - | - - - | - - - |
| 1 tablespoon = | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/8 | 1/16 | - - - | - - - | - - - |
| 1 fluid ounce = | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1/4 | 1/8 | 1/16 | - - - | - - - |
| 1 gill = | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 1/8 | - - - |
| 1 cup = | 48 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 1/16 |
| 1 pint = | 96 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/8 |
| 1 quart = | 192 | 64 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1/4 |
| 1 gallon = | 768 | 256 | 128 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 firkin = | 6912 | 2304 | 1152 | 288 | 144 | 72 | 36 | 9 |
| 1 hogshead = | 48384 | 16128 | 8064 | 2016 | 1008 | 504 | 252 | 63 |
| MISCELLANEOUS | EQUIVALENT |
| 1 pinch | 1/8 teaspoon or less |
| 1 teaspoon | 60 drops |
Dry Measurements
Dry measurements are not typically used in U.S. recipes; dry measurements are used mainly for measuring fresh produce (e.g. berries are sold by the quart, apples by the bushel, or peck). Do not confuse dry measure with liquid measure, because they are not the same.
| Pint | Quart | Gallon | Peck | Bushel | Cubic Feet | |
| Pint | 1 | 1/2 | 1/8 | 1/16 | 1/64 | 0.019445 |
| Quart | 2 | 1 | 1/4 | 1/8 | 1/32 | 0.03889 |
| Gallon | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/8 | 0.15556 |
| Peck | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1/4 | 0.31111 |
| Bushel | 64 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1.2445 |
| Cubic Feet | 51.428 | 25.714 | 6.4285 | 3.2143 | 0.80356 | 1 |
Liquid Measurements vs. Dry Measurements
The table below shows the differences between dry measurement and liquid measurement.
| DRY UNIT | LIQUID UNIT |
| 1 pint, dry = | 1.1636 pints, liquid |
| 1 quart, dry = | 1.1636 quarts, liquid |
| 1 gallon, dry = | 1.1636 gallons, liquid |
Cooking Measurement Conversions
American and British Units
- 1 teaspoon = 1/3 tablespoon
- 1 tablespoon = 1/2 fluid ounce = 3 teaspoons
- 1 U.S. fluid ounce (fl oz) = 1/128 U.S. gallon = 1/16 U.S. pint
- 1 imperial fluid ounce (fl oz) = 1/160 imperial gallon
- 1 gill (gi) = 1/32 gallon = 4 fluid ounces
- 1 cup = 1/4 quart = 1/2 pint 8 fluid ounces
- 1 pint (pt) = 1/8 gallon = 1/2 quart = 16 fluid ounces
- 1 quart (qt) = 1/4 gallon = 32 fluid ounces
- 1 U.S. gallon (gal) = 231 cubic inches
- 1 imperial gallon (gal) = 277.4 cubic inches
- 1 dry pint (dry pt) = 1/64 bushel = 1/2 dry quart
- 1 dry quart (dry qt) = 1/32 bushel = 1/8 peck 1 peck (pk) = 1/4 bushel
- 1 U.S. bushel (bu) = 2,150.4 cubic inches
- 1 imperial bushel (bu) = 2,219.4 cubic inches
Metric Units
- 1 cubic centimeter (cc) = 1/1,000,000 cubic meter
- 1 cubic decimeter (cu dm) = 1/1,000 cubic meter = 1,000 cubic decimeters
- 1 cubic meter (cu m) = 1 stere (s)
- 1 milliliter (ml) = 1/1,0000 liter = 1 cubic centimeter
- 1 centiliter (cl) = 1/100 liter = 10 milliliters
- 1 deciliter (dl) = 1/10 liter
- 1 liter = 1 cubic decimeter
Conversion Factors
- 1 fluid ounce = 29.6 milliliters
- 1 U.S. pint = 0.473 liter
- 1 U.S. quart = 0.946 liter
- 1 U.S. gallon = 0.84 imperial gallon =3.8 liters
- 1 imperial gallon = 1.2 U.S. gallons =4.5 liters
- 1 dry pint = 0.55 liters
- 1 dry quart = 1.1 liters
- 1 cubic centimeter = 0.06 cubic inch
- 1 cubic centimeter = 0.06 cubic inch
- 1 milliliter = 0.034 fluid ounce
- 1 liter = 1.06 U.S.quarts = 0.9 dry quart
The U.S. gallon, or wine gallon, is 231 cubic inches (cu in.);
The British imperial gallon is the volume of 10 lb of pure water at 62 degrees Fahrenheit and is equal to 277.42 cu in.
Weight
The two most commonly used units of weight (or mass) measurement for cooking in the U.S. are the ounce and the pound. Do not confuse the ounce of weight with the fluid ounce, because they are not the same; there is no standard conversion between weight and volume unless you know the density of the ingredient. To make matters worse, there are different kinds of weight measurement; Avoirdupois weight, Troy weight, and Apothecaries weight. In the U.S., when someone refers to pounds and ounces of weight (especially in cooking) they are usually referring to Avoirdupois weight.
Basic Cooking Rule:
16 ounces = 1 pound