Cooking Measurements Conversions

Convert cooking measurements — teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, milliliters, ounces. Free kitchen calculators for recipes and baking.

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Cooking measures volume and weight differently across regions. US recipes use cups, tablespoons, and teaspoons; metric recipes use milliliters and grams. Even a "cup" varies — US legal cup is 240 ml while metric recipes may assume 250 ml.

Our cooking converters focus on US customary kitchen units and their metric equivalents. For baking, weighing ingredients in grams is often more accurate than volume — but volume conversion still helps when scaling recipes quickly.

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Real-world example

A recipe needs 2 tablespoons of vanilla but your measuring spoons are marked in ml. Converting 2 tbsp gives about 29.6 ml — close enough when a scale is not available.

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Cooking Measurements units explained

Teaspoons (tsp)
Also: teaspoons, tsp
Tablespoons (tbsp)
Also: tablespoons, tbsp
Cups (US) (cup) · base unit
Also: cups, cup
Pints (US) (pt)
Also: pints, pt
Quarts (US) (qt)
Also: quarts, qt
Gallons (US) (gal)
Also: gallons, gal
Fluid Ounces (US) (fl oz)
Also: fluid ounces, fl oz
Milliliters (mL)
Also: milliliters, ml
Liters (L)
Also: liters, l
Pounds (lb)
Also: pounds, lbs
Ounces (oz)
Also: ounces, oz
Grams (g)
Also: grams, g
Kilograms (kg)
Also: kilograms, kg

Frequently asked questions

How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?
One US tablespoon equals 3 teaspoons.
How many milliliters are in a cup?
One US customary cup equals 236.588 ml. Some metric recipes use 250 ml per cup.

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