Kitchen Measurement Converter

About the Kitchen Measurement Converter

Converts cooking volume measurements between US cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces and millilitres.

How to use

Enter an amount, its unit and the target unit, then click Convert.

Worked example

1 cup = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp = 237 ml.

How to use this calculator

1. Choose the starting unit for your ingredient volume.
2. Enter the amount you want to convert.
3. Select the unit you want to convert to.
4. Read the converted result and, if needed, round it for cooking.

The formula explained

• \(\text{cups}\) = number of cups
• \(\text{tbsp}\) = number of tablespoons
• \(\text{tsp}\) = number of teaspoons
• \(\text{ml}\) = milliliters

Step by step method

1. Identify the source unit, such as cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, or milliliters.
2. Use the built-in conversion factor to change the amount into the target unit.
3. Check whether the result needs rounding for practical kitchen use.
4. If you are scaling a recipe, repeat the conversion for each ingredient.

Worked example

Suppose a recipe uses 2 cups of milk and you want the amount in milliliters.

1. Use the cup-to-milliliter conversion: \(2 \times 236.5882365 = 473.176473\).
2. Round to a kitchen-friendly value if needed: \(473.176473\) ml is about \(473\) ml.

Tips and common mistakes

• Double-check whether your recipe uses teaspoons, tablespoons, or cups, since they differ by a lot.
• For cooking, a rounded result is usually fine, but for baking it is better to keep more precision.
• Milliliters are especially useful when a recipe mixes metric and US kitchen units.
• Be careful not to confuse tablespoons and teaspoons, since one tablespoon equals three teaspoons.

Frequently asked questions