Cooking Measurement Converter

Convert between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces, and milliliters. US, UK, and metric cooking units.

Common Cooking Equivalences

1 cup (US)=236.59 mL
1 cup (UK)=284.13 mL
1 tbsp (US)=14.79 mL
1 tbsp (UK)=17.76 mL
1 fl oz (US)=29.57 mL
1 fl oz (UK)=28.41 mL
1 cup (US)=16 tbsp (US)
1 tbsp (US)=3 tsp (US)

Cooking Measurement Converter

The cooking measurement converter lets you quickly convert between US, UK, and metric kitchen units. Whether you're following an American recipe with cups and tablespoons or a European recipe with milliliters, this tool handles the conversion instantly.

Recipe measurements vary widely between countries. US cups differ from UK cups, and tablespoon sizes aren't universal. This converter covers all common cooking volumes β€” cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces, pints, quarts, and metric units β€” so your recipes turn out right every time.

How it works

All conversions use milliliters (mL) as the base unit. Key relationships: 1 US cup = 236.59 mL, 1 UK cup = 284.13 mL, 1 US tbsp = 14.79 mL, 1 UK tbsp = 17.76 mL, 1 US tsp = 4.93 mL, 1 US fl oz = 29.57 mL, 1 UK fl oz = 28.41 mL.

Use cases

  • Converting American recipes to metric measurements
  • Adapting British recipes for US measuring cups and spoons
  • Scaling recipe ingredients up or down
  • Converting between fluid ounces and milliliters for baking

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