Convert kitchen measurements between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces, and metric volumes with standard culinary fractions.
Standard U.S. cooking conversions operate on exact volumetric ratios defined by the U.S. Customary Cup (236.59 mL = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons). Measurements like pinch and dash provide helpful seasonings approximations.
1 cup = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp = 8 fl oz = 236.59 mL1 tbsp = 3 tsp = 1/2 fl oz = 14.79 mL1 fl oz = 2 tbsp = 6 tsp = 29.57 mL1 qt = 2 pt = 4 cups = 946.35 mL | 1 gal = 4 qt = 16 cups = 3.785 LA baking recipe calls for 3/4 cup of melted butter, and you want to measure it using a standard tablespoon.
Since 1 standard US Customary cup contains exactly 16 tablespoons: 0.75 × 16 = 12 tablespoons (177.44 mL).
There are exactly 16 US tablespoons in 1 US Customary cup. Half a cup (1/2 cup) equals 8 tablespoons, and a quarter cup (1/4 cup) equals 4 tablespoons.
A standard US Customary cup is 236.59 mL (8 US fluid ounces). A Metric cup (used in Australia, New Zealand, and modern UK recipes) is 250 mL. The traditional British Imperial cup is 284.13 mL (10 Imperial fluid ounces).
In traditional culinary practice, a pinch and a dash are informal approximations. In precision measuring spoon sets, a pinch is standardized to approximately 1/16 teaspoon (~0.31 mL), and a dash is standardized to 1/8 teaspoon (~0.62 mL).