The short of the below is, there is a weight difference of liquid and fluid ounces.
Being the man of science, clearing up myths and misinformation related to BBQ and cooking, this could be for Meathead. At best I consider myself a pretty mediocre cook/BBQer. That said, I also believe I’m a very well-informed mediocre cook/BBQer. I take in reading, watching, and listening to a lot of cooking information from a verity of sources including: AmazingRibs.com (the best), ATK, Alton Brown, Foodnetwork.com, Milkstreet.com, Thespruceeats.com and so on.
I always knew part of why I was a mediocre cook was because I frequently just used what I had on hand, often significantly altering recipes, and eyeballing a lot of measurements. A while ago I decided to change my ways and to actually start measuring things. To keep things simple, I wanted to do that using a scale, so I came up with a simple conversion chart. There were several difficulties with that, like how much does 1 cup of diced green pepper weigh, what does a cup of all-purpose flour weight… One thing I knew for sure, so I thought, was regarding water "a pint is a pound the world around". I was working off the assumption that 1 cup of water/watery liquid (vinegar, broth, skim milk) weighed 8 ounces/226.8g.
Just recently I noticed somewhere listed a teaspoon of water weighed 4.93g. The math on that to get to a 8oz/226.8g cup just didn’t work. That bothered me so eventually I weighed a cup of water for myself. Of course, this is where I discovered a cup of water weighs well over 8oz/226.8g. My scale is only so precise, but it’s about 240g. WTH is going on and why am I only finding this out now! So many people/websites endorse the precision of using grams rather than volume (a concept I completely agree with), but never have I heard there is a difference between fluid ounces and dry ounces. What a stupid system! Now I know and somehow the rest of the world needs to be told. Or am I missing something?
Being the man of science, clearing up myths and misinformation related to BBQ and cooking, this could be for Meathead. At best I consider myself a pretty mediocre cook/BBQer. That said, I also believe I’m a very well-informed mediocre cook/BBQer. I take in reading, watching, and listening to a lot of cooking information from a verity of sources including: AmazingRibs.com (the best), ATK, Alton Brown, Foodnetwork.com, Milkstreet.com, Thespruceeats.com and so on.
I always knew part of why I was a mediocre cook was because I frequently just used what I had on hand, often significantly altering recipes, and eyeballing a lot of measurements. A while ago I decided to change my ways and to actually start measuring things. To keep things simple, I wanted to do that using a scale, so I came up with a simple conversion chart. There were several difficulties with that, like how much does 1 cup of diced green pepper weigh, what does a cup of all-purpose flour weight… One thing I knew for sure, so I thought, was regarding water "a pint is a pound the world around". I was working off the assumption that 1 cup of water/watery liquid (vinegar, broth, skim milk) weighed 8 ounces/226.8g.
Just recently I noticed somewhere listed a teaspoon of water weighed 4.93g. The math on that to get to a 8oz/226.8g cup just didn’t work. That bothered me so eventually I weighed a cup of water for myself. Of course, this is where I discovered a cup of water weighs well over 8oz/226.8g. My scale is only so precise, but it’s about 240g. WTH is going on and why am I only finding this out now! So many people/websites endorse the precision of using grams rather than volume (a concept I completely agree with), but never have I heard there is a difference between fluid ounces and dry ounces. What a stupid system! Now I know and somehow the rest of the world needs to be told. Or am I missing something?
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