Convert cooking measurements between cups, tablespoons, millilitres, grams and more. Includes oven temperature conversion.
What Is Cooking Converter?
A cooking converter translates between the bewildering variety of measurement systems used in recipes — cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces, millilitres, litres, grams, ounces, pounds and kilograms. The problem is compounded by the fact that US cups, UK cups and metric cups are all slightly different sizes, and converting between volume and weight depends on the ingredient (a cup of flour weighs much less than a cup of honey).
The free unit converter handles generic volume-to-volume, weight-to-weight and oven-temperature (°C/°F/gas mark) conversions. Premium adds a Common Equivalents quick-reference card, an Ingredient Database with ingredient-specific cup-to-gram conversions for 20 baking staples (since a cup of flour and a cup of honey weigh very differently), and a Recipe Scaler that recalculates every ingredient quantity when you change the number of servings.
How to Use This Tool
Select the measurement type: volume, weight or temperature.
Enter the quantity you want to convert.
Choose the source unit (cups, tablespoons, ml, grams, ounces, etc.).
Choose the target unit.
Premium: use the Ingredient Database to convert cups to grams for a specific ingredient, or the Recipe Scaler to resize a whole ingredient list to a different number of servings.
Tips & Best Practices
For baking, weight measurements (grams) are far more accurate than volume (cups) — consider investing in a kitchen scale.
A US cup is 236ml, a metric cup is 250ml and an imperial cup is 284ml — check which system your recipe uses.
A "tablespoon" is 15ml in most countries but 20ml in Australia.
When converting flour: 1 US cup ≈ 120–130g (depending on how packed), but many US recipes assume 125g per cup.
Common Use Cases
Converting recipe measurements when following recipes from different countries.
Scaling recipes up or down by converting between convenient unit sizes.
Converting between metric and imperial for baking where precision is critical.
Adapting recipes that use volume measurements to weight for better consistency.
Frequently Asked Questions
What units can I convert?
Volume (cups, tbsp, tsp, ml, litres), weight (oz, lbs, grams, kg), and temperature (Celsius, Fahrenheit, Gas Mark).