Cooking Measurement Converter
Convert between cooking measurements like cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, milliliters, and fluid ounces.
About the Cooking Measure Calculator
Recipes from different countries or older cookbooks often use different volume units — cups, tablespoons, milliliters — and converting between them accurately matters for baking especially, where ratios affect the outcome. This calculator converts between the most common cooking volume units instantly.
How It Works
The calculator converts your amount to milliliters using standard US customary volume equivalents, then converts from milliliters into your target unit, giving an accurate conversion regardless of which two units you're converting between.
Amount (ml) = Input Amount × ml-per-unit(From); Result = Amount (ml) / ml-per-unit(To). 1 cup ≈ 236.6 ml, 1 tbsp ≈ 14.79 ml, 1 tsp ≈ 4.93 ml, 1 fl oz ≈ 29.57 ml.
Worked example
Scenario: Converting 1 US cup to tablespoons and milliliters.
- 1 US cup = 236.59 ml.
- 1 tablespoon = 14.79 ml.
- 236.59 ÷ 14.79 = 16 tablespoons.
Result: 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 236.59 ml.
Tips and common mistakes
- These are US customary volumes; a UK/metric cup is 250 ml and an Australian tablespoon is 20 ml.
- For flour and sugar, weighing is more accurate than volume.
- Handy chain: 1 cup = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp = 8 fl oz.
Assumptions & Limitations
- Uses standard US customary volume measurements — some countries define a 'cup' slightly differently (for example, the metric cup is exactly 250 ml, not 236.6 ml).
- Assumes the ingredient being measured is a liquid or has similar density-independent volume behavior; dry ingredient conversions can vary by how tightly they're packed.
- Converting between volume and weight (like cups to grams) depends on the specific ingredient's density and is not handled by this volume-only converter.
Volume and weight are not the same
Cups, tablespoons and millilitres measure volume, while grams and ounces can measure weight. Converting between volume and weight requires the ingredient’s density, so a cup of flour does not weigh the same as a cup of sugar. Use like-for-like unit conversions unless a recipe supplies an ingredient-specific weight.
For accuracy in baking, weight-based measurements are usually easier to reproduce than volume measurements, especially for flour and other compressible ingredients.