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Let's have a single question giving the conversion between cups, ounces, teaspoons, and gallons, just to have one convenient reference.

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US Measurements:

  • 1 tbsp = 3 tsp
  • 1 oz = 2 tbsp
  • 1 cup = 8 oz
  • 1 quart = 4 cups
  • 1 gallon = 4 quarts

Metric conversion:

  • 1 oz ~ 30 mL (29.57 exact)
  • 1 cup ~ 240 mL (236.59 exact)
  • 1 L ~ 1 qt (1.06 exact)
  • 1 oz = 28.4 g
  • 1 kg = 2.2 lbs
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In the UK a cup is 10 fluid ounces, rather than 8, i.e. it is half a pint (20 fluid ounces in the UK). Some older UK cookbooks use the measurement and a lot of cups that one can buy are also this size, so its a useful one. It also means that 1 quart = 4 cups on both systems. – Francis Davey Jul 29 '12 at 19:23
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Use Google. http://www.google.com/search?q=1%20cup%20in%20tbsp

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Yeah, Google is awesome for this. Has a wide variety of conversions. google.com/search?q=hbar+in+slug+acres+per+fortnight – ceejayoz Jul 12 '10 at 22:12
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If you've got an iDevice, there are some great iOS apps for unit conversion. I especially like ConvertBot (iTunes), although Convert (iTunes) has more units/categories.

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Upvoted, but a webpage reference would have been even better :) – cyberzed Jul 9 '10 at 19:44
@cyberzed touché. edited answer. – Dave DeLong Jul 9 '10 at 19:47
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I'm going to recommend http://www.wolframalpha.com which has pretty much any conversion ever conceived of. They also have great nutritional information.

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+1 wolfram alpha is a great site, like google for data. I use it for physics and chemistry information, but had never considered using it for cooking. – David Aug 21 '11 at 17:25
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From wikipedia:

  • teaspoon (tsp): 1/6 ounce
  • tablespoon (tbsp): 3 tsp, 1/2 oz
  • fluid ounce (fl oz): 2 Tbsp, 1 oz
  • jigger (jig): 3 tbsp, 1.5 oz
  • cup (c): 16 tbsp, 8 oz
  • pint (pt): 2 c, 16 oz ("A pint's a pound the world around" - both have 16 ounces.)
  • quart (qt): 2 pt, 32 oz
  • gallon (gal): 4 qt, 128 oz
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There already is a single reference. :)

Just open bing.com and type what you're trying to convert. For example, to convert teaspoon to cup.

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A site I have used for years for converting units of speed, length, area, volume, weight... everything you can think of is www.onlineconversion.com.

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