Every common kitchen volume in one converter — spoons, cups, pints, quarts and gallons alongside millilitres, litres and fluid ounces.
US kitchen volumes hang together in fixed ratios: 3 teaspoons make a tablespoon, 16 tablespoons make a cup, 2 cups make a pint, 2 pints a quart and 4 quarts a gallon. Metric conversion runs through millilitres — a US cup is 236.6 ml, a tablespoon 14.8 ml and a teaspoon 4.93 ml. This converter routes every conversion through millilitres so any pair works, and also shows the amount in every other unit for quick recipe translation. Note that a US cup (236.6 ml) differs from a metric cup (250 ml) used in some countries.
How many tablespoons are in a cup? 16 tablespoons make 1 US cup, and 48 teaspoons make a cup. A half cup is 8 tablespoons, a third of a cup is 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon, and a quarter cup is 4 tablespoons.
Is a fluid ounce the same as an ounce of weight? No. A fluid ounce measures volume (about 29.6 ml); an ounce measures weight (about 28.3 g). They only coincide for water, which is the source of the saying 'a pint's a pound'. For other ingredients, use an ingredient converter or a scale.