All-in-one cooking unit converter: cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces, and milliliters. Convert any kitchen measurement instantly.
The all-in-one cooking measurement converter handles every common kitchen volume unit: cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces, and milliliters. Enter a value in any unit and see all equivalents instantly.
Recipe conversion is a frequent kitchen task. You might need to double a recipe, convert a European recipe from milliliters to cups, figure out how many teaspoons equal 30 mL, or determine how many tablespoons are in 3/4 cup. This single tool answers all of those questions.
All conversions use US customary standards (1 cup = 236.588 mL, 1 tbsp = 14.787 mL, 1 tsp = 4.929 mL). The relationships between units are clean: 1 cup = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp = 8 fl oz.
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US Customary relationships: 1 cup = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp = 8 fl oz = 236.588 mL 1 tbsp = 3 tsp = 0.5 fl oz = 14.787 mL 1 tsp = 4.929 mL 1 fl oz = 2 tbsp = 6 tsp = 29.574 mL 1 pint = 2 cups; 1 quart = 4 cups; 1 gallon = 16 cups
Result: 12 tbsp / 177.44 mL
3/4 cup = 0.75 cups × 16 tbsp/cup = 12 tablespoons. In mL: 0.75 × 236.588 = 177.44 mL. In teaspoons: 0.75 × 48 = 36 tsp. In fluid ounces: 0.75 × 8 = 6 fl oz.
US cooking measurements form a nested hierarchy: 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups = 128 fluid ounces. Within a cup: 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons. These clean ratios make mental math possible once you memorize the key relationships.
When doubling a recipe, all measurements simply double. When halving, fractions get tricky. Half of 1/3 cup is 2 tbsp + 2 tsp. Half of 1 tbsp is 1.5 tsp. Knowing the tbsp/tsp relationship makes this easier.
British recipes may use imperial cups (284 mL) or metric cups (250 mL). Australian recipes use 20 mL tablespoons. Japanese cups are 200 mL. Always check the recipe source to determine which standard applies before converting.
There are exactly 16 US tablespoons in 1 US cup. This means 1/4 cup = 4 tbsp, 1/3 cup ≈ 5.33 tbsp, 1/2 cup = 8 tbsp, and 3/4 cup = 12 tbsp.
There are exactly 3 US teaspoons in 1 US tablespoon. So 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons, 2 tablespoons = 6 teaspoons, etc.
Divide the number of fluid ounces by 8. One US cup = 8 US fluid ounces. So 4 fl oz = 1/2 cup, 6 fl oz = 3/4 cup, 12 fl oz = 1.5 cups.
Both hold the same volume (1 cup = 236.588 mL). Liquid cups have a pour spout and extra space above the line. Dry cups have a flat rim for leveling. Using the right type improves measurement accuracy.
Use 10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons (10.667 tbsp total). Alternatively, fill a 1/3 cup measure twice, or use a liquid measuring cup with mL markings and measure 158 mL.
No. The US, UK, Australia, and metric-using countries each have slightly different definitions for cups, tablespoons, and teaspoons. US cup = 236.6 mL, metric cup = 250 mL, Australian tbsp = 20 mL vs US tbsp = 14.8 mL.