is the weight based on raw or cooked weight

J9Lynn93

I am sure the answer is somewhere in these posts, but I cannot find it. If I am making steak, for example, and I search and use a food as a grilled steak, is the weight the cooked weight or the original weight of the steak raw? This question I guess is also for veggies, is the amount the raw amount or the amount after cooked?

mirrim52

I usually use the raw entries and weigh raw. Cooking technique affects how much water the finished product has in it and that can affect the finished weight.

rushfive

I believe it is ..... if you weight it cook, log it cooked. If you weigh it raw, use the raw in logging.

MKEgal

Search the database for whichever you want to use.
[USDA beef tbone steak raw ounce]
[USDA beef tbone steak cooked ounce]
Or insert "vegetable" and the name thereof for "beef tbone steak".
Also works for hamburger, rice, etc.

gaelicstorm26

I personally weigh it cooked and then I am careful to log it using entries for cooked meats. I do veggies and such while raw, but I can't stand handling raw meat.

Liftng4Lis

Raw whenever possible.

mirrim52

gaelicstorm26 wrote: »

I personally weigh it cooked and then I am careful to log it using entries for cooked meats. I do veggies and such while raw, but I can't stand handling raw meat.

This is why I go by store package weight whenever possible. :P I hate raw chicken.
Or, when I buy in big packs, get a big freezer bag, grab meat with hand in inside out bag, flip bag over to close, weigh bag and write weight on it.

J9Lynn93

So since I weighed it cooked, I logged it under grilled fillet mignon. If I would have weighed it raw, I would look for a listing of raw filet mignon. That makes sense, thanks

atypicalsmith

I weigh it cooked because oftentimes meats, especially inexpensive cuts of steak, have portions that are inedible. Then I weigh and subtract the inedible portions.