Burger calculation

sandboxjunction

How do you determine nutrition of a burger. Is it pre cooked weight or cooked? Thanks

kuftae

Assuming your getting it from a restaurant....?

I find a comparable burger and use that if the exact one is not available in the database. there's a lot more in a restaurant burger than just meat-- oils, breadcrumbs, etc.

perkymommy

I weigh ground beef after cooking it. If you are eating out then try to find a comparable burger on the tracker. I've found most popular restaurants to be on there.

rileysowner

Making it yourself, weigh raw. There is too much variation in cooking effects to weigh cooked. A little extra cooking can result in a significant weight change not from nutritional stuff but from loss of water.

Queenmunchy

Weigh your meat raw, log that percentage, then weigh each topping and condiment and log those.

kuftae

Queenmunchy wrote: »

Weigh your meat raw, log that percentage, then weigh each topping and condiment and log those.

Also, it is easier to accurately count lean meat (90/10 or 96/4) as opposed to 80/20 beef. If you weigh it raw then there will be a lot less fat drain off after cooking.

sandboxjunction

Thank you all. I am cooking at home. I was hoping you said weigh it cooked

Shrinking_Erin

We always weighed burgers raw.

IILikeToMoveItMoveIt

I weigh everything raw...

WholeFoods4Lyfe

I weigh everything raw when I can. I prefer my steak Rare so the cooked weight is very close to the raw weight. However, my husband prefers his steak Medium-Well so there is a significant difference between the cooked and raw weight.

Francl27

sandboxjunction wrote: »

Thank you all. I am cooking at home. I was hoping you said weigh it cooked

You can weigh it cooked and use a 'cooked' entry, but it's more accurate to weigh it raw.