weight of meats

kelleybean1

Do you calculate calories on meat according to the weight before or after it's cooked?

81Katz

Mine, AFTER it's cooked but I look for the appropriate USDA values for COOKED meat.

I often cook up multiple pieces of chicken at one time, so there isn't really a way for me to weigh each piece before I cook it and remember which piece was what/weighed what.

Usually I only measure something raw if it's ground meat for a recipe where it can't be weighed after.

Alliwan

i do it after also, as if the fat cooks out, im not eating it and i weigh what i do eat.

but i know ppl have said they weight before cooking, so idk what the right answer is either

Francl27

Both work, before is more accurate, but as long as you use the appropriate entry, it's not a big deal.

sunsetzen

I weigh it raw, since the package only gives calories raw. I cook for my family and usually use it in a combination, so its impossible to weigh afterwards. I'm fairly sure all of my meat calories are overestimated.

Care76

I do both. When I am making a stir fry, which I make a lot of, or stew, soup, etc, I weigh everything raw and use the macros for raw. If I am making a roast or say a turkey like today,I will weigh it cooked and use the macros for it cooked. The same if I make chicken parm or similar, I weigh it cooked and use the same amount of cheese and sauce for each piece so I can figure it out. It probably isn't perfect, but oh well.