weighing meat?

FletcherChic
FletcherChic Posts: 158
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
does anybody know when to weigh meat (before or after cooking)? we are making burgers for lunch and hubby threw them on the grill before i could weigh the meat for my pattie...i know that meat usually weighs more when it is raw but does this make a difference in the cals???

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  • FletcherChic
    FletcherChic Posts: 158
    does anybody know when to weigh meat (before or after cooking)? we are making burgers for lunch and hubby threw them on the grill before i could weigh the meat for my pattie...i know that meat usually weighs more when it is raw but does this make a difference in the cals???
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    I weigh after. make sense to me! most of the fat fueled the fire!:smokin:
  • Hannah_Banana
    Hannah_Banana Posts: 1,242 Member
    does anybody know when to weigh meat (before or after cooking)? we are making burgers for lunch and hubby threw them on the grill before i could weigh the meat for my pattie...i know that meat usually weighs more when it is raw but does this make a difference in the cals???

    I don't know why but this really made me chuckle. I just got this image of you running out to your husband with the food scale, all panicky... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    I've always weighed it after. A lot of fat/water is cooked out of it and as far as I know this is the accurate way to do it.
  • manny1m
    manny1m Posts: 4
    I always weigh sfter cooking.
  • FletcherChic
    FletcherChic Posts: 158
    does anybody know when to weigh meat (before or after cooking)? we are making burgers for lunch and hubby threw them on the grill before i could weigh the meat for my pattie...i know that meat usually weighs more when it is raw but does this make a difference in the cals???

    I don't know why but this really made me chuckle. I just got this image of you running out to your husband with the food scale, all panicky... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    I've always weighed it after. A lot of fat/water is cooked out of it and as far as I know this is the accurate way to do it.

    your mental image is almost accurate :laugh: ...thankfully i restrained myself from snatching the meat off the grill to weigh it...lucky for hubby all of you suggest weighing after...otherwise i would have smacked him with a spatula!!! :mad:
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    does anybody know when to weigh meat (before or after cooking)? we are making burgers for lunch and hubby threw them on the grill before i could weigh the meat for my pattie...i know that meat usually weighs more when it is raw but does this make a difference in the cals???

    I don't know why but this really made me chuckle. I just got this image of you running out to your husband with the food scale, all panicky... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    I've always weighed it after. A lot of fat/water is cooked out of it and as far as I know this is the accurate way to do it.

    your mental image is almost accurate :laugh: ...thankfully i restrained myself from snatching the meat off the grill to weigh it...lucky for hubby all of you suggest weighing after...otherwise i would have smacked him with a spatula!!! :mad:

    Ok, now you got ME lol:laugh: :laugh:
    Get back here you:angry: ! Give me my burger:grumble: !
    Dh watches me and clicks his mouth as I measure the meat 1st before, then after!! BTW on 7% low fat hamburger meat it went from 4 oz to 3.75!!
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