Cooked weight listing in database for meat

dustyhockeymom

I usually try to weigh my meat raw before I cook it, but sometimes that isn't an option. In those cases I weigh my portion after it is cooked. When I do this I always try to find a meat listing that lists a cooking method. I assume that if there is a cooking method that the weight in the listing is for the cooked weight, as compared to a raw listing. Is this an accurate assumption?

Pandorian

there's no standard for cooked weight as some consider blue-rare to be cooked while others prefer well done which will remove a lot more water weight... same calories in the piece of meat but the blue-rare is going to weigh more, and unless the "cooked" says how cooked it is your better off sticking with raw measures.

NoAdditives

there's no standard for cooked weight as some consider blue-rare to be cooked while others prefer well done which will remove a lot more water weight... same calories in the piece of meat but the blue-rare is going to weigh more, and unless the "cooked" says how cooked it is your better off sticking with raw measures.

I agree. If I don't weigh something before I cook it I either estimate the weight based on size and past experience or I just don't log it. Being a little over or under on calories once in a while isn't a big deal.