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Measuring meat

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  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I measure mine while using a snicker bar as the unit of measurement.

    Hopefully king size and not the one bite fun size.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I have a kitchen scale and do try to weigh most meats. More for curiosity anymore as I don't get to caught up in being exact.
  • Mock_Turtle
    Mock_Turtle Posts: 354 Member
    So I purchased a food scale and after the first meal with it, I am surprised! I had one pound of hamburger divided into four patties for the grill. In theory, each is 4 oz. but when they came off the grill, they were each 2.5-2.6 ounces each! I had been underestimating my amount of protein by 40%. This digital scale was purchased off of Amazon and had good reviews - a great $15 investment.

    I am the OP on this topic and hadn't returned til today to check out responses. I agree with posters pointing out that you are not licking the renderings from the bottom of the grill, so why count those calories if you don't have to? I was using the 88 % lean cooked Costco ground beef entry in the database at the only known weight I had...the uncooked weight. Yes, I was erring on the side of caution but I would rather overstate than understate the amount of calories I have eaten. I was shocked to see how much I had overestimated. I knew there would be some shrinkage but now I wonder if the Costco butcher had his thumb on the scale or something....

    The other thing I learned is to choose my wording for topic titles more carefully. ;)

    If you were legitimately "shocked" by how much you overestimated then you must've made a math error somewhere
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    measuring tape was the first thing that came to mind when i read the topic >.>

    i always weigh it first because theres no way of really knowing exactly how much fat/moisture cooked out etc.
    though on the bacon topic, i dont think ive ever seen the raw values on the packs i buy - just cooked. though i do regularly use the bacon drippings for other things like cooking veggies and such, so the raw entry gets used often by me :D
  • Fit147
    Fit147 Posts: 209 Member
    Yeah you idiot, that must be it.
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    That difference is the water it was cooked in. The calories on the pack are for 'dry'. Weigh it before you cook it.
  • LeanerBeef
    LeanerBeef Posts: 1,432 Member
    I have no idea what this is about but I always measure my meat starting at the base of the undercarriage and never after swimming.
  • Keto_T
    Keto_T Posts: 673 Member
    I clicked on this in hopes that men would start discussing measuring meat.

    Me too. There was not ONE "use a ruler!" comment. /disappoint

    Wow, my mind didn't even go there...I must not be feeling well. lol! :wink:

    That's the ONLY reason I clicked on it.
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