How much does beef shrink when cooked?

47Jacqueline
47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
If I have a minute steak that weighs 5 oz raw, how much would it weigh when I cook it in the toaster oven?

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  • rextcat
    rextcat Posts: 1,407 Member
    depends on how long you cook it and what the fat% is



    and why would you cook it in a toaster oven?
  • dlcam61
    dlcam61 Posts: 228 Member
    Uhm you use the pre-cooked weight to log it. And why are you toasting it? I wouldn't want that in my convection toaster oven either.
  • Martucha123
    Martucha123 Posts: 1,089 Member
    log it raw
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I use a toaster oven because I don't have a regular oven. Why would I log it raw?
  • Martucha123
    Martucha123 Posts: 1,089 Member
    because you know the weight of raw product
  • caraiselite
    caraiselite Posts: 2,631 Member
    why cook it in the oven at all? cook it in a skillet if you can't grill it.
  • rextcat
    rextcat Posts: 1,407 Member
    why cook it in the oven at all? cook it in a skillet if you can't grill it.

    yup skillet it!
  • Elleinnz
    Elleinnz Posts: 1,661 Member
    I use a toaster oven because I don't have a regular oven. Why would I log it raw?

    I weigh all my meat when it is raw - and log it under that weight - most of what you lose when you cook it is moisture ( especially if the meat is lean to start with)
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