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Help with weighing meats with my scale?

kremsergirl
kremsergirl Posts: 35
edited September 2024 in Recipes
up until now, I have been weighing out my meats raw before marinading them and cooking them. But tonight, I weighed my chicken breast and it was almost half an ounce less than before we grilled it.
Question:am I supposed to weigh the meat (raw) before and use that number, or weigh it after cooking?
Thanks!

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  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    When I used to eat meat I always weighed it after cooking.
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    You can do either, whichever suits you better.
    Just search in the database for "raw" or "cooked" after the name of the meat.
  • stronglikebull
    stronglikebull Posts: 402
    if you weigh it raw you're getting the info for the meat only, regardless of what happens to it during cooking. i personally think its more accurate.
  • lisadhancock
    lisadhancock Posts: 103
    I've always weighed mine cooked.... hmmm!
  • StevLL
    StevLL Posts: 921 Member
    We've been weighing after it's cooked for the most part, because thats when we are portioning it out and we write the weight on the baggy or container.
  • kremsergirl
    kremsergirl Posts: 35
    It's just so confusing because the booklet that came with mine lists the meats as raw, not cooked... Hmm.
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