How do you weigh your meats?

Would love to hear answers on this one! I too find this confusing.

raw and thawed!

I believe you're supposed to weigh them raw. The general rule for chicken is that 4oz raw will turn into 3oz cooked.

I always weigh in the raw state as this is how the nutrition label on the packaging is made up.

it depends ..if im doing like a casserole, i weigh it raw and enter it that way (ieL one pound ground meat) ..if im making just a chicken breast or steak, i log it as cooked based on prep (boiled, baked, etc)

Way too easy...walking away now!

he most accurate way to do this is to weigh your meat before and after. Meat shrinks when cooked but the calories remain the same. A good rule of thumb I use for meat is, 4 oz of raw meat will usually yield 3 oz.

When it comes to grains like rice, quinoa, pasta, etc., the nutritional data listed is the uncooked weight. These grains expand to more than double since they absorb a lot of water, so if you measure it after it's cooked, you'll be way off.

With my meat scale...

Usually, it;s pre-weighed at the counter of the butcher.

Well, I apologize to those of you who found this an easy answer. It wasn't easy for me or I wouldn't have asked. Why not be positive on here? I posted a clear title to my post so if you didn't like it a comment wasn't necessary. Thanks to those who helped!

They didn't mean easy, as in an easy question. They meant easy, as in easy to turn this thread into a sexual firestorm.

You are welcome.

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This, completely.