2 ounces of pulled pork is how many cups?

I don't think it's going to work out like that because of the difference between fluid ounces and um, regular ounces. Not sure if they're called anything different. As an example, a cup of flower doesn't weigh the same as a cup of sugar.

You'll have to do your best to guesstimate unless you want to lug a kitchen scale with you to the restaurant

On that note, you can certainly get a travel-size scale and stick it in your purse or something if being exact is really important to you.

Two ounces of pork is going to be more than 1/4 c. Closer to 1/2 cup I would think.

Depends whether you puree it first or not. :devil:

For comparison purposes, I think that 2oz of pulled pork would be close to 1/4 cup, maybe a little more.

Hmmm, ever see 2oz of salad greens? Not 1/4 cup!!!!

Having worked in a resturant for 10 years I know that the average size pork sandwich is 4-6 oz. (weight, not stuffed into a cup)

If 2oz of greens can be stuffed into a 1/4 cup my husband will love you. He HATES greens. However, try as I may, it just won't happen. It is a weight vs volume thing.

If you are looking for ways to input the data into your diary, there is an Austin Blues pulled pork that is 2 ounces.

When doing a search, there are always different ways they are measured, by cup, by ounce or gram. Just keep looking until you find the closest thing to what you are eating.

It is good to remember that 28 grams is an ounce, so there is ever the gram option, just change it to 1 gram and time the ounces by 28.

According to Aqua-Calc Conversions & Calculations, 4 cups of shredded pork would weigh 1 kilo, or 2.2 pounds. Even an English major like myself can do the math from there.

zyxst wrote: »

This is going to surprise some of you, but there are 2 types of measuring cups - one for liquids and one for dry ingredients. 2 ounces is 1/4 of a cup.

If you'd rather have a visual, the palm of your hand is comparable to one serving of meat.

But there are also 2 types of ounces. Fluid ounces measure volume (how much space something takes up) Yes 2 fluid ounces is a quarter cup. Both type of cups measure volume.

But there are also ounces by weight. Some things like water will be very close to the same number of ounces by weight and volume. Other things like flour will be vastly different. I don't know where on that spectrum shredded pork falls.

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Sir_Loin_of_Beef wrote: »

According to Aqua-Calc Conversions & Calculations, 4 cups of shredded pork would weigh 1 kilo, or 2.2 pounds. Even an English major like myself can do the math from there.

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FredDoyle wrote: »

zyxst wrote: »

This is going to surprise some of you, but there are 2 types of measuring cups - one for liquids and one for dry ingredients. 2 ounces is 1/4 of a cup.

If you'd rather have a visual, the palm of your hand is comparable to one serving of meat.

What? You'd have to have a dry measuring cup for every conceivable ingredient then as they are all different densities. You can't measure a weight of pulled pork in a cup. Get a scale.
If it's always made the same way, with the same sauce and the same density of meat then at best you could guesstimate after having weighed it and seen how much volume it fills in the measuring cup.

A dry measuring is for measuring volume, not weight, just like a liquid measuring cup. It's meant to be filled to the top -- that is, it's one cup if you fill it to the top. It's meant for measuring things like flour and sugar, where you scoop up an overly full cup, tap the side to get the ingredients to settle, and level off the excess with a flat edge (like the non-cutting edge of a knife) so it's level with the top of the cup.

A liquid measuring cup is transparent and the one-cup line is below the top of the container. It generally has a pouring spout. It's transparent so you can look at it at eye level to make sure the liquid comes up to the one-cup line (or fraction of a cup, if that's what you need, or a larger amount if it's a larger measuring cup -- I have a one cup and a two cup liquid measuring "cup," and I've seen them as large as four cups at least).

lynn_glenmont wrote: »

FredDoyle wrote: »

zyxst wrote: »

This is going to surprise some of you, but there are 2 types of measuring cups - one for liquids and one for dry ingredients. 2 ounces is 1/4 of a cup.

If you'd rather have a visual, the palm of your hand is comparable to one serving of meat.

What? You'd have to have a dry measuring cup for every conceivable ingredient then as they are all different densities. You can't measure a weight of pulled pork in a cup. Get a scale.
If it's always made the same way, with the same sauce and the same density of meat then at best you could guesstimate after having weighed it and seen how much volume it fills in the measuring cup.

A dry measuring is for measuring volume, not weight, just like a liquid measuring cup. It's meant to be filled to the top -- that is, it's one cup if you fill it to the top. It's meant for measuring things like flour and sugar, where you scoop up an overly full cup, tap the side to get the ingredients to settle, and level off the excess with a flat edge (like the non-cutting edge of a knife) so it's level with the top of the cup.

A liquid measuring cup is transparent and the one-cup line is below the top of the container. It generally has a pouring spout. It's transparent so you can look at it at eye level to make sure the liquid comes up to the one-cup line (or fraction of a cup, if that's what you need, or a larger amount if it's a larger measuring cup -- I have a one cup and a two cup liquid measuring "cup," and I've seen them as large as four cups at least).

I know what a dry measuring cup is. I guess you didn't read all the posts. They're all for volume therefore there was absolutely no point in bringing up a dry measuring cup to measure pulled pork. I was trying to explain the absurdity but that doesn't work when people respond without bothering to read all the posts in the thread.