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Food calculators

Kitchen and brewing ratios: baker’s percentages, dilutions, yields and the maths behind a recipe that scales.

Baker’s percentage & hydrationExpresses each dough ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight, as bakers do.Brine strengthSalt needed to make a brine of a given strength, by weight of the water.ABV from gravity readingsAlcohol by volume of a home-brewed beer or wine from hydrometer readings.Alcohol dilutionWater needed to cut a spirit down from one ABV to a weaker target ABV.Yeast type converterA quantity of yeast converted between active dry, instant and fresh (cake) forms.Self-rising flour from all-purposeBaking powder and salt to turn plain flour into self-rising flour.Rice to water ratioWater needed to cook a given amount of rice, and the approximate cooked yield, by rice type.Dry to cooked pasta weightHow much a portion of dry pasta weighs once boiled, given its typical expansion factor.Party drink plannerTotal drinks needed for a party, split across beer, wine and spirits.Cake servingsHow many servings a round or rectangular cake yields at a given slice size.Ice cream overrunHow much the volume of a churned ice cream mix has grown from the air whipped into it.Cups to grams (ingredient weight)Converts a volume measure of a common ingredient to weight, using typical ingredient density.Turkey roasting & thawing plannerOven time and refrigerator/cold-water thawing time for a turkey, from its weight.Cake pan size converterRescales a recipe's batter amount when swapping to a different pan shape or size.BBQ / party food plannerProtein, sides and drinks to buy for a barbecue or party, per guest.Ham per personHow much ham to buy for a group, by bone-in or boneless serving guidelines.Priming sugarSugar to add for bottle-carbonating a home-brewed beer to a target CO2 level.Cake pricingA sale price for a custom cake from ingredient cost, labour and a target profit margin.Fresh to dried herb conversionDried herb amount to substitute for a fresh herb quantity in a recipe, or the reverse.Garlic form converterEquivalent amount of minced, powdered or granulated garlic for a number of fresh cloves.Turkey thawing timeTime needed to safely thaw a turkey in the refrigerator or in cold water, by weight.Bacon curing ratiosDry-cure salt, pink curing salt and (for wet brining) water for a pork belly, by weight.Molecular SO2 in wineThe antimicrobially active molecular SO2 fraction, from free SO2 and wine pH.Drink chilling timeTime for a drink to cool to a target temperature, using Newtons law of cooling.Ham cooking timeOven roasting time for a ham, from its weight and whether it is fully cooked or fresh.Mashed potatoes per personHow much mash to make and how many raw potatoes to buy for a group.BBQ grill sizeGrilling surface area needed for a cookout, and an equivalent round grill diameter.Egg boiling timeBoiling time for an egg by size and doneness, scaled from a large-egg baseline.Tea steeping guideRecommended water temperature and steep time by tea type, and leaves needed for a batch.Oil to butter converterConverts a recipe quantity between cooking oil and butter using the standard baking ratio.Popcorn yieldPopped popcorn volume from a quantity of unpopped kernels, and servings it makes.

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