Cooking & baking
Portions, conversions between cups and grams, cooking times and the substitutions a recipe forces on you. 46 tools, including Air Fryer Converter, Baker's Percentage Calculator, Baking Pan Size Converter and BBQ Calculator. All free, with no account and nothing to install.
Air Fryer ConverterConvert any oven recipe to air fryer temperature and time, adjusted for food type and basket load.Baker's Percentage CalculatorConvert baker's percentages to ingredient weights, with the flour as the 100% base.Baking Pan Size ConverterConvert a recipe between baking pans by comparing base areas, get the scale ratio and a batter-depth note, and auto-scale your ingredient list.BBQ CalculatorTurns a guest list into a shopping list: raw meat by cut — with the honest cooking yields, 50% for ribs and pulled pork against 75% for steak — buns, sides, drinks and ice, then the fuel, charcoal by the kilo or propane as a share of a bottle, and a cost estimate. Metric and imperial together.Brine calculatorWork out how much salt you need for a brine at a target concentration.Butter ConverterConvert butter between cups, sticks, grams and tablespoons.Cake Servings CalculatorEstimate how many servings your cake will yield based on its size and layers.Catering cost calculatorEstimate the total catering cost for an event from guests and price per head.Cheese Board CalculatorWorks out how much cheese a board needs from guests, occasion, appetite and duration — an event running past two hours adds about 15% per extra hour — then splits it into soft, hard, blue and fresh, names the number of cheeses and boards, sizes the bread, charcuterie, fruit, nuts and pickles, and costs the lot. Grams and ounces side by side.Chocolate Fountain CalculatorHow much chocolate and dipping food an event needs from guests, fountain size and duration.Cocktail ABV calculatorThe strength of a mixed drink is the total pure alcohol divided by the total volume. List each ingredient's volume and its ABV, add the water from melting ice, and get the finished drink's ABV, its volume and how many standard drinks it holds.Cocktail batch calculatorScale up a single cocktail into a large batch for a party.Coffee brew ratio calculatorDial in a brew from a coffee-to-water ratio: enter the grams of coffee and your ratio (1:15–1:17 for pour-over, 1:12 for French press) to get the water in grams — which for water is also millilitres.Meat cooking time calculatorEstimate the roasting time for meat from its weight.Cooking Unit ConverterConvert between cups, grams, ounces and millilitres — including volume to weight using real ingredient densities.Cost per serving calculatorWork out the cost of one serving from a recipe's total cost and number of servings.Dietary Restriction Recipe FilterFilters 52 real dishes by ten restrictions at once — vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, egg-free, soy-free, shellfish-free, low-carb and pescatarian — and by meal type, with a live match count. Every dish carries the allergens it actually contains, including the hidden ones: pine nuts in pesto, wheat in soy sauce and asafoetida, anchovy in Worcestershire sauce, soy lecithin in chocolate.Dough Hydration CalculatorCalculate dough hydration %, water needed, or a full recipe from flour and hydration.Fermentation Time CalculatorEstimate fermentation time for sourdough, kombucha, kraut and more using the Q10 rule.Homebrew ABV calculatorFrom the original and final gravity of a fermentation, the alcohol by volume. Choose the standard, alternate or a high-ABV formula — the last is more accurate for strong beers and wines.Marinade Time CalculatorFind the right marinating window for any cut, adjusted for thickness and marinade acidity.Meat per person calculatorWork out how much meat to buy for a gathering from guests and serving size.Meat Smoking CalculatorEstimate smoking time, target internal temperature and the best wood for 14 classic BBQ cuts.Meat Temperature GuideFind the safe internal cooking temperature for meat, poultry and fish.Oven Temperature ConverterConvert oven temperatures between Celsius, Fahrenheit, gas mark and fan-oven settings.Party Drinks CalculatorEstimate how many drinks, wine bottles and beers you need for your party.Pasta Portion CalculatorWork out how much dried pasta and cooking water you need per person.Pizza dough calculatorWork out flour, water, salt and yeast for a batch of pizza dough balls.Pizza Party CalculatorFind out how many pizzas to order for your party.Pizza value calculatorWhich pizza is the better deal? Area grows with the square of the diameter, so a bigger pie is usually cheaper per bite than it looks. Enter two pizzas' size and price to compare cost per square inch and see the winner.Recipe Nutrition CalculatorAdd ingredients to get calories, protein, carbs and fat per serving and for the whole recipe.Recipe scalerScale a recipe ingredient up or down for a different number of servings.Rice Portion CalculatorWork out how much dried rice and cooking water you need per person.Rice to water ratio calculatorFind how much water you need to cook a given amount of rice.Smoking Wood Pairing GuideMatch smoking woods to meats in both directions, filtered by the smoke strength you want.Sourdough CalculatorBuild a sourdough recipe from loaf size, hydration, starter and salt (starter flour/water accounted for).Sous Vide CalculatorGet the exact water bath temperature and minimum time by thickness, for every cut and doneness.Spaghetti Portion CalculatorTotal weight per servings plus the no-scale bundle diameter and an approximate strand count.Spice Substitution FinderPick the spice you have run out of among 40 — warm, earthy, chilli, aromatic, herbs and blends — enter how much the recipe wants, and get substitutes with real conversion ratios already scaled: 1 tsp allspice becomes ½ tsp cinnamon + ¼ tsp cloves + ¼ tsp nutmeg. Each one says what it changes — colour, heat or aroma — and a pantry filter hides anything you are unlikely to own.Taco bar calculatorPlan a taco bar without running short: from the number of adults and kids and how hungry the crowd is, it works out total tacos, the shells or tortillas to buy, and how many pounds of protein to cook. A stress-free shopping list for taco night.Turkey Cooking Time CalculatorWork out the cooking time, resting time and when to start so the turkey lands right on serving time.Turkey thawing time calculatorEstimate how long a frozen turkey takes to thaw in the fridge or cold water.Wedding alcohol calculatorHow much wine, beer and spirits a wedding or party needs, so nobody runs dry and you don't over-buy. From the guest count, how long the bar is open, how much people drink and your wine/beer/spirits split, it works out drinks and bottles — plus a champagne toast.Wine for a party calculatorEstimate how many bottles of wine you need for a party from guests and hours.Wine Pairing SuggesterRanks eighteen wine styles against a dish described by course, main ingredient, cooking method and cuisine — and explains every ranking: tannin cut by fat, acidity against richness, sweetness above chilli heat, char answered by oak. Each suggestion carries its serving temperature and two or three concrete grapes or appellations to buy.Yeast conversion calculatorConvert fresh yeast into the equivalent amount of active dry and instant yeast.