How to Cook Faster and Clean Up Less

I'm officially done with measuring by volume (or US customary units). It's inefficient and not as precise. Using scale while cooking will decrease the number of dishes you clean, speed up mixing times, and make your dishes come out perfect every time.

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[etherdog]

Hell ya, Ethan! I've been using weight measurement almost exclusively for a while and it is so frustrating to to see volumes only in recipes. America's Test Kitchen did a study and found volume measurements of flour can vary by as much as 50% (King Arthur Flour defines their cup s 120 grams). This is probably your most important video yet. Good work, mate!

[DerWaschbar]

Well the main obstacle would be the recipes, most of what I find online, in books or on packages are expressed in volume. But yeah, for our own cooking notes it's a great point.

[hiriasbloodweaver]

As a european, I was heavily disappointed that I can't save any more time

[guzelmarmara]

Next: Ditch your funny imperial system for metric.

[stevewilcox]

I'm from Europe and use metric, I weigh in the main but you can't beat tsp and tbsp for measuring spices and salt etc. Anyway if you cook a lot then you'll find you don't need to measure much except when baking. I've made pancakes by eye with a recipe and they turn out good even though I don't make them very often.

[eugenetswong]

It is great to see somebody tackling the topic of clean up.

Would you do a topic of how clean a filthy oven? It seems that we need harsh chemicals. I don't mean to disrespect these chemicals or the brilliant people that gave them to us, though. I just wish that we could have some simple way that doesn't require gloves or chemicals that harm rivers and oceans.

[hl]

Good move. As a Brit I know the results are better using scales for baking.

[lindakler]

You've sold me with the facts. I shall reform. For your consideration though, the coarse language is a speed bump for some of us old schoolers, possibly a no-go. You're the man with the Channel and you make the choices. By the way, I believe you were the one that did a segment on cabbage haluski which brought back many family memories. Thank you.

[Adeline]

Yaaas! It's like you have to have a set of cups and spoons for wet stuff and one for dry. I'm so done. I have a cheapo scale but I'm ordering one with a bigger surface area!!! Thanks Ethan!!!!

[flolwaq]

Loved the video as someone who always measures (or just goes by feeling), but just have to say that it's actually not a 44% difference, because you subtracted the time of the other 3 dishes, which are done in an equal amount of time

[nickdank]

i’ve been measuring by weight for quite some time, but not always—and honestly not by choice. most recipes do not have a weight conversion, and i hate taking the time to look up all the conversions myself, which is probably more time consuming than just doing the extra prep and dish cleanup. any suggestions?

[ribidimi]

love this, thanks for the change you are making with this

[grandsome]

Measure the first few time you do a recipe, but what's important is that you get a good feeling for the ratios so you can do it only by ratio of whatever cup and spoon you have laying around, and keep tasting 'til it's right.

[xadok]

its even more time-saving when measuring sticky things like molasses, i HATED doing that with cups, now its way faster because you can just pour it until its the right amount

[amarige]

This man has made a fool out of all of us. Pampered Chef, you tricked me.

[maxjosephwheeler]

*I'm with YOU, any cookbooks I buy in the future better be by weight.*

[אלעד-נג]

This video says everything i have ever thought.
#nomorecups

great video, getting better with each release.

[johns]

How did you pour the pancake mixture without using the measuring cup to pour the mixture into the pan?

[dustinfox]

Any advice or tools you use to convert volume based recipes to weight based?