Chicken weights cooked/uncooked

**beuleux** · 07-10-2006, 04:19 PM

I was wondering which was the most cost effective way of using chicken/turkey protien so I conducted this little experiment if anyones interested..

Tesco 1kg chicken fillets £5.50
Cooked weight 500g
£1.10/100g

Tesco 1kg turkey fillets £4.30
Cooked weight 500g
£0.86/100g

Tesco 1.65kg frozen whole chicken £2.00
cooked weight 1.150kg
Stripped meat 550g
£0.36/100g

I cant find any frozen whole turkeys this time of year in the UK if anyone knows let me know. I was surprised to only get 550g of meat from a whole chicken but still the most cost effective. Frozen turkey would be better still If I could find one lol

**chest6** · 07-10-2006, 05:10 PM

metric system confuses me

**beuleux** · 07-10-2006, 05:32 PM

Any better...

100g = 3.5oz
1kg = 2.2lbs
£1 = $1.8

**svarturer** · 07-11-2006, 02:23 AM

hehehe!!! The metric RULES

**Kärnfysikern** · 07-11-2006, 07:31 AM

god damn chicken filets that lose 50% of its weight when cooked. Isnt it law to label water content in the bags of filets over there?

I always by the filets with at most 10% water. 1kg uncooked leaves roughly 2/3's of a kg cooked.

**spittin' 'n cussin'** · 07-11-2006, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by johan

Isnt it law to label water content in the bags of filets over there?

we have laws against illegal mexicans but for some reason we let them dance through our streets as if they have rights...

johan, im moving to sweden, isnt that where blondes come from?

**IBdmfkr** · 07-11-2006, 10:13 AM

hahahah dancing mexicans are crazy.

**GREENMACHINE** · 07-11-2006, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by johan

god damn chicken filets that lose 50% of its weight when cooked. Isnt it law to label water content in the bags of filets over there?

I always by the filets with at most 10% water. 1kg uncooked leaves roughly 2/3's of a kg cooked.

Nope not in Eire anyway. Never heard of a fillet losing 50% of it's weigh though. In fact it is common practice to inject chicken with water, gelatin and pork proteins.

**chest6** · 07-11-2006, 11:33 AM

I dunno but the weight is much different. I always go by raw. I go by the rule that 1oz chicken raw=6g protein. Seems bout right. Same with sweet taters..1oz sweet tater=6g carbs. Hope Im right..cuz ive been doin that for awhile

**IBdmfkr** · 07-11-2006, 11:46 AM

pretty close, that's what my food scales says.

**Katelette81** · 07-11-2006, 12:16 PM

So if someone's on a stric cutting diet all weighing should be done pre-cooking? That's gonna suck..

**IBdmfkr** · 07-11-2006, 12:25 PM

You can weigh cooked or uncooked but you have to consider it when figuring out the macros.

cooked weight is different than raw.

**chest6** · 07-11-2006, 03:50 PM

Yep..if you are gonna do one stick to that method and don't switch over..cuz the difference is more than a little. Other day I cooked a 11oz chicken raw and it ended up 8 ounces cooked..big difference

**Kärnfysikern** · 07-11-2006, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by spittin' 'n cussin'

we have laws against illegal mexicans but for some reason we let them dance through our streets as if they have rights...

johan, im moving to sweden, isnt that where blondes come from?

You better hurry the blondes are predicted to become extinct even in the nordic countries

**Kärnfysikern** · 07-11-2006, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by Katelette81

So if someone's on a stric cutting diet all weighing should be done pre-cooking? That's gonna suck..

Yes. almost all macro tables list the macros pre cooked.

If a piece of meat has 200kcal for every 100 grams raw and lose 1/3 of its weight when cooked it means it has 300kcal for every 100 grams instead after cooking. Big differences.

So always weight pre cooking. Just about all meat and chicken lose 1/3 of its weigth though. I have checked that so often with so many different kinds of meat and different ways of cooking that I dont check anymore. I just go by that rule nowdays. 200grams of cooked meat=300 grams of raw meat.