Jambalaya calc ratio question

I don’t know how the calculator is set up, but I measure 1 pound of rice as 2.333 cups.

1 cup rice, 1.5 cups stock is what I use. 2 cups rice, 3 cups stock. 3 cups rice, 4.5 cups stock. So forth, so on…

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1 pound of rice = 2.5 cups by volume. Weight does not equate to volume.

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Jambalaya calculator needs to be updated to reflect this then

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You're kidding, right? It has always reflected that.

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Where? Because all it says is:

“1lb rice OR 2.5 cups”

These aren’t equal so the calculator should reflect that.

How much does 2.5 cups of rice weigh?

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How much does 2.5 cups of rice weigh?

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1 pound.

What kind of rice are you using that is heavier than usual?

I think OP's problem is they don't fully understand the difference in ounces of weight versus fluid ounces, aka ounces of volume. For water, they can be used just about interchangeably, but it differs depending on the density of the food.

Rice isn't as dense as water, so it takes more fluid ounces to equal an ounce of weight. About 1.25 fluid ounces of rice to equal an ounce of weight.

A pound of rice can vary between 2.25 and 2.5 cups volume, depending on type of rice and methods of measurement. Short grain rice packs more densely into a 1 cup measure than long grain rice.

If still unconvinced, it's easy enough to buy a 1 pound bag of rice and pour it into cup measures.

PocheJP,

I thought you might like to know that the JC is averaging almost a thousand downloads a month in the last 3 years, even 15 years after it started.

Your Jambalaya recipe has been downloaded almost 13 thousand times in the same time period.

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1 cup rice, 1.5 cups stock

This is a solid ratio.
I'm around 10-12 oz per 1 cup of rice. I'll initially start with 10oz of stock then eyeball it and add more.

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I always do 2:1 and have always been told that for rice. Is there really a noticeable difference with a half cup less water/stock?

I know with bigger pots (10+ gallon the ratio is less)