🥄 Steel-Cut Oats: Cups to Grams

1 US cup of steel-cut oats weighs 140 g when spooned into the cup and levelled. Below are the cups, spoons and grams-to-cups charts.

1 cup140 g
½ cup70 g
1 tablespoon8.8 g
1 teaspoon2.9 g

Convert steel-cut oats

Steel-Cut Oats: US cups to grams

US cupsGramsOunces
⅛ cup18 g0.62 oz
¼ cup35 g1.23 oz
⅓ cup47 g1.65 oz
½ cup70 g2.5 oz
⅔ cup93 g3.3 oz
¾ cup105 g3.7 oz
1 cup140 g4.9 oz
1 ½ cups210 g7.4 oz
2 cups280 g9.9 oz
3 cups420 g14.8 oz
4 cups560 g19.8 oz

Steel-Cut Oats: tablespoons and teaspoons to grams

Spoons (level)Grams
¼ teaspoon0.7 g
½ teaspoon1.5 g
1 teaspoon2.9 g
1 tablespoon8.8 g
2 tablespoons18 g
3 tablespoons26 g
4 tablespoons (¼ cup)35 g

Grams of steel-cut oats to cups

GramsUS cupsTablespoons
10 g0.07 cups1.1 tbsp
25 g0.18 cups2.9 tbsp
50 g0.36 cups5.7 tbsp
100 g0.71 cups11.4 tbsp
125 g0.89 cups14.3 tbsp
150 g1.07 cups17.1 tbsp
200 g1.43 cups22.9 tbsp
250 g1.79 cups28.6 tbsp
300 g2.14 cups34.3 tbsp
500 g3.57 cups57.1 tbsp
1,000 g7.14 cups114.3 tbsp

Metric, UK and Australian measures

MeasureGrams
1 metric cup (250 ml)148 g
½ metric cup74 g
1 UK/metric tablespoon (15 ml)8.9 g
1 Australian tablespoon (20 ml)12 g
100 ml59 g

A metric cup (250 ml, used in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many Indian recipes) holds about 6% more than a US cup.

How to measure steel-cut oats

Pour grains into the cup and level them off. Cooked grains are lightly packed.

Weights are for a level US cup (236.6 ml) and level spoons, from King Arthur Baking's ingredient weight chart. Brands and packing vary by a few per cent; when a recipe gives grams, weigh rather than measure.

Compare: other rice, grains, oats & pulses (1 cup)

Frequently asked questions

How many grams is 1 cup of steel-cut oats?

1 level US cup of steel-cut oats weighs about 140 g (4.9 oz). A 250 ml metric cup weighs about 148 g.

How many grams is 1 tablespoon of steel-cut oats?

1 level tablespoon of steel-cut oats is about 8.8 g, and 1 teaspoon is about 2.9 g.

How many cups is 100 grams of steel-cut oats?

100 g of steel-cut oats is about 0.71 cups, or 11.4 tablespoons.

Why is a cup of steel-cut oats not as heavy as a cup of water?

A cup measures volume, not weight. Steel-Cut Oats is full of air between the particles, so a cup weighs much less than a cup of water (140 g vs 237 g).

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