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Dashes to Pinches Converter

Convert dashes (dash) to pinches (pinch), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

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Enter an amount, choose its measure and the one you want, and pick the type. Spoons and cups convert to weight using the cited weight per cup.

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About toUnit you want. Swap exchanges the two units.
About ingredientWeight per cup differs by ingredient and by how it is measured; each option names the assumption used.
Result
Converted amount
2 pinch

1 dashes = 2 pinches.

Show the the same amount in other weight units (18 rows)
The same amount in other weight units
UnitAmount
US teaspoons0.125
US tablespoons0.0416667
US fluid ounces0.0208333
US cups0.00260417
US liquid pints0.00130208
US liquid quarts0.000651042
US gallons0.00016276
US nutrition-label fluid ounces0.0205372
US nutrition-label cups0.00256715
milliliters0.616115
liters0.000616115
metric teaspoons0.123223
metric tablespoons0.0410743
metric cups0.00246446
imperial fluid ounces0.0216842
imperial pints0.00108421
imperial quarts0.000542106
imperial gallons0.000135526
Show the working
  1. 1 dash = 0.616115199219 mL
  2. 0.616115199219 mL ÷ 0.308057599609 mL per pinch = 2 pinch

How to convert dashes to pinches

1 dash = 2 pinch, so multiply by 2 to go from dashes to pinches. Going the other way, 1 pinch = 0.5 dash.

pinch = dash × 2
dash = pinch × 0.5

Worked example:

5 dash = 3.08057599609 mL
3.08057599609 mL ÷ 0.308057599609 mL per pinch = 10 pinch

Dashes to pinches table

DashesPinches
1 dash2 pinch
2 dash4 pinch
3 dash6 pinch
4 dash8 pinch
5 dash10 pinch
6 dash12 pinch
7 dash14 pinch
8 dash16 pinch
9 dash18 pinch
10 dash20 pinch
15 dash30 pinch
20 dash40 pinch
25 dash50 pinch
30 dash60 pinch
40 dash80 pinch
50 dash100 pinch
75 dash150 pinch
100 dash200 pinch
250 dash500 pinch
500 dash1,000 pinch
1000 dash2,000 pinch

About the units

Dashes (dash)
Dashes, a US customary unit. An informal convention from measuring-spoon sets; recipes use it loosely. Definition: Cooking weights and measures: US measuring-spoon conventions (dash = 1/8, pinch = 1/16, smidgen = 1/32 teaspoon; not a legal standard).
Pinches (pinch)
Pinches, a US customary unit. An informal convention from measuring-spoon sets; recipes use it loosely. Definition: Cooking weights and measures: US measuring-spoon conventions (dash = 1/8, pinch = 1/16, smidgen = 1/32 teaspoon; not a legal standard).

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