How many meatballs (~2 in.diameter) will I get from a pound of ground meat?

Suzi
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  • December 20, 2011
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Debbie B. April 5, 2019
Try cooking your meatballs right in the big pot of sauce from raw. They will melt in your mouth. I learned this from my Italian grandparents. 😊
 
Mary C. December 2, 2019
This is how I make mine.
 
Deena August 19, 2018
And fry them first, then cook them in the gravy (sauce). Drain after frying. Use ground pork, beef and veal. (Kitchen remodel, so cooking in apartment.)
 
Deena August 19, 2018
12.25. Meatballs per pound. So either 11 or 13. 4 lbs made 49 meatballs.
 
Deena August 19, 2018
My stove...for reference. I cater.
 
Picholine August 19, 2018
When you make meatballs Smaug , how many viable meatballs do you get. I make them often and can’t say exactly how many I will make with approximately 1 lb of ground meat.
 
Smaug August 19, 2018
It's been a while- I did once calculate (after seeing innumerable stew recipes calling for 2" cubes of meat) that a 2" cube would be approximately 1/4 lb. As I recall, I get about a dozen meatballs out of a pound of meat, but as I say it's been a while.
 
Smaug August 19, 2018
ps For comparison, an American billiard ball is 2 1/4".
 
Deena August 19, 2018
Exactly! Who knows? But for some reason, I always end up with an odd amount. 11, 13...it's never the 12 that is the "standard". I'm making 4 lbs of meatballs today. I'll post the total and just divide by 4. :)
 
Deena August 18, 2018
9. Its always an odd number if done correctly. Add breadcrumbs, an egg, onion, garlic and spices and the pound becomes a pound plus. So, definitely 9 2" meatballs, if done right. (If you are eyeballing the size...maybe 11.) An even number is just...odd.
 
Picholine March 7, 2017
Use an ice cream scoop about the size you want the meatballs to be for forming all same size meatballs.
 
Greenstuff March 3, 2017
Here's a fun meatball calculator
http://www.had2know.com/culinary/meatball-calculator-recipe-yield.html
 
SMSF March 7, 2017
love it! I plugged in my meatball recipe proportions and it was spot on for my 2" meatballs. Thanks for sharing this!
 
John S. December 21, 2019
This link is broken, here is the actual link: https://goodcalculators.com/meatball-calculator/
 
Smaug March 3, 2017
You'd probably do best to measure them, but a 2" meatball will be 8 times the size of a 1". That would be a huge meatball- I'd have my doubts about it's viability.
 
Vi March 2, 2017
8 meatballs.... 2-inch meatballs are about two ounces each there's only 16 ounces in one pound. And 1 inch meatballs equal about 1 ounce and they're 16 in a pound. See photo below that is one pound one inch at one ounce each .....
 
jelly December 20, 2011
1" meatball are 1 oz so about 24 per lb (16 oz)
 
Celeste W. June 22, 2019
If 1" meatball weighs 1 oz then how can there be 24 per lb? :)
 

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sdebrango December 20, 2011
Are you adding bread or breadcrumbs to the meat? You will get considerably more if you do. I looked this recipe http://www.food52.com/recipes/823_hungarian_meatballs looks like the meatballs are small and she uses 1 1/2 pounds of ground meat plus breadcrumbs and it yields between 20 and 30 meatballs. No way to give you an exact answer but this should ballpark it.
 
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