Comfort-food planning
Make enough mashed potatoes for every plate.
Turn your guest count into raw potato pounds, finished half-cup servings, butter, and milk you can put on a shopping list.
Read the mashed potato quantity guideHow this mashed potato estimate works
The calculator starts with raw purchase weight, applies your buffer, then rounds up to the next quarter pound.
- One raw pound is estimated to make about two cups of finished mashed potatoes.
- A half-cup is the displayed serving unit, but adult portions may be larger.
- Butter and milk scale from the rounded raw purchase weight.
- Peeling style, trimming, potato variety, and added ingredients change the final yield.