Chicken drumstick: weights & conversions
One weighs about 120 g. 100 g is 161 calories and 18.1 g of protein.
Also written as: chicken drumsticks, drumstick, drumsticks.
A recipe states what you buy, not what you eat. About 67% of the purchased weight of chicken drumstick reaches the plate — the rest is bone, skin and trim. Every figure below is per 100 g of edible portion.
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1 chicken drumstick of chicken drumstick is about 120 grams.
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts chicken drumstick instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 chicken drumstick | 120 g | 4.23 oz |
| 2 chicken drumsticks | 240 g | |
| 3 chicken drumsticks | 360 g | |
| 4 chicken drumsticks | 480 g | |
| 6 chicken drumsticks | 720 g | |
| 12 chicken drumsticks | 1440 g |
Ounces and pounds
The weights an older recipe card is most likely to use.
| Weight | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | |
| 4 oz (1/4 lb) | 113 g | |
| 8 oz (1/2 lb) | 227 g | |
| 1 lb | 454 g | |
| 100 g | 100 g |
Nutrition
Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.
| Measure | Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Fiber | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g (100 g) | 161 | 18.1 g | 9.2 g | 0 g | 0 g | 84 mg |
| Per chicken drumstick (120 g) | 193 | 21.7 g | 11 g | 0 g | 0 g | 101 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 183 | 20.5 g | 10.4 g | 0 g | 0 g | 95 mg |
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- How much does one chicken drumstick weigh?
- One chicken drumstick weighs about 120 g (4.23 oz), so a pound is roughly 4 of them.
- How many calories are in chicken drumstick?
- Chicken drumstick has about 161 calories per 100 g, so one chicken drumstick is roughly 193 calories.
- How much protein is in chicken drumstick?
- About 18.1 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 20.5 g in a 4 oz portion.
- Does all the weight on the package of chicken drumstick get eaten?
- No. About 67% of the purchased weight reaches the plate — the rest is bone, skin and trim. The figures on this page are per 100 g of edible meat, so every pound you buy yields roughly 304 g to eat.