Whole chicken: weights & conversions
One weighs about 1600 g. 100 g is 215 calories and 18.6 g of protein.
Also written as: roasting chicken, frying chicken, fryer chicken, whole fryer.
A recipe states what you buy, not what you eat. About 65% of the purchased weight of whole chicken 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 whole chicken of whole chicken is about 1600 grams.
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts whole chicken instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 whole chicken | 1600 g | 56.4 oz |
| 2 whole chickens | 3200 g | |
| 3 whole chickens | 4800 g | |
| 4 whole chickens | 6400 g | |
| 6 whole chickens | 9600 g | |
| 12 whole chickens | 19200 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) | 215 | 18.6 g | 15.1 g | 0 g | 0 g | 70 mg |
| Per whole chicken (1600 g) | 3440 | 298 g | 242 g | 0 g | 0 g | 1120 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 244 | 21.1 g | 17.1 g | 0 g | 0 g | 79 mg |
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Common questions
- How much does one whole chicken weigh?
- One whole chicken weighs about 1600 g (56.4 oz), so a pound is roughly 1 of them.
- How many calories are in whole chicken?
- Whole chicken has about 215 calories per 100 g, so one whole chicken is roughly 3440 calories.
- How much protein is in whole chicken?
- About 18.6 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 21.1 g in a 4 oz portion.
- Does all the weight on the package of whole chicken get eaten?
- No. About 65% 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 295 g to eat.