Fluid Ounces to Tablespoons Converter

This table covers common recipe and packaging measurements.

To convert fluid ounces to tablespoons, multiply the fluid ounce value by 2. For example, 3 fl oz times 2 equals 6 tablespoons.

To go the other way, use the Tablespoons to Fluid Ounces converter instead, which divides by 2 for you. For a fluid ounce value that needs to become teaspoons, see the Fluid Ounces to Teaspoons converter below.

"Fl oz" and "oz" are often used interchangeably in recipe writing when the context is clearly a liquid, but only the fluid ounce, a volume unit, converts to tablespoons at this fixed 2:1 ratio. A plain "oz" referring to a dry ingredient's weight does not, since that conversion depends on the ingredient's density instead.

When This Matters in Practice

If a recipe says "2 oz of butter" it usually means weight, not volume, since butter is commonly sold and measured by weight. If it says "2 fl oz of milk" or "2 oz of water," it means the fixed fluid ounce, and this calculator's 2 tablespoons per fluid ounce ratio applies directly.

A fluid ounce measures volume and a pound measures weight, so the Fluid Ounces to Pounds Converter uses the ingredient's density to connect the two. For ingredients measured by the spoon, the Tablespoons to Grams Converter gives the weight of a tablespoon of water, milk, flour, sugar, honey, or butter. When comparing bottle or carton sizes at the store, the Price Per Ounce Calculator works out the price per ounce of two options and shows the better value.

Every volume converter that shares a unit with this page, fluid ounces or tablespoons, starting with the reverse conversion, one page per pair of units, then the converters that show many units at once.

The Reverse Conversion

• Tablespoons to Fluid Ounces Converter: 1 fluid ounce = 2 tablespoons

Milliliters and Liters

• Milliliters to Tablespoons Converter: 1 tablespoon = 14.78676478125 milliliters
• Milliliters to Fluid Ounces Converter: 1 fluid ounce = 29.5735295625 milliliters
• Liters to Fluid Ounces Converter: 1 liter is about 33.814023 fluid ounces

Spoons, Fluid Ounces and Cups

• Cups to Tablespoons Converter: 1 cup = 16 tablespoons
• Cups to Fluid Ounces Converter: 1 cup = 8 fluid ounces
• Fluid Ounces to Teaspoons Converter: 1 fluid ounce = 6 teaspoons
• Tablespoons to Teaspoons Converter: 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons
• Fluid Ounces to Quarts Converter: 1 quart = 32 fluid ounces
• Fluid Ounces to Pints Converter: 1 pint = 16 fluid ounces
• Centiliters to Fluid Ounces Converter: 1 fluid ounce = 2.95735295625 centiliters

Multi-Unit Converters

• Gallon Converter: gallons to quarts, pints, cups, fluid ounces, liters and cubic feet at once
• Volume Converter: any volume in every unit at once, from milliliters to cubic yards, including UK imperial units