freebird134
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Has anyone ever measured how much a cubic inch of meat weighs? Alternatively, how many cubic inches of space 1lb or 1oz of meat takes up?
I've been wondering, so I played around with it a little this morning. I told a 24oz chunk of backstrap and measured how much water it displaced in a big pot. It displaced ~45 cubic inches. of water.
By my calculations, that's 1.9 ci/oz and 0.53 oz/ci ... or about 30 cubic inches per pound of meat. This sounds about right to me. Skeletal muscle is mostly water and is only slightly buoyant. Water is about 27 cubic inches per pound.
So, if I've done my math right, and I kill an elk with 250 lbs of meat, it will require 27 ci/lb * 250lbs = 7400 ci. And, since my Kifaru Reckoning + Guide lid is about 7700ci, I should be able to carry out an entire boned out elk in one load, right?
I've been wondering, so I played around with it a little this morning. I told a 24oz chunk of backstrap and measured how much water it displaced in a big pot. It displaced ~45 cubic inches. of water.
By my calculations, that's 1.9 ci/oz and 0.53 oz/ci ... or about 30 cubic inches per pound of meat. This sounds about right to me. Skeletal muscle is mostly water and is only slightly buoyant. Water is about 27 cubic inches per pound.
So, if I've done my math right, and I kill an elk with 250 lbs of meat, it will require 27 ci/lb * 250lbs = 7400 ci. And, since my Kifaru Reckoning + Guide lid is about 7700ci, I should be able to carry out an entire boned out elk in one load, right?