US Peck (pk)

US customaryTraditional unit (still used in some regions)

One quarter of a US bushel (8.81 L), a traditional measure for apples and other produce.

1 US peck = 8.809767542 liters (approximately).

1 US peck = 8.809767542 liters

About the US peck

Anyone who has recited the tongue twister about Peter Piper has met the peck, a dry measure of a quarter bushel. The American version is about 8.81 L, or 8 dry quarts, and the imperial peck set after 1824 is larger at about 9.09 L. Scotland had its own pecks before that act, roughly 9 L for wheat, peas, beans and meal and about 13 L for barley, oats and malt, with four pecks making a firlot.

In Britain the peck is obsolete apart from the rhyme and a few older Bible translations, where it appears in Matthew 5:15. In the United States it lingers in grocery stores and farm stands, where apples and some other produce are still sold by the peck. NIST gives the US peck as 8.809768 L.

Sources: Wikipedia: Peck; NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B.8: conversion factors

US Peck conversion chart

1 US peck expressed in every other volume unit:

Unit1 US peck
Liters8.809767542
Milliliters8,809.767542
US Gallons2.327294372
US Cups37.23670996
US Fluid Ounces297.8936797
Cubic Meters0.008809767542
Cubic Centimeters8,809.767542
US Quarts9.309177489
US Pints18.61835498
US Tablespoons595.7873593
US Teaspoons1,787.362078
Metric Cups35.23907017
Metric Tablespoons587.3178361
Metric Teaspoons1,761.953508
Imperial Gallons1.937877944
Imperial Pints15.50302355
Imperial Fluid Ounces310.060471
Cubic Inches537.605
Cubic Feet0.3111140046
Cubic Yards0.01152274091
Oil Barrels0.05541177077
Cubic Millimeters8,809,767.542
Microliters8,809,767.542
Centiliters880.9767542
Deciliters88.09767542
Hectoliters0.08809767542
Cubic Kilometers8.809767542×10⁻¹²
Australian Tablespoons440.4883771
US Legal Cups36.70736476
Imperial Quarts7.751511775
Cubic Miles2.113575633×10⁻¹²
Wine Bottles11.74635672
Magnums5.873178361
Jeroboams2.936589181
Methuselahs1.46829459
Nebuchadnezzars0.5873178361
US Gills74.47341991
US Fluid Drams2,383.149437
US Minims142,988.9662
Jiggers198.5957864
Pinches28,597.79325
Dashes14,298.89662
Imperial Gills62.0120942
US Bushels0.25
US Dry Quarts8
US Dry Pints16
US Dry Barrels0.07619118481
US Liquid Barrels0.07388236103
UK Beer Barrels0.05382994288
Firkins0.2153197715
Kilderkins0.1076598858
Hogsheads (ale)0.03588662859
Tierces0.05541177077
Hogsheads (wine)0.03694118051
Puncheons0.02770588538
Butts (pipe)0.01847059026
Tuns0.009235295128
Acre-feet0.00000714219478
Cords0.002430578161
Board Feet3.733368056
Cyathi193.6803857
Sextarii16.14003214
Congii2.690005356
Modii1.008752009
Amphorae0.3362506695
Omers4.004439792
Hin2.402663875
Baths (biblical)0.4004439792
Homers0.04004439792
Gō48.83715368
Shō4.883715368
Tō0.4883715368
Koku0.04883715368
Charkas71.62756215
Shtofs7.162756215
Vedros0.7162756215

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