How much fat does meat lose on the grill?
A 113-gram raw patty is 243 calories; grilled it drops to 77 grams and 192 calories remain. The loss is 51 calories and 5 grams of fat; cooking in a dry pan gives the same result.
A 113-gram raw patty made from 85 percent lean ground beef carries 243 calories. Grilled, it drops to 77 grams and about 192 calories remain; the loss is 51 calories. When the same patty is cooked in a pan without added fat the result does not change either, coming out at 193 calories.
Sources
- USDA FoodData Central 171796 100 g (Beef, ground, 85% lean meat / 15% fat, raw) — 4 oz çiğ köfte = 113 g accessed: 2026-08-22
- USDA FoodData Central 174032 100 g (Beef, ground, 85% lean meat / 15% fat, patty, cooked, broiled) — 113 g çiğ köfteden pişmiş verim = 77 g accessed: 2026-08-22
- USDA FoodData Central 174033 100 g (Beef, ground, 85% lean meat / 15% fat, patty, cooked, pan-broiled) — 113 g çiğ köfteden pişmiş verim = 83 g accessed: 2026-08-22
- USDA FoodData Central 174036 100 g (Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, raw) — 4 oz = 113 g accessed: 2026-08-22
- USDA FoodData Central 171413 100 g (Oil, olive, salad or cooking) — 1 yemek kaşığı = 13,5 g accessed: 2026-08-22
- USDA FoodData Central 173410 100 g (Butter, salted) — 1 yemek kaşığı = 14,2 g accessed: 2026-08-22
- TÜBER 2022 — Türkiye Beslenme Rehberi Ek 2.1.3, s. 264 1 standart porsiyon pişmiş kırmızı et = 3-4 adet ızgara köfte / 1 el ayası kadar et / 80 g accessed: 2026-08-22
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