Cooking Time Math

Combine prep + cook times for recipes, or calculate when to start so dinner's ready at a target time.

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Duration A

Duration B

Formats: HH:MM:SS (e.g. 01:30:45) or HH:MM (e.g. 02:15)

Result

02:15:30

2h 15m 30s · 8130 seconds total

135.50

minutes

2.258

hours

8,130

seconds

Cooking tips

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For multi-step recipes (marinate 4h, cook 2h), sum total time to plan when to start.

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For dinner timing: dinner at 19:00, food needs 2:30:00 prep — when to start? Use subtract mode.

🎯

For sous vide cooking with precise hold times, calculate exact end time from start.

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