1 lb. dried beans=X cans?

[suse]

I'm just cooking a couple of pounds of dried black beans today and find myself wondering once again just how many cans of beans you would need to equal about a pound of dried beans cooked. Does anyone have the answer to that one?

[suse]

Thanks, everybody. I'm guessing I got about 4 cans worth of beans from my lb of dried. Seems right.

[AnnaEA]

Ditto all of the above - in my experience a lb of dried beans cooks up to 3 to 4 cans worth of beans, depending on variety.

[Sam Fujisaka]

A pound of beans produces about 7 cups of cooked. A 15 oz can holds a bit less than two cups. So you would get almost 4 cans from the pound of uncooked beans.

[bigjimbray]

One other thing you might think about on this line is the different size of beans, and
they would have different weights.

[redchile]

I average approximately 33 ounces of cooked beans per one pound bag.

I've found that the drained wieght of most 15 ounce cans of beans is 9-10 ounces. So, on the average, in my experience, I would say 1 lb. of dried equals 3-1/2 cans of drained beans.