Would a 3 gal pot be big enough for 5lbs uncooked rice

5 pounds of rice is roughly 10 cups of rice. Using 2 to 1 ratio, that means you would need 20 cups of liquid. So now you are 30 cups. A gallon is 4 quarts, 4 cups is a quart (I think).

So a 5 gallon pot would hold 90 cups (5X16). I'd say even with chicken, andouille, seasoning, tomatoes (or not), you should have plenty of room.

But I suck at math.

Thanks

There are 2.5 cups of long grain rice in a pound.
A cup of raw rice makes 3 cups cooked.
That means a pound of rice makes 7.5 cups of cooked rice (2.5 X 3 = 7.5).
So 5 pounds of rice would yield 37.5 cups of cooked rice(5 X 7.5 = 37.5).

A 3 gallon pot is 48 cups in volume.

You have to account for the meat and some space to turn the rice.

Check out the Jambalaya Calculator for more. You can play around with how much meat you want per pound of rice and the other ratios as well. Notice there is a second tab labeled "classic" - that may be most useful to you.

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No, Thats too much rice. I have a 3 gallon pot and max out the volume at about 3.5 pounds of rice. I use a lot of meat though.

(assuming you were talking about a jambalaya)