How many cups of rice in a #10 can?

• There are about 12.5 cups of rice in a #10 can. 
• A #10 can of white rice contains 88 oz. (5.5 lb.)
• 1 cup of white rice weighs 7 oz. 
• 1 six gallon bucket of white rice contains 44 lbs.
• 1 six gallon bucket of white rice = 8 #10 cans.
• 1 six gallon bucket of white rice contains 100 cups.
• A typical serving is approximately 1/4 cup dry rice (1.75 oz.)

Use these numbers to figure out how much rice your family should store for a year supply.

Example 1:

A family of six eats rice at dinner twice a week for a total of 4 cups of dry rice per week (2 cups dry rice/ meal.) 

If they eat 4 cups per week for 52 weeks, they would need 208 cups of dry rice.

If there are 12.5 cups of dry rice in a #10 can, they would need 17 #10 cans of white rice (208/ 12.5 = 16.64)

They may opt to store 2 six gallon buckets + 1 #10 can  of white rice.

Or 1 six gallon bucket + 9 #10 cans of white rice.

These amounts are equal to 93.5 lbs. of white rice which is approximately 30% (93.5 lbs/ 300 lbs.) the recommended storage of grains for one person for a year.

Example 2:

Since rice is easy to store, and easy to prepare especially in emergency situations, I like to recommend to plan for 2 oz. of dry rice/ person/ day.  With this number, our family in the example above would need to store

6 people x 2 oz. x  365 days = 4380 oz. rice

4380 oz. rice/ 16 oz. = 273.75 or 274 lbs. rice for one year.

This is equal to:

6 six gallon buckets + 2 #10 cans

or

50 #10 cans

These numbers can also be applied to brown rice, however, brown rice will not store as long as white rice.  Plan to use your brown rice withing a year or 6 months of opening.  White rice is better for long term storage.

Happy rice storing!