Wow the value of a kitchen scale!
For a few weeks I was playing with dough either by guess/feel, or by volume from various examples online, somewhere I got ideas about the general proportion of the same weights of flour and water, and using that to estimate about what volumes of starter/water/flour to use based on whatever ratio....
Then I got a kitchen scale! I'd read a number of times on forums in recipes/articles, that measuring by weight was best, and that was recommended to me here, I figured ok, I'll try that sooner rather than later. I'm so glad! Now my 100% hydration starter is really 100% and my 1:2:3 will finally be 1:2:3 -- my starters and doughs were getting a bit thick/stiff/drier (and the results more dense less risen) than I thought they should be, and sure enough, when using my scale I'm adding more liquids and less dry ingredients.
I find that weight measurements are easier and, of course, more accurate and more precise than volume measurements. Using a scale may take a little time to get used to it, but it is worth the effort, in my opinion.
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I'd have baked fewer bricks as a younger wife had my baking books in those decades given weight (and if I'd weighed more than produce for canning). Love my year-old KD8000, which replaced a basic scale that died in the middle of scaling flour for bread. I've been converting old favorite recipes with volume-only to weight, with improved results. Before scales, many times I'd be interrupted and lose count of measuring cups. I'll never go back to volume.
I'm surprised how convenient it is, that TARE button is great! So much quicker. At first I was like, WHY of WHY doesn't this bread/pretzel recipe say the amount of cups, WHY does it only list grams -- now I know!
... rather than "imperialist" when it comes to recipe measurements, quite an easy conversion is in Hamelman's Bread - I merely divide his "Metric" column data by 10 for home bake quantities. I have not compared this with his own "Home" column data, but suspect I end up with marginally larger loaves, so slightly more to eat!