To determine the total volume in cups for the chili, we'll need to convert each ingredient into cups and then sum them up. Here's the breakdown:
- Dark red kidney beans: 4 cups
- Tomato sauce: 1 3/4 cups = 1.75 cups
- 100% tomato juice: 48 fl oz = 6 cups (since 1 cup = 8 fl oz)
- Petite diced peeled tomatoes in tomato juice: 4 cups
- Chili kidney beans in mild chili sauce: 4 cups
- Tomato paste: 11 tbsp = 0.6875 cups (since 1 cup = 16 tbsp)
- Cooked seasoned ground beef: We will consider its volume as approximately equal to its weight in cups for cooked ground beef. 1.5 lbs is roughly equal to 3 cups of cooked ground beef (as cooked ground beef clocks in roughly at 1 pound = 2 cups).
- Creamy peanut butter: 1 tbsp = 0.0625 cups
- Ziti pasta: 250g = roughly 2.5 cups (since 100g of dry pasta is about 1 cup, but cooked is larger; for an accurate number, typically cooked pasta is about 2.5 times the dry volume so for 250g we can estimate it around 2.5 cups when cooked).
- Water: 1.5 cups
Now, let's add all of these quantities together:
- Dark red kidney beans: 4 cups
- Tomato sauce: 1.75 cups
- 100% tomato juice: 6 cups
- Petite diced peeled tomatoes: 4 cups
- Chili kidney beans: 4 cups
- Tomato paste: 0.6875 cups
- Cooked ground beef: 3 cups
- Creamy peanut butter: 0.0625 cups
- Ziti pasta: 2.5 cups
- Water: 1.5 cups
Now, summing those values:
\[ 4 + 1.75 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 0.6875 + 3 + 0.0625 + 2.5 + 1.5 = 28.5 \text{ cups} \]
So, the total volume in the pot of chili would be approximately 28.5 cups.