How much does a bushel of banana peppers weigh?

Answer 1

A bushel of peppers weighs 25 pounds. Yields 20 to 30 pints if canned; an average of 1 pound per pint. An average of 9 pounds is needed per canner load of 9 pints jars. A bushel of peppers weighs 25 pounds. Yields 20 to 30 pints if canned; an average of 1 pound per pint. An average of 9 pounds is needed per canner load of 9 pints jars (Matt K.-Harrisburg, Pa.).

Answer 2

By weighing them.

A pound of bell (sweet) peppers will be fewer (because they're bigger) than a pound of jalapeños which are smaller than bells but bigger still than cayenne which are bigger or smaller than other types of peppers like Scotch Bonnets, Habanero, Santaka, and hundreds of other kinds in numerous sizes and shapes and therefore weight per pepper.

And even then, one bell pepper is going to be bigger or smaller and therefore weigh more or less than the next bell pepper.

You have to weigh them, regardless.

Commercial packing standards for Bell Peppers is;

MEDIUM shall have 77-88 per 25#'s (4.9oz avg)

LARGE shall have 60-70 per pound 25#s (6.2oz avg)