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    Cook Out

    3.0 (13 reviews)
    Open • 10:30 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Cook Out Style Hot Dog with chili, hidden under a windrow of slaw
    Jon T.

    Cook Out is located in the old Burger King building that had been closed for a few years. We found it open when we returned in November of 2025 and we decided to try it based on one visit to a Cook Out in Charlotte several years ago. I remembered a decent barbecue sandwich and chili dog. Ms T is always good for a cheeseburger. We went for lunch and ordered exactly what I mentioned above. We both found Cook Out to be "just" OK. The barbecue is fine unless you are used to really good, local North Carolina pork. This version has never seen the inside of a barbecue pit. It is more like something cooked in one of those electric roasters that they had at our church when I was growing up in Iowa. Believe me there is no barbecue in Iowa. Cook Out serves it with slaw and Texas Pete. The slaw is too sweet so the Texas Pete saved it. The bun was too big and bready and was dry and crumbly. The sandwich was OK, but I will satisfy my OBX barbecue cravings at The Feedhouse in Engelhard, Carolina Barbecue in Manteo, TL's in Manteo or High Cotton. Even Sam & Omie's is quite acceptable and much better than this. My chili dog was ordered "Cook Out Style" which means with chili, mustard and slaw. I asked for no onions. The chili and dog were decent. The slaw was way, way over applied and was way, way too sweet for this application. The slaw is one dimensional, needing a splash of vinegar. In this case the mustard saved the dog. I scraped off at least three quarters of the slaw. And again, the bun was dry and crumbly. I will stick with PK's Pit Stop, Art's Place, Kill Devil's or even Snowbirds for a Carolina dog. Ms T's cheeseburger was also in the just OK range, with a good char-broiled crust, but essentially no salt. She had the same excessively large bun. She tore off a big pile of dry bread. The quarter pound burger patty was thickish and that left a lot of extra bun around the edges. There are much better places for a burger around here; Art's, McGrath's, Spanky's, Goombay's, Kill Devil's, etc. Well, we tried it once, and that is it. I just wanted to see if it was what we remembered. I guess it was. I discussed it with our son. He mentioned seeing a lot of Cook Out billboards on his drive up from Florida, so he tried it along the way and had the same reaction. He also discussed with a co-worker who grew up with it and had mentioned it. She had the same response with one comment. Cook Out makes great shakes and malts. Ms T had a chocolate malt, and it was, in fact, delicious. She disagreed with me when I said it tasted like an Almond Joy bar. I thought I could taste some coconut with the chocolate and I loved it. The malt keeps this at three stars, otherwise, I would be allocating just two.

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    4 months ago

    Great food just as any other cookout-in a large 7+ meal order there was only one thing wrong with the order. Pretty quick too.

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    5 months ago

    Great and fast service, exactly what you need after a night of drinking! Delicious food!

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