Cook Out
Type	Sole Ownership
Industry	Food
Founded	1989
Headquarters	Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Area served	North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Key people	Morris Reaves (Owner), Jeremy Reaves (CEO)
Products	Fast food

Cook Out is a fast food privately owned restaurant chain in North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia. Founded in Greensboro, the chain has since expanded throughout the state and now has drive-thru restaurants in over seventy cities. Most locations consist of a double drive-thru and outdoor seating. The chain itself has grown in size with many locations now spread throughout Virginia.

Cook Out was created by Morris Reaves. He is currently the owner of the company, with his son Jeremy Reaves serving as CEO. As of December 2012 there are 101 locations. The original Cook-Out opened on Randleman Road in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The restaurant specializes in grilled hamburgers and hotdogs (cook-out style), chicken sandwiches, North Carolina barbecue, and milkshakes with a multitude of flavors.

The company headquarters location is in Thomasville, North Carolina. Contact number is (336)431-1094.

The company opened its first out-of-state store in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on July 30, 2010. Cook Out opened in Clemson and Orangeburg, South Carolina, in 2010. Plans are in the works for more expansion in South Carolina and Virginia. At the very end of 2011, Cook Out opened restaurants in Columbia, South Carolina; Blacksburg, Virginia; and Radford, Virginia. In March 2012, Cook Out opened its first location in Lynchburg, VA. And shortly thereafter in Harrisonburg, VA.

On May 18, 2012, Cook Out celebrated the grand opening of its 100th store in Florence, SC.

There is a restaurant now open in Maryville, TN, and two in Knoxville, TN.