Big Double Burger
Cook Out’s big burger: two char-grilled patties that you can dress in one of the chain’s named styles, from a simple regular burger to Southern-style builds. It is the centrepiece of a Cook Out Tray for many regulars, and the char gives it a backyard-grill flavour that belies the price.
The story
It is worth looking at the rest of the board, because a char-grilled burger sold next to chopped pork is a North Carolina thing. The state has argued for two centuries about barbecue — whole hog with vinegar and pepper in the east, shoulder with a little tomato in the west — and a drive-thru founded in Greensboro in 1989 sells both that and burgers without anyone finding it odd. The Tray, a main with two sides and a drink for very little money, is the other half of the local formula.
What’s inside
- 2 char-grilled beef patties
- style of your choice
- bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Big Double Burger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef and a double stack
Triple Seared Whiskey Burger - Shares beef and a double stack
The Mr. Smiley Burger - Shares beef and a double stack
McDonald's Daily Double (Copycat) - Shares beef and a double stack
Peter’s Triple Bacon Burger
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Big Double Burger.- Five Guys · beef and a double stack
Hamburger - Fatburger · beef and a double stack
Skinnyburger - A&W Canada · beef and a double stack
Papa Burger - Z-Burger · beef and a double stack
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About Cook Out
Morris Reaves opened the first Cook Out in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1989, and his son now runs the company. Most locations have no dining room at all: two drive-thru lanes and a walk-up window, a format built for speed, late nights and cars full of students.
Around 360 locations across ten southeastern states.
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