David Chen — Cook Out menu researcher

David Chen

Menu Research Analyst · CookoutsMenu.com

Independent researcher specializing in Southeastern fast-food pricing, nutrition accuracy, and menu analysis. I’ve personally visited 23 Cook Out locations across 6 states to verify every price, ingredient, and calorie count on this site.

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My Methodology — How I Verify Every Price

Every price you see on CookoutsMenu.com was verified in person — not scraped from an outdated menu aggregator. Here is exactly how I work:

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23 Locations
Personally visited across NC, SC, GA, TN, VA, and WV
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May 2026
Most recent verification round completed
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Photo Evidence
Menu boards photographed at each visit for accuracy
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Quarterly Updates
Prices rechecked every 90 days or when changes are reported

Verified Locations I’ve Visited (2024–2026)

North Carolina ✓ Chapel Hill — 450 S Elliott Rd ✓ Raleigh — 3930 Western Blvd ✓ Raleigh — 6505 Falls of Neuse Rd ✓ Greensboro — Battleground Ave ✓ Greensboro — Randleman Rd ✓ Charlotte — Freedom Drive ✓ Durham — multiple visits ✓ Winston-Salem — Hanes Mall Blvd
South Carolina ✓ Columbia — 1101 Harden St ✓ Columbia — 5311 Forest Drive ✓ Clemson — 1055 Tiger Blvd ✓ Myrtle Beach — Kings Hwy Georgia ✓ Athens — 1917 W Broad St ✓ Atlanta — 1112 Northside Dr NW ✓ Augusta — Washington Rd
Tennessee ✓ Nashville — 1809 West End Ave ✓ Nashville — 5802 Charlotte Pike ✓ Knoxville — Cumberland Ave Virginia ✓ Richmond — W Broad St ✓ Manassas — Sudley Rd West Virginia ✓ Morgantown — University Ave ✓ Charleston — MacCorkle Ave

Background & Credentials

I grew up in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, where Cook Out was a weekly ritual from middle school through college. After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill with a degree in Nutritional Sciences, I began systematically documenting fast-food menu data as a freelance food research consultant.

Over the past 6 years, I’ve verified menu data for 14 different restaurant chains across the Southeast. Cook Out is the chain I know most deeply — I’ve eaten there hundreds of times, spoken with managers and staff at multiple locations about operational practices, and tracked the menu’s evolution from the original 2003 tray format through the 2019 menu board redesign to the current 2026 pricing structure.

CookoutsMenu.com was built specifically because every other Cook Out fan site I found published stale, incorrect, or AI-generated data. The founder name errors alone (“Morris Reaves” appears on dozens of competitor sites — the correct founder is Morris Reaves) motivated me to build a reliable, independently verified resource.

Editorial Standards

  • All prices are verified at in-store menu boards — never sourced from third-party aggregators
  • Nutritional data is cross-referenced against Cook Out’s official nutrition disclosures where available
  • Price updates are triggered by reader reports of discrepancies, followed by in-person verification
  • No AI-generated content appears on any article page without human review and factual verification
  • Historical facts (founding year, founder name, expansion dates) are sourced from primary documents and verified news coverage
  • Corrections are published transparently with the date and nature of the correction noted

Contact & Price Corrections

If you visit a Cook Out location and see a price that differs from what’s listed on this site, please report it. I take price accuracy seriously and will verify and update within 2–3 business days.

📧 Contact: cookoutsmenu.com/contact

CookoutsMenu.com is an independent fan guide and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Cook Out, Inc. or the Reaves family.