I can’t believe anyone would spend a nickel on a stainless-steel welded-down beer can that you have to wash. If you’re not of the temperament to drink beer out of a can…don’t yall have big tubs of ice with singles near the front door of your local beer emporium? Be a scientist, even…buy a couple of different beers and record your observations about which one makes the yardbird taste better. Publish them on the internets.

I also think an important element is getting lost here, like it always does when you’re dealing with people who have more money than sense. Yardbird is poor folks food…poor folks drink low-brow beer out of a can…the whole point is to get cheap laughs out of the chicken with a beer can up it’s butt, and a cheap drunk while you sit on the porch and make sure the temperature in the smoker stays right. And a good, tasty, juicy yardbird for dinner.

Not to say that you CAN’T tart it up with a bunch of pointless gear, if you’re of a mind to. The French have convinced lots of people you need a copper-bottom pan to make gravy.