In article ,
Meat Plow wrote:

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:08:23 -0700, Smitty Two wrote:

In article om,
terry wrote:


And as to this stuff in bottles and tin cans!
Well ..................... what can one say.
Only good for cooking a chicken on a barbecue; as one associate often
says!


Since you brought it up, I've wondered about the wisdom of this
practice. Exposed to the heat of a barbecue, does the plastic lining of
a beer can give off anything toxic?

Are beer cans lined with plastic? I've made beer can chicken before and
you're really not heating it enough to burn plastic regardless.

Yes, all beverage cans are lined with plastic, and always have been. I
don't know what type of plastic it is, but lots of plastics will burn
easily with a match. I doubt that the plastics chosen for can lining
were chosen based on their ability to withstand the heat of a barbecue.