Alton Brown’s culinary demo just ended, where he taught the audience how to make salmon jerky using a box fan, some furnace filters and bungee cords. Impressive, but not entirely the highlight of the event. What really had the crowd in Brown’s pocket was his comedic skill. Sure, he’s known for being funny, but Brown was on fire today. When one audience member told Brown that she wanted to know where all the product placement was, he scanned the logo-laden cooking set and asked, "You’re looking for product placement? This looks like a nascar turned inside out." He didn’t stop there: Seconds later he called Evian, one of the corporate sponsors, "Swiss runoff." And when a woman asked him for advice on making brownies for her very allergic niece who has a non-allergic twin sister, he responded, "Why not just use her for spare parts [for the healthy one]?" Perhaps you had to be there, but as was suggested by another person during the Q&A, he should consider going into stand-up. And that jerky? We all got a taste at the end…not bad.