Expedition Tongs are made to handle your barbeque, braai and campfire needs: hauling a huge log to a roasting pig, flipping over a beautifully grilled steak or arranging charcoal on the lid of a Dutch oven. But the uses don’t stop at the campfire ring. Take a look at a few other ideas of how your Expedition Tongs can come in handy both at home and on the road.

Remove toast from the toaster. Pro tip: Unplug toaster first.

Retrieve keys out of your locked car, but only when the window is slightly ajar.

Don’t burn your fingers on that tea! by Overland Now

Because sometimes reaching for that glass IS just too much effort. Song of the Road

Handle food on the grill.

“Cooking with them from my Life Remotely cookbook” (page #162) Song of the Road

Construct the perfect campfire.

Play a quick game of golf on the beach. Hit the seagull for a hole-in-one.

Juice a lemon or lime, without having to find where you put your actual juicer.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Move raw meat to a pan without having to get raw meat goobers on your fingers.

Expedition Tongs are great for picking up interesting stones….Portland to Patagonia

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Finally figure out what that chain on the ceiling fan does.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Catch crabs. Live or dead. It doesn’t matter.

Use as extend-o-matic to keep from losing your ice-cream in your giant beard. Lost World Expedition

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Pull wine corks that some sober person wedged too deep into a half drunk bottle of booze.

Rotate kebabs and corn on the cob without burning your arm hairs.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Move extra gooey cinnamon buns to your plate without getting your fingers all sticky.

Handle food in the oven.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Use as a salad sever when it’s not classy enough to use your hands.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Dispose of your cat’s latest “gift” in the fire.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Impress your friends with a new modern art sculpture. Great for coffee tables.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Use in place of a fork when carving a big piece of meat.

Push elevator buttons no matter how many people stand in front of you.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Grab a beer without getting your entire arm cold. by Overland Now

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Reach objects that fall behind your fridge. Or at least discover what that smell is.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Become a stealthy pick pocket* * Illegal pretty much everywhere.

I don’t always pass a beer, but when I do it’s with Expedition Tongs. Song of the Road

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road