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.

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

Handle food on the grill.

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

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

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.