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.
Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now
Play a quick game of golf on the beach. Hit the seagull for a hole-in-one.
Retrieve keys out of your locked car, but only when the window is slightly ajar.
Remove toast from the toaster. Pro tip: Unplug toaster first.
Construct the perfect campfire.
Juice a lemon or lime, without having to find where you put your actual juicer.
A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia
Impress your friends with a new modern art sculpture. Great for coffee tables.
Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.
Use in place of a fork when carving a big piece of meat.
Grab a beer without getting your entire arm cold. by Overland Now
“Cooking with them from my Life Remotely cookbook” (page #162) Song of the Road
Finally figure out what that chain on the ceiling fan does.
Because sometimes reaching for that glass IS just too much effort. Song of the Road
Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.
Help short people reach the top shelf items too.
Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road
I don’t always pass a beer, but when I do it’s with Expedition Tongs. Song of the Road
Handle food in the oven.
Dispose of your cat’s latest “gift” in the fire.
Move raw meat to a pan without having to get raw meat goobers on your fingers.
Reach objects that fall behind your fridge. Or at least discover what that smell is.
Pick up hard boiled eggs.
Catch crabs. Live or dead. It doesn’t matter.
Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.
Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.
Become a stealthy pick pocket*
* Illegal pretty much everywhere.
Move charchoal without buring hour hands
Use as extend-o-matic to keep from losing your ice-cream in your giant beard. Lost World Expedition
Expedition Tongs are great for picking up interesting stones….Portland to Patagonia
Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.
Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.
Don’t burn your fingers on that tea! by Overland Now
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.
Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.
Use as a salad sever when it’s not classy enough to use your hands.
Scratch those hard to reach places.
Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.
Handle food on the grill.
Rearrange little bits of charcoal
Move extra gooey cinnamon buns to your plate without getting your fingers all sticky.
Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.
Push elevator buttons no matter how many people stand in front of you.
Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.