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.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Handle food in the oven.

Construct the perfect campfire.

Handle food on the grill.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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