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