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.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

“Cooking with them from my Life Remotely cookbook” (page #162) 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 on the grill.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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.

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal