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.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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

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

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

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Handle food on the grill.