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.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Handle food on the grill.

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

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

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

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