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.

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

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

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

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Handle food on the grill.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

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.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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