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 hard boiled eggs.

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Handle food on the grill.

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

Handle food in the oven.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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