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.
Retrieve keys out of your locked car, but only when the window is slightly ajar.
Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.
Handle food on the grill.
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
Remove toast from the toaster. Pro tip: Unplug toaster first.
Juice a lemon or lime, without having to find where you put your actual juicer.
Rotate kebabs and corn on the cob without burning your arm hairs.
Grab a beer without getting your entire arm cold. by Overland Now
Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.
A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia
Catch crabs. Live or dead. It doesn’t matter.
Become a stealthy pick pocket*
* Illegal pretty much everywhere.
Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.
“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.
Construct the perfect campfire.
I don’t always pass a beer, but when I do it’s with Expedition Tongs. Song of the Road
Handle food in the oven.
Scratch those hard to reach places.
Use as extend-o-matic to keep from losing your ice-cream in your giant beard. Lost World Expedition
Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.
Move raw meat to a pan without having to get raw meat goobers on your fingers.
Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.
Finally figure out what that chain on the ceiling fan does.
Push elevator buttons no matter how many people stand in front of you.
Impress your friends with a new modern art sculpture. Great for coffee tables.
Help short people reach the top shelf items too.
Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.
Don’t burn your fingers on that tea! by Overland Now
Rearrange little bits of charcoal
Move charchoal without buring hour hands
Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.
Expedition Tongs are great for picking up interesting stones….Portland to Patagonia
Reach objects that fall behind your fridge. Or at least discover what that smell is.
Pick up hard boiled eggs.
Dispose of your cat’s latest “gift” in the fire.
Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now
Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road
Pull wine corks that some sober person wedged too deep into a half drunk bottle of booze.
Use as a salad sever when it’s not classy enough to use your hands.
Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.
Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.
Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.
Move extra gooey cinnamon buns to your plate without getting your fingers all sticky.