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.
Pull wine corks that some sober person wedged too deep into a half drunk bottle of booze.
Pick up hard boiled eggs.
Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.
Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.
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.
Handle food in the oven.
Juice a lemon or lime, without having to find where you put your actual juicer.
Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.
Use as extend-o-matic to keep from losing your ice-cream in your giant beard. Lost World Expedition
Use as a salad sever when it’s not classy enough to use your hands.
Scratch those hard to reach places.
Push elevator buttons no matter how many people stand in front of you.
Catch crabs. Live or dead. It doesn’t matter.
Handle food on the grill.
Become a stealthy pick pocket*
* Illegal pretty much everywhere.
Move raw meat to a pan without having to get raw meat goobers on your fingers.
Reach objects that fall behind your fridge. Or at least discover what that smell is.
Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.
Use in place of a fork when carving a big piece of meat.
Rearrange little bits of charcoal
Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now
Finally figure out what that chain on the ceiling fan does.
Grab a beer without getting your entire arm cold. by Overland Now
Because sometimes reaching for that glass IS just too much effort. Song of the Road
Rotate kebabs and corn on the cob without burning your arm hairs.
Play a quick game of golf on the beach. Hit the seagull for a hole-in-one.
Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.
Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.
Impress your friends with a new modern art sculpture. Great for coffee tables.
Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road
Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.
“Cooking with them from my Life Remotely cookbook” (page #162) Song of the Road
Remove toast from the toaster. Pro tip: Unplug toaster first.
Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.
Dispose of your cat’s latest “gift” in the fire.
Don’t burn your fingers on that tea! by Overland Now
Move charchoal without buring hour hands
Help short people reach the top shelf items too.
Expedition Tongs are great for picking up interesting stones….Portland to Patagonia
A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia
I don’t always pass a beer, but when I do it’s with Expedition Tongs. Song of 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.