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.

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Handle food on the grill.

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Handle food in the oven.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

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.

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Construct the perfect campfire.

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