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 someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

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

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

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Construct the perfect campfire.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Handle food on the grill.

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

“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

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.