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.

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

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

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

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

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

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Construct the perfect campfire.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

Handle food on the grill.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

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