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.

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

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

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

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

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

Handle food on the grill.

Handle food in the oven.

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now