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.

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

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

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

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

Handle food on the grill.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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

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

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

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

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

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.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Construct the perfect campfire.

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