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.

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Handle food in the oven.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Handle food on the grill.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.