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.

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Handle food on the grill.

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

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

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Handle food in the oven.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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