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.
Use as a salad sever when it’s not classy enough to use your hands.
Expedition Tongs are great for picking up interesting stones….Portland to Patagonia
Become a stealthy pick pocket*
* Illegal pretty much everywhere.
Use as extend-o-matic to keep from losing your ice-cream in your giant beard. Lost World Expedition
Scratch those hard to reach places.
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.
Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.
Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road
Play a quick game of golf on the beach. Hit the seagull for a hole-in-one.
Grab a beer without getting your entire arm cold. by Overland Now
Push elevator buttons no matter how many people stand in front of you.
I don’t always pass a beer, but when I do it’s with Expedition Tongs. Song of the Road
Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.
Handle food in the oven.
A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia
Finally figure out what that chain on the ceiling fan does.
Juice a lemon or lime, without having to find where you put your actual juicer.
Because sometimes reaching for that glass IS just too much effort. Song of the Road
Move charchoal without buring hour hands
Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.
Help short people reach the top shelf items too.
Use in place of a fork when carving a big piece of meat.
Impress your friends with a new modern art sculpture. Great for coffee tables.
Reach objects that fall behind your fridge. Or at least discover what that smell is.
Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.
Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.
Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.
Retrieve keys out of your locked car, but only when the window is slightly ajar.
Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now
Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.
“Cooking with them from my Life Remotely cookbook” (page #162) Song of the Road
Don’t burn your fingers on that tea! by Overland Now
Pull wine corks that some sober person wedged too deep into a half drunk bottle of booze.
Handle food on the grill.
Move extra gooey cinnamon buns to your plate without getting your fingers all sticky.
Construct the perfect campfire.
Pick up hard boiled eggs.
Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.
Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.
Remove toast from the toaster. Pro tip: Unplug toaster first.
Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.
Rearrange little bits of charcoal
Dispose of your cat’s latest “gift” in the fire.
Catch crabs. Live or dead. It doesn’t matter.