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.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

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

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.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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.

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

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

Handle food on the grill.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Handle food in the oven.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands