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.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

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

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

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

Handle food on the grill.