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.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

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.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Handle food on the grill.

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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.

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Handle food in the oven.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

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