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.

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

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

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.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Construct the perfect campfire.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Handle food on the grill.

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

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

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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