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