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.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Construct the perfect campfire.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Handle food on the grill.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road