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.

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

Handle food in the oven.

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

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.

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

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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 pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.