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.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

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.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

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

Handle food on the grill.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now