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.

Handle food on the grill.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Handle food in the oven.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

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

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.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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