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

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

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

Handle food on the grill.

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

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

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

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Construct the perfect campfire.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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