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.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Handle food in the oven.

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.