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.
A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia
Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.
Reach objects that fall behind your fridge. Or at least discover what that smell is.
Move raw meat to a pan without having to get raw meat goobers on your fingers.
Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.
Impress your friends with a new modern art sculpture. Great for coffee tables.
Rotate kebabs and corn on the cob without burning your arm hairs.
Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now
Move extra gooey cinnamon buns to your plate without getting your fingers all sticky.
Push elevator buttons no matter how many people stand in front of you.
Use as extend-o-matic to keep from losing your ice-cream in your giant beard. Lost World Expedition
Expedition Tongs are great for picking up interesting stones….Portland to Patagonia
Grab a beer without getting your entire arm cold. by Overland Now
Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.
Retrieve keys out of your locked car, but only when the window is slightly ajar.
Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.
Dispose of your cat’s latest “gift” in the fire.
Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.
Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road
Pick up hard boiled eggs.
Juice a lemon or lime, without having to find where you put your actual juicer.
Help short people reach the top shelf items too.
Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.
Finally figure out what that chain on the ceiling fan does.
“Cooking with them from my Life Remotely cookbook” (page #162) Song of the Road
Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.
Don’t burn your fingers on that tea! by Overland Now
Pull wine corks that some sober person wedged too deep into a half drunk bottle of booze.
Scratch those hard to reach places.
Handle food on the grill.
Become a stealthy pick pocket*
* Illegal pretty much everywhere.
Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.
Move charchoal without buring hour hands
Handle food in the oven.
Because sometimes reaching for that glass IS just too much effort. Song of the Road
Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.
Rearrange little bits of charcoal
Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.
Catch crabs. Live or dead. It doesn’t matter.
Use as a salad sever when it’s not classy enough to use your hands.
Construct the perfect campfire.
Play a quick game of golf on the beach. Hit the seagull for a hole-in-one.
Remove toast from the toaster. Pro tip: Unplug toaster first.
I don’t always pass a beer, but when I do it’s with Expedition Tongs. Song of the Road