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.

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

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

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Handle food on the grill.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Handle food in the oven.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

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