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.

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Handle food in the oven.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

Handle food on the grill.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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