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.

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Construct the perfect campfire.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

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

Handle food on the grill.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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