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