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.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

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

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Handle food on the grill.

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

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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