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.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

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

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Construct the perfect campfire.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Handle food on the grill.

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

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Handle food in the oven.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.