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.

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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 pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Handle food on the grill.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour 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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

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

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

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Construct the perfect campfire.