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.

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

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

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Handle food on the grill.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Handle food in the oven.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

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

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.

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