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.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

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

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

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

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

Handle food on the grill.

Handle food in the oven.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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