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.

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Construct the perfect campfire.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

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

Handle food on the grill.