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.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

Handle food on the grill.

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

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

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

Handle food in the oven.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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