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.

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

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

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Handle food on the grill.

Construct the perfect campfire.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

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

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

Handle food in the oven.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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