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.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

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

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

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

Handle food on the grill.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.