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.

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Handle food in the oven.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

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

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Handle food on the grill.

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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