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.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

Handle food in the oven.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

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

Handle food on the grill.

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal