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.

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

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

Handle food on the grill.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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.

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