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.

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

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

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Handle food on the grill.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

“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

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.