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.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

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

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

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

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Handle food in the oven.

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

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

Handle food on the grill.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.