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.
Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.
Reach objects that fall behind your fridge. Or at least discover what that smell is.
Scratch those hard to reach places.
Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.
Help short people reach the top shelf items too.
Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.
Move charchoal without buring hour hands
Impress your friends with a new modern art sculpture. Great for coffee tables.
Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.
Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.
Become a stealthy pick pocket*
* Illegal pretty much everywhere.
Play a quick game of golf on the beach. Hit the seagull for a hole-in-one.
Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road
Dispose of your cat’s latest “gift” in the fire.
Use as a salad sever when it’s not classy enough to use your hands.
Because sometimes reaching for that glass IS just too much effort. Song of the Road
Finally figure out what that chain on the ceiling fan does.
Use in place of a fork when carving a big piece of meat.
Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now
Don’t burn your fingers on that tea! by Overland Now
Remove toast from the toaster. Pro tip: Unplug toaster first.
Expedition Tongs are great for picking up interesting stones….Portland to Patagonia
Rearrange little bits of charcoal
Push elevator buttons no matter how many people stand in front of you.
A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia
Juice a lemon or lime, without having to find where you put your actual juicer.
Grab a beer without getting your entire arm cold. by Overland Now
Pick up hard boiled eggs.
Handle food in the oven.
Retrieve keys out of your locked car, but only when the window is slightly ajar.
“Cooking with them from my Life Remotely cookbook” (page #162) Song of the Road
I don’t always pass a beer, but when I do it’s with Expedition Tongs. Song of the Road
Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.
Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.
Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.
Catch crabs. Live or dead. It doesn’t matter.
Pull wine corks that some sober person wedged too deep into a half drunk bottle of booze.
Move raw meat to a pan without having to get raw meat goobers on your fingers.
Use as extend-o-matic to keep from losing your ice-cream in your giant beard. Lost World Expedition
Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.
Rotate kebabs and corn on the cob without burning your arm hairs.
Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.
Construct the perfect campfire.
Handle food on the grill.