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.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

Handle food on the grill.

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

“Cooking with them from my Life Remotely cookbook” (page #162) 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.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

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

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

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.

Handle food in the oven.

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