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.

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Handle food on the grill.

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

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

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

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Handle food in the oven.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.