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.

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

Handle food in the oven.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Handle food on the grill.

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

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

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

“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.

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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.

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.