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.

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

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Handle food on the grill.

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

Handle food in the oven.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

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

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

“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

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

Construct the perfect campfire.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

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