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.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

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.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

Handle food on the grill.

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

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

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

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

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

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

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

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

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

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

Construct the perfect campfire.