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.

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Handle food on the grill.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Construct the perfect campfire.

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

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

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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