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.

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

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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.

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

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

Move charchoal without buring hour hands

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

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

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

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

Handle food in the oven.

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

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

Construct the perfect campfire.

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

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

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

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Handle food on the grill.

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

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

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.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

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