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.

Pick up hard boiled eggs.

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

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

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

A not very accurate measuring stickPortland to Patagonia

Rearrange little bits of charcoal

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

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

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

Cancel your cable and add antennas instead.

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

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

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

Pickup litter without the risk of contracting a disease.

Lift up firewood to check for scorpions and spiders.

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

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

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

Stir your favorite Dutch oven meal.

Dispose of poison apples by Overland Now

Rearrange logs in a fireplace or wood stove.

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

Dominate the Dutch over cook-off Song of the Road

Handle food on the grill.

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

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

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

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

Pick up used tissues without picking up a cold.

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

Remove pot lids, especially those made out of metal.

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

Retrieve valuables from the garbage disposal without risking fingers.

Squeeze an avocado to make perfect pre-mashed guacamole.

Pick up someones dirty undies while maintaining a safe distance.

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

Handle food in the oven.

Help short people reach the top shelf items too.

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

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

Scratch those hard to reach places.

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

Construct the perfect campfire.

Move charchoal without buring hour hands