Cooks use tongs as their second set of hands. Use tongs to grip, lift, flip, jostle, and move hot foods, excluding very delicate ones, like fish. They can even be useful for picking up pieces of hot equipment and cookware. With a good pair of tongs, many common cooking tasks - from precision ones, like flipping shrimp, to herculean jobs like yanking a roast out of the oven - becomes a breeze.
