These 9" tongs are the perfect cooking tool to pick up food like meat and for cooking.Its a great tong to use to turn over hot foods when barbecuing and roasting veggies.Also I like to use these tongs marinating meat in a bowl and turning it over to fully marinate it.These tongs are great quality and well made for cooking and food preparation.Also I think these tongs are very good value and would purchasing this OXO brand in the future.I would recommend this brand to others and friends and family.