Abstract: A set of tongs for grasping material utilizing a pair of jaws and a pair of handles correspondingly affixed to the jaws. The handles include hand grips on the ends distal from the jaws and are removably pivoted to one another. The jaws have a plurality of tines with lateral extensions to reduce the space between the tines. In addition, the tines may include inward protrusions to stabilize the material grasped by the tongs.