Abstract: A pot handle construction having a support bar fixedly secured to a wall of the pot and a handle member having a recess therein which receives the support bar therein. The support bar has a hook thereon which is engaged with a shoulder member in the recess of the handle member. The support bar also has a pair of sloped surfaces which form an obtuse angle with respect to one another on a side of the support bar remote from the hook. A spring member is mounted in an undercut section in the walls of the recess on the handle member and initially engage one of the sloped surfaces forming the obtuse angle. The handle is pivoted about an axis formed between the hook and the shoulder member so that the spring is compressed by one of the sloped surfaces until the edge between the sloped surfaces is reached, thereafter the spring is permitted to expand while engaging the other sloped surface to draw the handle member onto the support member and snugly urge it against the wall of the pot.