Abstract: The cover guard includes an invertible hood consisting of a top section including an opening, of a side wall section and a skirt section, the latter consisting of a grooved section and a level section such that the cover guard may be placed on a cooking vessel such that the level section rests on the upper edge or rim, respectively, of the vessel. This design of the skirt section secures on the one hand a safe resting of the cover guard on the cooking vessel and on the other hand an impeccable dripping off of any material condensed on or having been splashed against the hood.