Abstract: Tongs for holding a cooking container includes: a body being of a shape adequate to be held by a hand and extending by a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction thereof, the body having a fixed holding part being in contact with the high-cut outer peripheral wall of the cooking container at the end portion thereof and a receiving chamber formed in the interior thereof; a movable member having a movable holding part being in contact with the high-cut inner peripheral wall of the cooking container at the end portion thereof in order to hold the cooking container in relation to the fixed holding part of the body, the movable member received within the receiving chamber and having one end connected to a spring mechanism installed in the body, thus to be disposed within the body forwardly and backwardly relative to the fixed holding part; an operating lever supported rotatably on the body at the one end thereof, thus to be inserted and drawn into/from the interior and exterior of the receiving chamber; an