Abstract: A unique designed, larger handle for a pot lid extends a greater distance above the lid central surface than in prior lid handles. As a result, the larger pot lid handle provides to a user the ability to grasp the handle when the pot lid with handle oriented downward is resting on a surface without burning the users hand on the hot pot lid. When the pot lid with the new handle is placed on a flat surface with said handle extended toward and in contact with the surface, and a surface portion of the pot lid is in contact with said surface, this handle design results in the pot lid resting at a much greater angle to said surface than in state of the art pot lid handle designs.