Abstract: An implement for lifting pans from steam tables. The implement includes a pair of pivotally connected, crisscrossing levers. A first jaw is affixed to the front of one of the levers. The first jaw includes a lifting plate having an anchor portion with opposed sides and a relatively wider cantilever portion affixed to, and extending forwardly and outwardly from, the anchor portion. A pair of backstops is affixed to the lifting plate. Each of the backstops has a longitudinal portion extending upwardly from a respective one of the opposed sides of the anchor portion and a lateral portion extending outwardly from the front of a respective one of the longitudinal portions as well as upwardly from the rear of the cantilever portion. A second jaw is affixed to the other one of said levers and includes a shank portion positioned above the backstops and a hook portion extending forwardly and downwardly from the shank portion.