Buyers Guide to Handles and Fittings

Handles are an integral part of almost any type of top-of-stove cookware. They allow for the safe and convenient transfer of a pan and for stabilizing the pan during the cooking process. Handles are an important safety component of any pan used on top of the stove.

1. Materials
2. Design Aspects
3. Shapes and Definitions
4. Attachment of Handles and Testing

Compliments of the Retailer Buyer's Learning Tools from the Cookware Manufacturers Association